To continue the part one on private victory, the latter half of this book focuses on paradigms of interdependence covering the second set of three habits for public victory followed by the 7th habit of sharpen the saw. However, it is important to note that private victory precedes public victory, self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of … Continue reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Part Two)
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Dictator
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? Cicero, 46 BC I enjoy reading history and biographies tremendously. However, never was I able to … Continue reading Dictator
Lustrum / Conspirata
I caught a cold last weekend and have been suffering for a few days. This is the second time in my 5+ years of living in USA that a cold had defeated me. Last Tuesday and Wednesday were the worst. It felt very cold even in a well heated room and every inch of my … Continue reading Lustrum / Conspirata
Imperium
Imperium is a fictional biography of Cicero written by Robert Harris. In the dictionary, the definition of the word Imperium goes: absolute power, power to command, the supreme power held especially by consuls and emperors to command and administer in military, judicial and civil affairs. In Robert Harris’ Imperium, my interpretation of the title is: … Continue reading Imperium
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Part One)
I remember seeing this book go viral more than a decade and half ago when I was an undergraduate, in center displays of the bookshops I frequented. Admittedly, I was curious about what this was about, yet at the same time I had the very rebellious view of the world that any book that is … Continue reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Part One)
Illusions – The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
By Richard Bach, the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull This is a book about the time spent together between Richard, the author, and Donald Shimoda, a Messiah who can see through all the illusions of the world and know the reality behind. They flew old planes from town to town, selling short rides to people. … Continue reading Illusions – The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Customer Service
Most of us have had some experiences with customer service before, positive or negative or neutral. We can probably find ourselves united in the unpleasant memory of one or two international service providers, if we start sharing our bad experiences. At those circumstances, we ask: why does this company not put their customer first, as … Continue reading Customer Service
Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights
At first, Interview Users - How to Uncover Compelling Insights by Steve Portigal was not a comfortable choice to me. I flipped through some pages and was partially tempted to dismiss it: Oh, it is just a recipe book for field interview. Nah, I know how to have conversations with people. After all, for probably … Continue reading Interviewing Users – How to Uncover Compelling Insights
The truest sentence
Last summer while travelling between home and Denver for the USENIX Annual Technical conference, I had a wonderful companion, Ernest Hemingway's A Movable Feast. Since then, I have read probably another dozen of books and there is one message from that book coming back to me frequently: "All you have to do is write one true sentence. … Continue reading The truest sentence
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is the first book of the trilogy Out of the Hitler Time, written by Judith Kerr, based on her childhood experience of fleeing from Germany with her family in 1933, travelling via Switzerland and Paris, and arriving finally in London in 1936. It is a children's book, labelled as suitable … Continue reading When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit