Image by extranoise
Almost 20 years ago I was sitting on a classroom at the ‘Universidad de Los Andes’ learning about System’s Theory. In that class-room, I learned a very useful paradigm: Almost anything you care to look at, can be interpreted as a system that takes some inputs; processes them; and provides some outputs.
Throughout [...]

[Read more →]

Image: Kiss with little voyeur courtesy of krisdecurtis
When I started this blog, I wrote for myself. The blog started as a collection of random thoughts I was having, primarily during boring business meetings (What? I thought this was about love!” You’re right, dear reader. Hang on there and we’ll get to it in a second)
However, [...]

[Read more →]

Image: Rooted courtesy of noahg.
Yesterday I came across a blog post that related the sad story of a 76 year-old Trishaw driver in Singapore who was taunted and abused by 3 young and (obviously) immature men. (link to Youtube video)
In the last sentence of the post, the author extols us to “take a good look [...]

[Read more →]

This is the second part of a comment to a post from a fellow blogger. You can find his post here, and the first part to my response here. I hope you enjoy these new reflections on his essay about the dangers of overspecialisation.
- The crazy Colombian
REFLECTIVE COMMENT #2 - ON LETTERS AND THEIR HIDDEN [...]

[Read more →]

Hello reader; we find each other again. I have an announcement to make. Over the last month, I found someone very similar, and at the same time very different to me. His name is Andres Melo, and like me, he is a Colombian expatriate in an English speaking country (Canada).
Like me, he has a reflective [...]

[Read more →]

As some of my readers will know, I have been increasingly interested in the Buddhist traditions. Over the last 18 months, I have read a lot about this philosophy; learned about meditation; and increased my meditation practice from about 15 mins every few months, to about 1 hour every day.
Last Sunday, I was listening to [...]

[Read more →]

The Unawakened always rewards Specificity.Only the Masters enjoy Balanced Versatility.

Image by Argenberg
Specialisation is highly regarded in this modern world.I have discussed career goals with many professionals, and I am yet to find someone who tells me “I want to develop a broad range of skills - I want to be a generalist“. But as the [...]

[Read more →]