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 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
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was very tough, working six days a week, for many hours each day. Something had to change. The next step was to have a look on the decision-making process
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was tough - working six days a week, long hours. I was frustrated and tired, and began to think about how much time I could gain in a week by returning certain tasks
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