Category: Motivation — 50
Where to find energy if you are in an energy drain?
If we are resorting to physical analogies, then the answer should also be sought in physics. You can escape from a pit thanks to the “tunneling effect.” In life, this…
Fairy Tales · Management · Motivation
On the Value System
We all read the short fairy tale “The Little Hen Ryaba” in our childhood. It has become so clichéd that when we think of the word “fairy tale,” the first…
Leadership · Management · Motivation · Politics
You are already dead.
And I saw the dead, both small and great, standing before God, and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the…
Fairy Tales · Leadership · Motivation
When you want to stop wanting to want something.
A crisis is when you don’t want anything, and then you start wanting to want something. That’s fine, but when you don’t even want to want something, that’s a crisis.…
Fairy Tales · Leadership · Motivation
Black Sea sabre-toothed fish
A pioneer camp in Crimea on the southern coast. It’s the largest after Artek and some camp called Orlyonok, but those are more like “multi-camps,” while this one is a…
Leadership · Motivation · Politics
Dogs on a leash
It is often heard that all dog owners should be required to keep their dogs on a leash. There is a call for special laws, and if such laws already…
Fairy Tales · Information · Motivation · Politics
The world of Harry Potter
The world of Harry Potter, as described by J.K. Rowling, illustrates a modern layperson’s understanding of science and the scientific process quite well. Magical knowledge is found in certain special…
400 things a child should know
Determination Often, delayed rewards are greater than immediate ones. Much greater. The world around you will constantly tempt you with a treat now instead of a meal later. Cartoons instead…
Leadership · Management · Motivation · Quotes
Well-formulated result
The HSR technique is designed to: a) Exclude absolutely all undesirable scenarios for achieving your goal. What kind of undesirable scenarios are we talking about? For example, when you requested…
The “Final Warning” as a Motivation Tool
Case 1Recently, at a company I know, the sales director announced to some of the regional directors that if they did not fix their sales numbers by 1 May, they…