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    לקפוץ למים - עקב בצד אגודל | קפיצה גדולה - וצעדים קטנים
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    לקפוץ למים - עקב בצד אגודל | קפיצה גדולה - וצעדים קטנים

    [Original Post in English, if you prefer] [תורגם מאנגלית - אם נוח לכם באנגלית - אז בבקשה...] עוברים את התהום - בקפיצה גדולה. צריך ״פשוט לקפוץ למים״. הדרך מורכבת - מהרבה צעדים קטנים. את הדרך עוברים ״עקב בצד אגודל״. [בעקבות משוב מאחת המבקרות הנאמנות, יש דוגמה מעשית בסוף...] לא מזמן, נקלעתי לדיון על איך לחולל שינוי, לתמיד. הנושא היה איך מתחילים שינוי (מרזים, מתחילים לעשות כושר, לומדים שפה) - ומתמידים בו. שתי העמדות שהוצגו בדיון היו האם ״צריך פשוט לקפוץ למים״ - או ״עקב בצד אגודל״
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    Just Be On Time. And if you can't be On Time - be Early.
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Apr 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Just Be On Time. And if you can't be On Time - be Early.

    Early on in life, I learned two basic lessons from my father: Better be 30 minutes early than 1 minute late (numbers may vary, but you understand the principle) Be nice to people. Say hello and smile - even if you don't know them. He probably had his reasons for developing that method of operation, and overall, as many children do, I guess I accepted this as "If dad says so..." I mentioned the reasoning to "tuning" your behaviour in a previous post, so I won't elaborate on #2
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    Take a Leap-of-Faith, One Step at a Time
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Dec 31, 2017
    • 2 min

    Take a Leap-of-Faith, One Step at a Time

    You can not cross the gap without taking a leap of faith. You can not keep going unless you take one step at a time. [Following feedback from one of my best critics, I've added a concrete example at the end.] The other day, we had a discussion about making change. The topic was a how to make a change (lose wait, take up jogging, learn a language) - and make it stay. The two sides of the discussion were basically "take one small step at a time" or "take a leap of faith". After
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    Test Yourself - Are you Making an Impact?
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Nov 29, 2017
    • 1 min

    Test Yourself - Are you Making an Impact?

    Make an Impact! Be Replaceable... As holidays come-and-go, we tend to do some soul-searching, trying to realize what we're doing good - and what we could be doing better. We tend to think highly of ourselves. That's fine. To some extent, even natural. We believe we are doing a good job (as an employee, as a manager, as a parent, as a student, as a child, as a spouse - you got the point...) That's ok. We think nothing needs improving. That's wrong. In almost every domain, we c
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    The Way to Make a Difference. Right the Wrong.
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Sep 28, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Way to Make a Difference. Right the Wrong.

    TL;DR; If you're asked to do something you believe is wrong - speak up. (I'm talking about workplace, but I suspect it can be generalised.) Actively try to Right the Wrong. Either work harder - and learn why it's not Wrong - but actually - it is Right. Or work harder - to explain to your partners why it's Wrong. If both fail, escalate. (There are exceptions, but this is the rule.) Make a Difference. Be Involved. Longer Story (I'm writing about a specific case involving Produc
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    Diversification: Having your Cake and Eating it Too...
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Jul 27, 2017
    • 2 min

    Diversification: Having your Cake and Eating it Too...

    (Originally posted on Facebook, in Hebrew, on July 19th, 2017. Now, in English, and much more general. Original text at end...) They said it can't be done. That you can't have your cake and eat it too. Well, in the context of societies and/or organizations, I believe you can. Read more... There's a riddle I like. A very simple riddle. But a very insightful one. How do you split piece-of-cake fairly between two people? (Answer below the line, search for ***). Recently (June/Ju
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    Creating a winning Workplace Culture
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Jun 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    Creating a winning Workplace Culture

    Netflix created an amazing presentation on Workplace Culture. You can find it here. [UPDATE: A version/variation is also available on Netflix' site.] It's 124 slides, viewed over 16 million times (as of the time of this post... probably more by the time you read this). It's very readable (should take you no more than 30-40 minutes - a small investment if you want to learn about great workplace culture), and very understandable. Rumors are that Sheryl Sandberg - Facebook COO -
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    The most dangerous...
    Reuven Sherwin
    • Jul 4, 2016
    • 2 min

    The most dangerous...

    I remember my surprise, when I first read (possibly it was in one of the Tarzan books I read as a child) that the most dangerous creature on earth is Man, Homo Sapiens. As a member of the human race, I felt personally insulted. When I read justifications to this claim, I felt there may be some point to this claim. Want to read more about it? just google... (or click here). But that is NOT the subject of this post... You see, part of the claims talk about how humans invent wea
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