Inspirations
“Inspiration gives no warnings” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All the World’s a Stage
There are moments in life when stakes are high. It may be a job interview, a difficult conversation it’s time to have, or the day you pitch the idea you’ve been musing over and refining for the last few weeks. Or the first time you meet a new team or you date someone, and you know there will be a [...]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
I recently watched Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary presented at the Sundance Festival that retraces the story of Fred Rogers and its show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I didn’t grow up with the show, as many did. I discovered Mr. Rogers and his reassuring trademark sweaters later in life, and I still remember the first time I stumbled upon him: [...]
Those little pearls
Many years ago, my professional role required frequent visits to my clients: I was on the road almost every week, driving from one city to another. When I was not busy with on-site meetings, I was glued to my phone, dealing about arising issues and finding possible solutions. After the first weeks, my boss gave me an advice: “While travelling and [...]
A Playful Reminder
Doing puzzles makes me happy. It’s a door to a state of flow, mind-wandering, and grounding. It starts with a pile of anonymous pieces and no idea where to start from. I proceed by trial and error, defining strategies, trying them out and adapting or changing if necessary. I learn by doing, while pieces start acquiring a meaning and a [...]
Imagination
Creativity and innovation are nowadays seen as the keys to thrive in the present, and to crack the code to future success. They are a must-have in every new list of leadership skills published, the Holy Grail organizations crave for, the subject of countless studies and research. For the curious minds, there are plenty of ways to deepen the understanding [...]
The Attention Merchants
“Our life experiences would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to.” – William James The Attention Merchants, written by Tim Wu, is an intense, mind-opening journey, that shows us how the cultivation and commercialization of human attention started long before the recent technological advancements. From newspapers to the radio and television, from advertising to Influencers, from political propaganda [...]
The most important skill
“In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.” - John Naisbitt Tim Gallwey is one of the pioneers of modern coaching, and founder of [...]
A man and his legacy
“I'm just a surfer who wanted to build something that would allow me to surf longer.” - Jack O'Neill On June 2 Jack O’Neill, a businessman, a pioneer and a surf legend, died. Tens of thousands of surfers paddled out around the globe to honor his life and legacy, celebrating his passion for the ocean, his desire to understand the [...]
We just really love content
Dozens of books and posts have been written to help us declutter our houses, and we are all familiar with the basic rule: “If you haven’t used it for a year, get rid of it”. What about the surge of another form of hoarding, digital hoarding? Raise your hand if you keep saving articles to be read, and videos to [...]
It’s just a ride
One of my favorite monologues. The iconic American comedian, the late Bill Hicks, uses a powerful metaphor to distill what life is all about. Ever wondered how powerful our minds are? And how they shape what we call reality? Make yourself a favor. Find two quiet minutes, and watch it.
How often do you pause?
“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.” - Rollo May Pausing is one of the strongest tools we have to acquire awareness, and to make conscious choices, steering our life in the direction we want to. Enriched and overwhelmed by stimuli coming to us in different shapes [...]
Career transition: It’s OK not to have the answer yet!
Career transition is much more than wanting a new job, a different company to work for, or becoming self-employed. It is a much deeper journey, where we play with possible selves, design and interact with new networks of people, and make sense of what we experience and feel. As in all journeys, a supportive and reliable companion can make all [...]
A Dictionary of Emotions
Have you ever tried to put a name to a feeling or a sensation you have? It may sounds easy and pointless, but on the contrary, it is a revealing practice that helps to connect with yourself, the people and the events that surround you. To discover and use the dictionary of emotions, means to discover all the nuances that [...]
