At least once a year, a video circulates on the internet featuring a 1980s work crew where only one person is shoveling while the others are happily supporting him. This is often seen as a typical example of socialism
About twenty years ago, I asked the neighbor girl about her plans, and with sparkling eyes, she told me she wanted to be a DJ. Her school grades weren't impressive, she wasn't particularly talented or diligent, so I wondered what would become of this child when faced with reality
Last week, I held my first performance evaluation meeting of the year with myself, and I had a look on my annual and mid-term goals. My list includes various goals related to personal life, learning, health, and of course, work
This afternoon, I had a conversation with my grandma and asked her if the leaves of the tulips had dried up yet in her garden. Not only had they dried up, but she had already cut them and prepared to burn them
In recent weeks I got more and more tasks, and after a relatively calm period, I found myself back in the rat race. Near the return of time constraints and the need for strict planning to be in the right place at the right time, the constant underlying tension, which I hadn't missed
I have been thinking about this topic for more than a decade now, always referred to under the working title "Three Deaths," based on Lev Tolstoy's collection of short stories, "Three Deaths"
I consider myself more of a practical than theoretical professional, and I feel myself alive when working on complex tasks. So I do not think, that it is a coincidence that I sometimes find myself involved in challenging projects
Regarding investments, we also carried out a process improvement similar to what I described in my previous post. The aim here was to always maximize the use of the available or unexpectedly appearing investment budget
Last, but not least, came the reorganization of processes because it takes much less time if something runs systematically rather than firefighting or rushing. Our two most useful developments were the tracking of the maintenance costs and the introduction of the yearly investment cycle
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was very tough, working six days a week, with very long hours. After a while, this started to decrease, but there was still room for improvements, like the hopeless and endless meetings
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