Astronaut Chris Hadfield offers self-isolation advice on his WordPress site.An Astronaut’s Guide to Self-Isolation
An Astronaut’s Guide to Self-Isolation
Sixth Work Anniversary – anecdotes and lessons
This month I am celebrating my sixth anniversary at Pipedrive. I never imagined I'd be in the same company for that long. Let me share here with you some of the anecdotes and lessons learned during this time.
Mortality and Relationships
Friendship has been always at the top of my list. This was before I learned anything about essentialism, and even more after doing so. I have learned that while relationships are complicated, they are almost as important as water, food and sleep to me. In fact, they might come right after those. They are worth the effort that it comes from keeping them healthy and strong.
What I’ve learned during two months of partial isolation
On March 16 the official State of Emergency that would change our regular rhythms of life in Estonia was instated. By choice I had already been working from home from the week prior to that. It had been two months since I'd returned to work from a 10-week break. Unknowingly, my previous years and what I did during 7 of those 10 weeks would prepare me for the crisis ahead.
The Art and Science of Goal Setting: A Personal Tale
A tale of how in the last ten weeks I have learned that making plans is a mix of art and science, and that we must accept that planning requires making choices that allow us to move forward, and in choosing we are compromising.
Read. Write. Live.
A few months ago I read that writing was thinking. I was very much in agreement with the whole article, and I still am. But I now see it much more clearly. In my quest to build this habit of writing every Friday I have felt what I had just rationally understood back when I read the piece. Let me share my realization.
Home
Home, the physical space, and the people, animals and plants in it, are my safe place. There is so much that happens within these walls.
On happiness, discipline and indulgence
This is yet the most difficult of all writing Fridays. Unlike the previous ones, there is no draft, there is no specific topic, and there is no flow of words and ideas coming through my mind faster than I can type. There are no specific questions I can research on books or articles. More specifically,... Continue Reading →
On Strategy: Part 3, the skills of the strategist
In this post I expose the different skills needed to do strategy work, bringing together the work of three different authors.
On Strategy: Part 2, retrospective application.
Back when our idea of changing the world was throwing ourselves on the streets. Ideals Matter, 2009.
Maria Lasprilla 