The beauty of the things we take from granted like … seeing the sun in the morning

Today I had one of those mornings: woke up at 5AM, went on the beach at 5.15, started my meditation and healthy breathing routine immediatly, then the exercises for the back muscles, jogging and swimming, everything until 7 AM. In the process, I’ve witnessed the beauty of the sun rising, saw few hundreds of crabs being nurtured by the sun and frightened by me approaching, was saluted by many small fishes which came veeery close to me and felt very alive.

While being laid down on the sand I’ve reconnected with Mother Earth and was grateful to live another day.

Sunrise
Sunrise

I felt guilty many times over of not even be present to the real beauty of the world around being caught in various negative patterns, worries about survival, business development, challenge overcoming and so on. Of course, this is a general problem to many people who want more for them and others but … simply I can’t take this as an excuse. Even when the road to success and fulfillment is paved with a lot of obstacles the beauty is in enjoying the process. Yes, you will say that it is easy to say than done and I agree with you. Continue reading “The beauty of the things we take from granted like … seeing the sun in the morning”

The word to today is speed. The speed to … nowhere or what?

Today everything is measured by speed: the speed of internet, speed reading, speed dating, speed everything. Most of us don’t have real goals but we push the speed button towards the town of nowhere. Why we do this?

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Researchers at Harvard shown that we block ourselves from having clarity and even find fast solutions to our problems. They believe that the constant traffic of thoughts prevents us from seeing clearly, listening in detail and tapping one of our most precious resources – our intuition. Continue reading “The word to today is speed. The speed to … nowhere or what?”

The top 22 mistakes of first-time CEOs

Venture Beat just published today The top 22 mistakes of first-time CEOs. I don’t know why are 22 but they seem to be common sense.

Just browsing them and wanted to share this precious content with my online family:

1. Does not begin to build a culture of accountability in the organization on day one
2. Fails to keep their mouth closed and their ears and eyes open
3. Does not build understanding, trust, and credibility with key stakeholders in the first three months on the job
4. Over-promises and sets unrealistic expectations early in the game
5. Makes decisions for change before having the understanding and credibility of the market, business, and people
6. Drives changes too quickly and fails to understand how much change the business and culture can withstand
7. Fails to establish a true vision and strategy working with the key stakeholders and employees of the company
8. Complains and vents to the board and others about problems of the past versus talking about solutions
9. Fails to drive a strategy and operating plan that creates a successful business model
10. Over-hires talent without having the right understanding of the needed people, processes, and technology Continue reading “The top 22 mistakes of first-time CEOs”

If you think that running or jogging are not for you than skip this article! Otherwise … Steve Way: From cigarettes and alcohol to marathon man

Maybe you’re great and you just don’t realise. Maybe there’s a painter buried deep inside. A pianist? A pilot? A poet? You might be the finest puppeteer the world has seen. And never know it. Continue reading If you think that running or jogging are not for you than skip this article! Otherwise … Steve Way: From cigarettes and alcohol to marathon man