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Your mind is a mad monkey trying to understand life which is unfair and crazy. Get used to it. Maxime Lagacé Complain & Propose * 😠 The Problem with Unadorned Complaints * Simply complaining without offering a way forward can be unproductive — it often fosters negativity, drains collective energy, and implicitly places the
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Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child. Soyen Shaku Lessons learned in 35 years of making software * 🧑🤝🧑 Human Element is Central — Software development is fundamentally about people — users, stakeholders, and the team. Effective communication, empathy, and understanding motivations are often more critical than
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We just let it happen… and that’s the beauty of this technique. Bob Ross The CTO's Hidden Notebook * 📓 Beyond the Code — The article posits that a CTO's effectiveness hinges significantly on mastering aspects beyond pure technology. This “hidden notebook” contains the unwritten rules and implicit
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Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort. Yamamoto Tsunetomo Seven tips to help you succeed when presenting to executives * 😬 — Presenting to executives is high-stakes; success makes a positive impression, while stumbling can create a negative one. * ⏱️ — Executives are a demanding audience, often short on
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Little people try to control everything. Thus, they control nothing. Wise people focus on one thing, the most important, and let go of the rest. - Maxime Lagacé Goal-O-Rama * 🎯 Product teams often fall into “goal-o-rama” — setting too many goals that become overwhelming and counterproductive, particularly when they cascade KPIs and
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The first and the best victory is to conquer self. - Plato Design Your Organization for the Conflicts You Want to Hear About 🔍 The author presents two key organization design principles: * Design for the conflicts you want to hear about * Don't put department B under department A unless
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Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. - Shunryu Suzuki Salary expectations questions - How should you answer them? How to approach the dreaded salary expectation question as a candidate. * ❓ Understand the employer's motive: Companies ask about salary expectations primarily to ensure
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Relax. Nothing’s missing. - Maxime Lagacé 💡Wait… something has changed, right? Well, yes. I've decided to leave Substack. I'm now using the Ghost platform, but the rest is unchanged — the same old newsletter. PwC’s 2024 Workforce Radar Report * 🔄 Transformation Urgency — Business leaders must act
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The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. - Shunryu Suzuki 💡Wait… something has changed, right? Well, yes. I've decided to leave Substack. I'm now using the Ghost platform,
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