Categoría: Paralaboral
-
When You’re Overloaded—and Delegating Isn’t an Option
by Frans van Loef and Jordan Stark En éste artículo del Harvard Business Review me pareció muy interesante el enfoque de buscar opciones para lograr cubrir todos los compromisos que se tienen incluso cuando la carga de trabajo es mucho mayor a la capacidad del equipo. Esto es algo que siempre me encuentro, y que en mi experiencia…
-
A leader isn’t a figure head
A leader isn’t a figure head. They are a doer. They are a solver of problems. They are in command of themselves, confident contagious. They make things happen, they help the people around them make things happen. This is not random or a result of their authority, it’s because of their skill – they are…
-
Daniel Pink in To Sell is Human
At every opportunity you have to move someone—from traditional sales, like convincing a prospect to buy a new computer system, to non-sales selling, like persuading your daughter to do her homework—be sure you can answer the two questions at the core of genuine service. If the answer to either of these questions is no, you’re…
-
Anna Wintour with a dose of truth
“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want. What people hate most is indecision.”
-
El networking más efectivo para encontrar trabajo
“El networking más efectivo para encontrar trabajo no es el de los lazos fuertes (familia y amigos cercanos), sino de los lazos débiles, esos conocidos casuales que te abren a información y círculos diferentes. La investigación muestra que los lazos débiles están asociados con mayor creatividad precisamente por su conexión con perspectivas e ideas más…
-
Awareness by Anthony De Mello
“You’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache.…
-
Pete Davis on why we love people who commit but don’t commit
“Why do we love committers but act like browsers? I think it’s because of three fears. First, we have a fear of regret: we worry that if we commit to something, we will later regret having not committed to something else. Second, we have a fear of association: we think that if we commit to…
-
Connecting the Dots
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference…
-
How to do Great Work
Un artículo largo, pero que vale la pena leerlo. En mi caso me enseñaron desde mi casa que si iba a hacer algo debía hacerlo de la mejor manera posible! Y es muy común que me pregunten por qué lo hago, porque muchas veces eso significa que se debe ir más allá de lo que…
-
Si quieres seguridad total…
Si solo quieres seguridad total ve a la cárcel. Te alimentan, te visten y te dan cuidados médicos. Solo tienes que renunciar a tu libertad. – Dwight Eisenhower
fernandocastellano.com 