“Creative Calling” the book that most impacted my life — Books are like people; they have particularities that can bring something to the table, but they aren’t a match for everyone. Some books please most people, while others only fit a few, and that’s pretty much how humans see each other. When a book is well written and its message…

Mental imagery can help you overcome writer’s block and enhance your writing productivity — The blue screen of death is something that every digital creator dreads, because it can mean the end of his computer and everything it stores, but there’s another screen that writers fear even more: The White Screen of Non-Living. This event usually occurs when writers sit at their desks and…

Saying goodbye to my faithful four-legged companion — It was a cloudy afternoon in May. We had just left the cafe and were driving home to spend the rest of the afternoon watching movies and enjoying each other's company. We had been dating for four months and I was happier than I’d ever been. Although we were both…

Why regularity and predictability matter in life, relationships, and work — We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle We often say things without thinking, and think things that we don’t say, so there’s always this dim blanket covering our true colors. That’s why the things we do says more about us than…

The Programmer and the Robot, characters in the game of productivity — A couple of Christmas ago, my son got a little robot as a present. It was an educational game where players had to program the robot to follow a predetermined path on a board while avoiding some obstacles. …

Segmentation as a Solution — You open your eyes. You can see dust particles dancing in the spotlight of the 3 sunbeams coming from the window and landing on the top of the bedside table. There lies another surprise. A medium-sized navy blue cardboard box, tied by a lighter blue ribbon, with a white card…

Embracing reality and taking control of our lives — I have awful legs. 30 years of sports have made them a mess. They’re a medical log of surgeries, injuries, broken bones, and ripped flesh. They’re not the worst legs in the world, as there are millions of people that have suffered indescribable accidents, and others who have no legs…

Do you want to make a loss or an investment? — “Mistakes cost money!”, said some grumpy guy a few centuries ago. He was probably in a dark room complaining, ’cause that’s what grumpy guys did back then. Nowadays this expression is used very often to promote efficiency, prevent waste, and reinforce the opinion that your boss is a dick. “Mistakes…

If you can find your balance, you’re more likely to find happiness — The following question is a big one, so I want to make it clear that my ideas on this topic are based on the work of someone with a bit more background than me: Sigmund Freud. Why We Do What We Do? Everything we do freely can be explained as moving from a state of pain…