Reflections of a crazy Colombian

A team of individuals that all think the same way usually does not achieve the level of ‘high-performing team’. This is dictated by Intellectual Darwinism, which stipulates that to have a rich intellectual environment, we need diversity of ideas, experience and skills.
But a team so diverse that its individuals have perspectives, ideas and opinions with [...]

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If we go into a meeting with a strong point of view, we run the risk of
not listening to the perspective of others, and missing out on finding the
facts that will enrich our own views.
And if we go into a meeting with no point of view, and simply ask
questions, we run the risk of spending [...]

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The value of gifts (irrespective of whether you bought them at a store or not) is not intrinsic to the gift itself. It relates more to how you came up with the gift, and how the recipient perceives the gift.
Give away too little, too rarely, or too cheaply, and your gifts may be misinterpreted as [...]

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Image: Body Language, Faceless Expressions by Jimmy MacDonald
At a very early age, I saw my Dad’s best friend (who was like a second father to me) die of lung cancer; like many strong-minded, stubborn latin american men, he took to smoking from an early age, and it killed him at the peak of [...]

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If you seek absolute answers, you end up with absolute failure.
But if you choose relative perspectives without absolute passion, you end up with relatively mediocre results.
It’s all relative; Einstein himself said it.

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Image: Path to knowledge by fictures
Are you a knowledge junkie? Take this quizz and find out!!
1. How many ’self-help’ books do you have in your bookshelf?
a) None
b) 1-3
c) 4-10
d) more than 10
2. How many ’self-help’ books have you actually read?
a) None
b) One
c) Less than Five
d) More than Five
3. How many Seminars (non-work related) have you [...]

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A few days ago I came across a stimulating essay on the battle between Absolute good and Absolute evil that is a constant theme in Walt Disney’s cartoons (link); and the implicit assumptions we are teaching our children by encouraging them to watch these movies.
Whilst I agreed wholeheartedly with the analysis, I disliked the implicit [...]

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Image:  Friends for Ever by Hamed Saber
What’s a friend?
Two days ago I got in touch with an old friend : my best friend during the last 4 years of High School. In reading his web site (www.barrerajose.com) I found many of the attributes that I loved about our friendship, and many of the weird things [...]

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