Tag: work
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Fonts and Spreadsheets
I’m working on a hobby project of building a “Mathematics applied to Finance” course. That means using a spreadsheet to build basic business finance scenarios without using any functions but formulas with the typical addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations. Yes, old school. As I was working on the spreadsheet with some examples, I decided…
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Musk’s Contribution to Consumption Ratio
Try to be useful. Do things that are useful to your fellow human beings. To the world. It’s very hard to be useful. Very hard. Are you contributing more than you consume? Try to have a positive net contribution to society. I think that’s the thing to aim for. If you live a useful life.…
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Do Unforgettable Work
Some thoughts deserve to be forever available online. This one from Taylor Town is a true gem. On 20230727 https://taylor.town/do-unforgettable-work ### Do unforgettable work. This is not hyperbole. At minimum, customers must think you are superhuman. Respond instantly. Finish work quickly. Check in frequently. Proactively prevent problems. Deliver stellar quality. Exceed expectations in every possible…
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Things you need to know to be in the game
last updated on September 14, 2023. Click the image to enlarge it.
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Tell me what you don’t know
People on LinkedIn are now posting badges like crazy. Any micro 1h online course will offer its participants a completion badge. So I’m seeing things like “Congratulate this person for his/her new badge: How to say ‘hi’ to people in the morning” No, I’m not exaggerating. I’m seeing this at that level of granularity. It…
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Analog Transformation
At the moment I am writing this there are dozens of new discussions on A.I. that I am not part of. I am away from those discussions but, at the same time, I know very well what is at their core: disruption, change, transformation etc. Artificial Intelligence is synonymous to radical digital transformation. Fair enough.…
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When do you plan to retire?
Someone asked me this week when I plan to retire. My rule of thumb is this: by the time Mick Jagger announces his retirement, I will check his age and set it as my age for retirement.