In early 2026, I dedicated 10.5 hours over three days to YearCompass for reflection and planning. Previously dissatisfied with the tool, I found renewed value this year, gaining insights about managing ambitions and emphasizing gratitude, humility, and joy. They aim to write more and share experiences through my blog. … More Setting Intentions for 2026: Lessons Learned from YearCompass
Happy New Year! 🎉🥳🍀 I’d like to reflect about a post by Shreyas from last year for 2026 that got my attention: You can keep chasing 100s of frameworks, mental models, tactics, playbooks, success stories, tools, and templates throughout your career, and yet the fundamental capability that will unleash your product mastery across domains and … More Self-Awareness: The Product Skill Nobody Teaches
Something kind and beautiful happened to us during our vacation. We were traveling by train and had different seats reserved. It was our first time using the Spanish train service, and I wasn’t familiar with how to make seat reservations on the payment machine. Just before the journey began, a woman came by claiming her … More Reflections About the Power of Kindness and Giving
As I get older, mortality and life expectancy have become more significant to me. Recently, I came across a graphic that resonated deeply with me, highlighting that in 2011, four-fifths of the population could expect to live beyond 73 years and every second person survived up to the age of 84. While these are positive … More Memento Mori: Reflections on Mortality and Making the Most of Life
It’s already been a while in 2023, but I’d like to use the opportunity to share some of my new year’s resolutions. As you might know or don’t know, I do journaling with pen and paper every day, at least twice a day, as a check-in and out to reflect what happened and to plan … More Reflections about 2022 | 2023
One of the most valuable times of the week is reflection and planning for me. I journal at least two times a day (morning and evening). Plus, the weekly and monthly views are helpful to see what happened, what I learned based on my experiences and what to do next for longer periods of time … More Be the person you’d like to meet
Today I’ve read a great post from Seth Godin about the difference of happiness and pleasure. Main differences in the definition are: Pleasure Happiness short-lived long-lived addictive additive selfish generous taking giving can be achieved with substances can’t be achieved with substances experienced alone experienced in social groups dopamine serotonin Due to the fact I … More Thoughts About Pleasure and Happiness
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