Posts in May 15, 2009

The hardest and riskiest thing to do is to say "No" to your boss. The higher your boss’s position, the harder it is. But a good leader must be able to do this because they are responsible for their team. Every reasonable "No" means avoiding unnecessary, impossible, or unreasonable tasks for the team.

Almost everybody knows this Buddhist tale... A man is strolling in the forest, when he sees a tiger, bounding down the track towards him. As the tiger closes upon him, the track comes to an end at the edge of a cliff, man jumps. Luckily, he is able to grab a hold of a vine, which brings him up short against the cliff. Below him another tiger is waiting for him to fall down...

I realized that my desire to be loved faded due to a lack of faith that it was possible (the reason for this lack of faith is not important, but the consequences are) and gradually transformed into a desire to be admired