Author: adriandobre

Dear Microsoft… how about sustainability?

So I just bought a mouse the other day and it came in this massive box made of what it looks like reinforced cardboard. Expensive? Not really, around 7 EUR.

I took the mouse out, plugged it in the USB slot, worked as expected. Happy!

The box, still massive and heavy. Inside, two manuals… one 91 pages (including covers) Product Guide and one 46 pages (with covers) Warranty.

A 91 pages Product Guide? For a mouse? C’mon! Continue reading →

Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review

Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning

I will give this technique a try starting from today! As I’m juggling a lot of important things lately, it happens that I become distracted down the road… facebook, checking analytics too often, reading emails to often…

The article suggests two lists:

  1. The list of priorities
  2. The list of things to ignore or avoid

via Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review.

10 Mistakes in Behavior Change

From BJ Fogg & the team, here are 10 mistakes in behavior change:

  1. We rely on will power for long-term change
  2. Attempting big leaps instead of small steps
  3. Ignoring how environment shapes behaviors
  4. Trying to stop old behaviors instead of creating new ones
  5. Blaming failures on lack of motivation
  6. Underestimating the power of triggers
  7. Believing that information leads to action
  8. Focusing on abstract goals rather than on specific behaviors
  9. Seeking to change forever rather than for a short time
  10. Assuming that behavior change is difficult

There are also some other resources from the same author on his website:

Listen, Grasshopper | Daily Passages | In Our Elements

This one comes after listening to Fip. Today they featured movie soundtracks and a song with movie narration overlay got aired. It was a short passage from an US tv series that ran in the 70’s – Kung Fu.

I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy, for from mercy comes courage. The second is frugality, from which comes generosity to others. The third is humility, for from it comes leadership. The boy responds, Strange treasures. How shall I hold them and keep them? Memory? The blind man answers, No, Grasshopper, not in memory, but in your deeds

via Listen, Grasshopper | Daily Passages | In Our Elements.

p.s. apparently, this was written by Cheng Lin, 1949

p.p.s. the song is called A Children’s Game by Divine Strength