Writing is boring. Sometimes, when you start writing, there are many voices and thoughts that pop up in your head. They distract you by saying check social media, did you turn off the oven, or what should you eat at dinner. Think as if these thoughts are coming from small mice. Pick one of them from the tail. Put...
Identify and Understand the audience (the most difficult one) Create and determine the goal Discover the challenges Find the right character Bring the challenges to resolution Source(s): Unleash the Power of Storytelling by Rob Biesenbach Resourced: Mektup #49: The Craft of Writing Effectively; Reply via email |...
By using E. coli bacteria, the scientists observe the evolution through an experiment. E. coli bacteria can multiply multiple times a day. In the experiment, they populated E. coli bacteria every day for 36 years while keeping their environment exactly the same (using the same solution). After 20+ years or so, E....
We can summarize the manager's job as helping people execute in the best way by clearing out the blockers and ensuring they grow while bringing success to the business. Managing a team comes with challenges. The team might face blockers, can steer away from the goal, or can get stuck. There are many unknowns, and...
In our everyday life, social media bombards us with happy moments. The protection of safe zones that we created for ourselves caused us to see reality less. Not experiencing the pain, we're losing the benefits of learning how to deal with it. Like babies not being exposed to germs early on and growing up being more...
The media likes to show extraordinary people who have achieved great things. Because these people create attention. Humans are interested in things other than themselves, and the press uses the exceptional to keep interest high. The misperception created by the media causes many mental problems. The extraordinary...
Everyone has values and metrics that define their perspective and perception of life. They also describe the problems they face. In each situation, they interpret the events and either accept them as a problem or not. When they don't take the "bad" event as a problem, they just don't give a fuck about it. It's also...
We always have to choose if we care about something or not. We decide to have a particular perspective on different things. Even when we don't choose anything, it's still a choice by its nature. The reality is that choice is unavoidable. It is why we should move our focus to how and what we choose. If why we choose...
As you are born, the cards are already dealt in your life. You may be lucky and get a good hand, or you're out of luck and have a bad hand. The reality is, these are not our choices. However, having a bad hand doesn't mean that you will lose the game of poker. Your strategy is your choice. Ultimately, you're...
Accountability, in a teamwork context, means holding each other accountable and calling each other on our actions, behaviors, and performance that might hurt the team. When people avoid this type of call-on, they actually avoid their internal discomfort, they avoid confrontation. On the peer level, I rarely did...
Be authentic. Personalization in the language is essential. If we always talk formally, we remove the sophistication and the touch of personality from the conversation. This also applies to the decisions. Decisions can be formal. But communication of decisions might be better in an informal way. Related Note(s):...
People forget. If we want people to change their minds or apply a new method, there is no other way than continually and consistently repeating the message. They will eventually learn by hearing when the message is resistant. The problem is not their competence. When we want to give a message that they should...
