Change or be changed

Resistance to change disappears almost as if by magic when change itself appears as an option rather than an imposition. Nobody likes to be changed. Forcing someone to change is an attack on his or her individuality as well as freedom of expression and this brings...

Green light

You can continue to wait as long as you want before moving forward, but you will never have all the lights on your way turn simultaneously green. Having the first green light is enough to start. Take your first step in faith. Climb only the first...

Signing

If you're not willing to sign what you are doing or saying, reflect on the possibility of stopping immediately. Most likely, you are harming yourself, giving rise to something that is less than your best, less than what you are capable of. Part of the mission...

Giving up

The weak and the losers do not know or can’t give up properly, clinging to fallacies, and such an attitude condemns them to failure. Winners know how, when and what to give up. That is the way to success! Knowing what to give up and when...

Superstar

In our culture, we idolize superstars. They set parameters, define trends, are the owners of their market or rather their niche. According to Zipf's law, one who is at the top will be 10 times more successful than one in 10th place and 100 times...

When criticism does not hurt

When someone makes a criticism (which is different from censorship or condemnation), he or she is motivated out of care and concern. One of the parties, with the best of intentions, is trying to motivate the other to do something for their own good. Normally, the...

Showing affection

‘Stop showing me affection and consideration!’ This is one complaint that you will never hear from your employees and the people closest to you. If you have made good choices in the selection and training process, your team will be autonomous and will not need praise...

The half glass question

It is an irrefutable fact of physics that the void, in its true sense, does not exist. The glass is always full. It is filled with liquid, air or any other substance, but it is and will always be full. To sustain the premise that the...

The graduate

The moment someone stops learning, he or she begins to be surpassed by those who continue learning. In the old days, getting a degree was a supposed guarantee of the right to practice a profession for life. Today, it only marks the beginning of a long...

Sour sarcasm

It is the last and unwanted refuge of the modest and the virtuous. If intelligence is found in sufficience, the use of sarcasm becomes unnecessary. Contrary to what many might think about this topic, sarcasm demonstrates insufficient intelligence. One, who uses sarcasm, uses it as a...