Problem solving...

Thanks Manny!

Kidnaptionship

My perception of what it must have been to go through a ¨kidnap.tionship¨. Descriptions out there? Anyone?

Empathy

We all wish other people, especially our loved ones, behaved in a way they don´t, or achieved things we deem easy for them (because they are easy for us).
I think one of the hardest things in life is being able to let go of this, just letting people BE. It all comes down to empathy, being able to walk a mile on the other person´s shoes and understand how hard that thing can be under their circumstances. The other hard thing to do then, is help them create the circumstances that will allow them to achieve it, IF they want to.

Jose Antonio Marina says that intelligent behavior is characterized by the creation of possibilities.

That´s why managers who inspire get a lot more done in the long run than those who use a command-and-control approach.

Meanwhile...

¨Life is...what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".¨

- John Lennon

Feliz Aniversario

And speaking of true love and affection, today is my parents´ 32nd anniversary.

Felicidades papá y mamá!!

Hugggggg

A little true versus fake (conditional and conditioned) affection...

The Long Ladder

Been drawing, not only intimating with Cruzcampo during vacation. These are some thoughts on Corporate ¨ladderism¨ (the new extreme sport....it has tremendous side effects in the long run).

Whose ladder are you climbing...? Ever tried climbing your own?

Vacations with a Purpose

Greetings from El Puerto de Santa María, the town where I grew up, located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. Life is getting interesting and I needed two weeks to reflect on all things work.(Michele calls these getaways ¨hiatus¨, which I find very representative).

Nothing like sunset contemplation to clear your head. This one´s a view of the town of Rota, next to El Puerto, with the Naval Base in between both cities (those are navy ships).

Living abroad as I do, it´s good (important) getting to see your friends at least once a year. If you ever need an agency to help you with your corporate identity, packaging and a non-traditional but effective marketing campaign, check these guys out. They´re doing great things lately. It was founded by my friend Kisko, who I find to be a great innovator in this field.

Dear blog

Dear blog,
I haven't forgotten you. It's just that I still don't have internet connection in my new apartment...and probably won't for a while.
In the meantime I cheat on you with your younger sister nanoblogging, by updating my twitter page several times a day. Soon I will be bringing you both together.
While I'm away, please don't forget to greet the fellow "terricoleans" who pass by and offer them a thought or two, either written or drawn.
With no further instructions, I leave you til next time. Send my kind regards to your Google host server.

milestone weekend

Long time...writing from my blackberry tonight: first mobile blogging experience. Getting used to the pearl's keyboard. Writing in telegraph mode cause my left finger is yelling at me...and cause I'm doing Twitter lately. That's the "nu thang, y'all know?"
Oh, and milestone weekend cause I moved to a "new" (long story) apartment. Lessons learned?
1. Mom & Dad's infinite generosity towards their children
2. Murphy's law applies to moving too
3. I avoided much of it by remaining calm and positive (law of attraction)
4.general contractors are to construction what copyright lawyers are to music.

Gud nait

Take me to your leader...

Me likey di blog...


The word of wisdom today comes from Seth Godin on this post: if you have anything you´d like to say, tell the world, get it out of your system or simply type, do it. Just once, and see the effect it has on you.

Like Hugh MacLeod likes to remember that Clay Shirky says:

"So forget about blogs and bloggers and blogging and focus on this -- the cost and difficulty of publishing absolutely anything, by anyone, into a global medium, just got a whole lot lower. And the effects of that increased pool of potential producers is going to be vast."

Here´s my afraidsumé...

Wishi washi

Here´s another one for the ¨it´s not you, it´s me¨ style of gracefully not getting it... hah!

Dad

Feliz día de los padres papá!!

Gracias por todo.

Business expired

Wrongbal Warming

Turns out it´s not that clear whether an increase in CO2 levels drives an increase in the Earth´s temperature or it´s the other way around.

I can´t find the tiny little post, but if you do, please send it to me. Thanks!

PD. I promise I´ll get better at the drawings, hah!

Mental Model

What´s your mental model?

What dots?

I guess some days it´s harder to connect the dots than others. You lose perspective, or hope, or simply patience...That´s ok, as long as you find posts like this one, by Nick Smith (again).

Flow me...

From life2pointO:

The alternative to planning and organising is to be open to receive. Not in a passive 'do nothing' type of way, but as an active surrender to our inner knowing... and moment to moment engagement with our experience of life as it unfolds before us.

We think that without our conscious control our lives would be chaos. Not so, in truth they would reflect only Love and harmony.

Sort of a self-critique...

Innothon

Have you ever spent 17 straight hours talking about innovation and human dynamics? I just did. Hope I can wake up tomorrow... ;-P

Laif is gud.