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Don’t apologize

Don’t apologize for your failure nor for your success. If you failed at something, at least you tried it. Taking initiative is one of the best treats a person has. If needed you can always start over from zero, you should never stop improving yourself. If you...

Be curious

Curiosity killed the cat, but a cat has nine lives. If you are not curious about discovering new things you will stay in your rut. And that will not bring you in new territory. So be curious, and take care you are not killed like a cat…    ...

Create precedents

What you did in the past will speak for you today. You should create precedents, precedent you can be proud of. The last couple of yours I created a lot of precedents in my work.I helped in project to build complex and sophisticated solutions from scratch for my...

Embrace happiness

Happiness is in the small things. A nice piece of music played on the street by a very good street musician. A good book that inspires you. A ray of sun light. The smile of your spouse and children. A realisation that you are lucky to be a life and healthy. Embrace...

Produce quality

Quality speaks for you. Quality products will make you customers want to return and buy again. Quality will make you proud of what you make and what you stand for… So produce quality whenever, whatever you make.

Mentor someone

Everyone is an expert in some area. With your experience you can mentor someone. While mentoring you will have to express your experiences and knowledge in understandable language. While rephrasing your words you will get new insights and so you will also learn...

Write letters

If you want to reach and touch someone you love, write a letter. The effort you will put in will get you a better letter. Hand written letter are so much more personal than e-mail. So take the time restore the old habit and write letters.

The challenge of leadership

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude to be kind, but not weak to be bold, but not bully to be thoughtful, but not lazy to be humble, but not timid to be proud, but not arrogant to have humor, but without folly.” — Jim...

Don’t quit

What do most people when it gets hard? They complain about and then they quit.   When it gets hard you should what most people don’t do: Put in more effort and preserver, don’t quit because it gets hard.   You might be only a small step away from...

Act now

I cannot act on Yesterday because it is gone. I cannot act on Tomorrow because that is still not here. I can only act to Today, I can only act now.   So act now   Because  Today is the Tomorrow of Yesterday and the Yesterday of...

Carpe diem

Seize the day, as I will have only one change to enjoy the day. A day passed is a day passed and it will not come back to me. So it is better to enjoy in what you are doing because you will never know when is you last day.   Sometimes the challenges I encounter...

Slow down

Life has a fast pace, urgent matter come and go. Please slow down. Stand still and think about what you want. The earth is spinning fast and the technological advances go fast. A slower pace of living will do you good. Tomorrow the earth is still spinning at the same...