Aha of today

#AhaOfToday It happened when I was triggered that my observations were mixed with inner stories that were filling the gaps in what I was hearing. That completely messed up the connection with the other.

#ahaoftoday About goal setting: When you see the carrot dangling before you… remember you’re holding the stick.

#ahaoftoday Preciseness is efficient.

#ahaoftoday Some habits, like meditating, running/walking, or talking to a friend are as important as brushing my teeth. I can skip them once or twice without consequences, but not more. What similarly important habits do you have?

#ahaoftoday Feeling stuck or blocked or paralyzed/frozen is when fear exceeds my capacity to deal with it. Acknowledging this empowers me to start unpacking that fear.

#ahaoftoday Replace “Have to” with “Get to”. Trade expectations for appreciation and life changes in an instant. Courtesy of happyhabits.art

#AhaOfToday Are you pushing against someone or are you pushing together. If you’re noticing that you’re pushing against someone, switch into curiosity about their situation. – Removable Discomfort by Troubleshooting Agile

#AhaOfToday I just stepped out from a meetup that had one person that kept making annotations on the shared screen (and had the camera off). Neither the host nor the speaker addressed it in time and then we were invited into breakout rooms. Sorry, no.

#AhaOfToday At work, whatever the problem, propose an initial solution (even when it’s obviously incomplete). A lot of of people (myself included) get stuck at the stage of raising the issue and that’s fine, but it’s not leadership.

#AhaOfToday I discovered a new category of software: “done&done software”. Never before have I considered the possibility of software that does not need any development because just works (the metaphor for this is a factory machine).