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The benefits of Long term thinking and decision making
One thing that parenthood teaches you is to think in longer terms. Things you’ve asked yourself and answered in timeframes which ranged from minutes to days now change to months and years. When will my baby start walking? In about 8 months. When will I take my son to his first football game? In about…
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Owntrepreneurs never rest… they use idle moments to get work done
Today was a day of errands. I went to the Garage to install some tracking device for insurance needs, than went to get my hair cut (we're attending a large conference this week, I need to look sharp) and than attended a meeting with a trade delegation from abroad. I've never made it to the office, and…
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First thing to do every morning? remove the heavy weight…
Every morning is the same- you get to the office, determined to tackle the most critical issue of your day. But by the time it takes for your laptop to fire up, you have been disturbed by a phone call from your spouse, a colleague asks if you want to join him for coffee, several…
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Good things come to those who iron?
I've always found ironing very relaxing. No matter how irritated I am, 5 minutes into the ironing session and I find myself relaxed and, as funny as it may sound, in a kind of "zone". The repetitive motion of the iron over dress shirts and trousers always helps me drift away and rarely do I finish such…
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Owntrepreneurship- finding your inspiration
No doubt about it, starting your journey to be an Owntrepreneur is daunting. There are so many reasons against it, the most powerful is the power of habit (breaking this “habit trap” is a subject of another post). So I will provide one very powerful tip to help in this critical and difficult step. The…
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The Importance of Mentioning the Business Justification in Each Design
Originally posted on Reflections of a Product Manager: I recently came across several examples of requirements design documents which focused on the solution and assumed we're all aligned around the business justification. This is mostly common when all of us are already working on some project and there is a tendency of group thinking. I…
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Personal Analytics (Own-alytics?)
We all know about annual evaluation process HR departments at big corporates love so much. The ritual is well-rehearsed; you receive a table with your goals, note what you’ve accomplished and what you strive to achieve in the next quarter/ year, enter a room and discuss these points with your manager, secretly hoping to have…
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Best past-posts
Yeah, I know I'm not supposed to cross-link platforms between wordpress sites/blogs and LinkedIn Pulse. But since I've went through the trouble of writing some nice posts over the last 12 months I'd hate to see them fade away. So I've decided to list my favorite post and just provide the links to the original posts at LinkedIn. The…
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Learn from the mistakes of others
Learning from one’s mistakes is a sure path to personal evolution. But it is also slow, painful and by definition led by failures. But what if we could find a better, more efficient ( and painless way) way to progress our career without having to fail ourselves? Well, it turns out there is a way.…
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