Tag: Insights
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A bit of a reflection on my trip to Scotland
So, something that doesn’t happen very often – I found myself home alone. Not completely alone, but just me and the dog – dog-sitting, you could say. My wife and kids went to Spain, and suddenly the house felt very different. Quiet, empty, no background noise at all. It sounds like the perfect setup for…
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When “Very Good” Is Not Enough
At some point I stumbled across Adolf Hitler’s paintings online. Not in a history book. Just… there. Watercolours. Buildings. Streets. Quiet scenes. The uncomfortable question followed immediately:All wrongdoings aside — purely as a painter — was he any good? The honest answer surprised me. Yes. He was good. Technically competent. Solid perspective. Careful execution. His…
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A Cup of Coffee That Shouldn’t Have Existed
Here I am, sipping my morning coffee while watching the new Veritasium video about antimatter. At school I always loved physics. I wasn’t a physicist or a mathematician, but something about it pulled me in. I even sat the physics exam for fun and got admitted to university for applied physics, although I never pulled…
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Defining Values: Version 1
I realised something fundamentally important today about values. I’ve often heard – from people, books, and articles – that we are all driven by our internal values. Our decisions, actions, motives, and even fears stem from within. These values aren’t all equal, either. They form a hierarchy, a kind of internal priority system. Every time…
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Raising the bar
I had a bit of an enlightenment today… While listening to The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett, he shared his approach to identifying underperforming employees and the importance of letting them go. He posed a thought-provoking question: Pick any random employee and imagine if the entire company inherited this person’s qualities – their…