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The liberation of fewer options

Dear Diary, Today, my home office turned into a stage for a Shakespearean dilemma: the battle between the external keyboard and the laptop’s built-in counterpart. A clash of convenience versus comfort, where minimalism meets the allure of efficiency. With each test, I feel like an indecisive director at an endless rehearsal. Will the external keyboard, with its expansive key landscape and ergonomic promises, take the lead role in my productivity? Or should the trusty laptop keyboard, my companion on nomadic days, continue to star in this show?...

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Echoes of Calm in the Storm of Screens

Dear Diary, Today, the atmosphere at home was charged with an electric mix of digital tension and tangible emotions. At the heart of this storm was my son, a passionate gamer whose journey oscillates between highs of ecstasy and lows of despair, all dictated by the unfolding narratives of his video games. His shouts, amplified by in-game adrenaline, echo like war drums in the peaceful kingdom of our home. Each of his outbursts hits me like a wave, challenging the very foundations of my patience....

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Diary of a Procrastinating Perfectionist

March 20th Today, the clock taunted me with its mocking hands, pointing to three hours of pure, unadulterated productivity. But alas, capricious fate had other plans, as the mountain of work before me morphed into the nagging voice of an orderly conscience. That’s when the spirit of tidiness possessed me with unprecedented zeal. My files, those ancient guardians of chaos, cried out for organization. The drawers, dark abysses of forgotten mysteries, begged for light and order....

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One brick at a time

Dear Diary, Today’s musings led me down a path of unexpected tranquility, reminiscent of the age-old adage: “It is one brick at a time.” A simple yet profound lesson unfolded before me, whispering the importance of the journey over the destination. In a world obsessed with outcomes, I found solace in the idea of letting go, of surrendering to the process without the haste that often clouds our judgment. As I reflected deeper, it dawned upon me that our penchant for speed carries with it a shadow of doubt, a silent question of our own capabilities....

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A Symphony of Simple Joys

Dear Diary, Today was a whisper in the grand symphony of life, a gentle reminder that even in the quietest moments, there’s a melody playing. Lost I was, wandering in the vastness of routine, until I found solace in your pages. You, my dear confidant, are the canvas to my thoughts, the keeper of my day’s unsung songs. Ah, the sky today wore its finest shade of blue, a canvas splashed with the brilliance of a painter’s dream....

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The Grand Prix of Gumption: Launch Day Lament

March 1st, 2024 Dear Diary, Today was supposed to be the day I etched my name in the annals of app history, the day my F1 predictions app would take the Grand Prix world by storm. Ah, the sweet taste of anticipation - turned, unexpectedly, into a goblet of sheer disbelief. For two months, my life revolved around codes, caffeine, and dreams. Nights were when the moon kept company, and days blended into a relentless marathon toward perfection....

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Sales is about teaching

Great sales people teach their clients a different way to think about their issues. A research (by CEB) asked thousands of customers about what is it that they valued most from their suppliers. The results showed that what sets the best sales reps apart is the value of their insights in how to make the customer make or save money in ways they did not know were possible. Customers loves salespeople who teach and discover new ways for them to succeed....

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What does ChatGPT think about how AI will impact the Future of Work?

Everyone talks about ChatGPT and how it is going to change everything. There are thousands of YouTube videos explaining how ChatGPT can be used to generate content, software or do your homework. There are all sorts of clickbait posts alerting on how AI will leave you jobless and without future. If you want to make sense out of the hype, why not asking ChatGPT for help? You can directly ask the famous AI or just read “AI at Work: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Employment....

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What makes humans unique versus machines

If there is an activity that is uniquely human and difficult to replace by machines, it is innovation. The creation and implementation of new ideas will remain a genuinely human activity for some time. As long as we think of innovation as the activity that seeks to fulfill human needs in a new better way, we will need humans to drive it. Although automation will replace some jobs, new waves of innovation will drive new waves of employment, despite of a new kind....

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Building a Second Brain

Building a second brain is about creating a system to process the vast amounts of information we consume and transform it into actionable knowledge. Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential, by Tiago Forte is one of the books of 2022. The underlying philosophy is very similar to that of Zettelkasten. Tiago Forte’s method is a pragmatic update to this note-taking system, which is popular in the academic world....