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The Top Secret to Success at a Workplace!

Reuven Sherwin

Dec 2, 2018
2 min

The Top Secret to Success at a Workplace!

Managers doing nothing? Employees working too hard? Warren Buffet??? This post manages to irritate me every time I read it. Took me a while to decide if to post it. Decided it's provoked me enough. So now maybe it'll provoke you? Would love to hear your thoughts... Note to Reader: This is written in a somewhat-provocative manner. The style is intend to provoke thought - not to frustrate or anger. If it impacts you in any way other than the intended way, I pre-apologize. It ma

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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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Reuven Sherwin

Mar 28, 2018
1 min

Two Self-Hacks anyone can do!

Some of us are Smart. Some of us are Smarter. Some of us are Beautiful. Some of us are even more Beautiful. Some of us have Talent. Some of us have more Talent. Either way, that's nothing to be proud of. And it's nothing to be ashamed of. Because we were born that way. We did nothing to be proud of. We actually did less-than-nothing to get. It came with our genes. And yet, there are two hacks we all can-and-should apply. I'll start with the trivial one. 1. You are given a set

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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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What's the difference between a compliment and an insult?

Reuven Sherwin

Apr 29, 2017
2 min

What's the difference between a compliment and an insult?

The other day at work, I was on a meeting with a number of people. We were discussing some topic and at some phase of the discussion, Joslin turned to Greg and said: "I really appreciate your operational skills. The way you make a plan and execute it is inspiring". As background you should know, that over the years, Joslin and Greg had their differences, and while on a personal level got along fine, on a professional level they were always suspicious of each other, doubting t

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The secret ingredient to all successful relationships is...

Reuven Sherwin

May 24, 2016
2 min

The secret ingredient to all successful relationships is...

(c) Christian Scheja - Trust After many many years of relationships, of the personal and professional kind, I'd like to summarize. All relationships are personal. Any other kind of a relationship - is actually not a classification of the kind/type of the relationship - but actually a classification of where the relationship take place (workplace, home, service provider, restaurant, municipality - you got the drift...) It's all about chemistry. Everything else (skill, exp

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Reuven Sherwin

Jun 11, 2015
2 min

"Yeah, but what do I know?" [Part 2]

(Continued - part 1 is here...) And it wasn't only about knowledge (where one may fairly or objectively argue - at least in perspective - that indeed he didn't know everything) - it was also about opinions. He would/will/does share his opinion or perspective about something (and trust me, he has his opinions), and then downplay it as being "only my opinion, and what do I know?". I would, could, should, did and do claim he did and does knows everything! Well, maybe, just maybe

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Reuven Sherwin

Jun 10, 2015
1 min

"Yeah, but what do I know?" [Part 1]

If I have to pin-point the single-most-important-value my Dad has hammered (and is still continuously hammering) into me ever since being a young kid and until now, it has been Soft Skepticism (a term I just invented...). As young as I remember myself, there would always be a point in the conversation Dad'd tell me "yeah, but what do I know?". Now, remember - I may have been as young as 4 or 5 when this started. My father (being My Father) knew (and knows) everything, right?

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Lessons Learned from the Army - and Impact to The Startup Nation, Part 2 of 2

Reuven Sherwin

Jun 7, 2015
2 min

Lessons Learned from the Army - and Impact to The Startup Nation, Part 2 of 2

So, what have I learned? There's always a higher hill to climb - there's that phase in the army hike, you think you're done. You'e almost there. You can see the skyline. Or the lights. And you continue pushing on - and you conquer the hill - only to find your marching orders have changed, and there's one more hill to climb. Well, tough. That's army life. And the startup life is no different. There's always an extra mile to walk - you better be here for the long haul... Ta

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Lessons Learned from the Army - and Impact to The Startup Nation, Part 1 of 2

Reuven Sherwin

May 20, 2015
1 min

Lessons Learned from the Army - and Impact to The Startup Nation, Part 1 of 2

So... I've read The Startup Nation. I've attneded numerous panels on the Israeli's startup mentality and why we are The Startup Nation. Some times I was a member of the crowd, other times I served as a panelist. In most of the panels, many of the panelists would refer to their experience in "elite technological units" and how it impacted their high-tech career, whether via use of technology, innovation, networking etc. In a recent panel I served on, I realized that some of th

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אמונה היא חוסר ידיעה. אם נוכיח אז לא נאמין...

Reuven Sherwin

May 11, 2015
1 min

אמונה היא חוסר ידיעה. אם נוכיח אז לא נאמין...

לקראת ארוע משפחתי, נתבקשנו כולנו להגדיר ״מהי אמונה?״ עבורינו. כמובן שהנושא רחב מיני-ים, אבל בכל זאת, ניסיתי. כי בקשו. אז ניסחתי את המשפט שבכותרת: ״אמונה היא חוסר-ידיעה. אם נוכיח, אז לא נאמין.״ הרעיון הוא ״לעומתי״ - המשפט מציב עצמו לעומת הוכחות למיניהן בקיום האל. תמיד הפריעו לי דיונים דתיים בה צד אחד ניסה להוכיח לשני (ולא ללמוד מהשני). אולי ארחיב על ההסתייגות בהזדמנות אחרת. אבל לגופו של עניין - בפשטות, למיטב הבנתי - אמונה והוכחה הינם שני הפכים/ניגודים. כי בתום הוכחה, יש ידיעה.

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Reuven Sherwin

May 5, 2015
1 min

[UPDATE] Rule #2 v2: Claim Failure. Blame Success.

As you may recall, in earlier posts, I discussed one the the SurmeraAssetov rules - Claim the Failure; Blame Success - or in simpler words, Taking Blame; Giving Credit. Well, at one of my Friday morning classes, I noticed that this similar idea appeared (surprize?) in our very own Jewish sources - in the trachtate Brachot (Blessings), on the first side on page 10: אמר רבי יוחנן משום רבי יוסי בן זמרא: 'כל התולה בזכות עצמו - תולין לו בזכות אחרים, וכל התולה בזכות אחרים - תולין ל

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It's all in the Presentation - The Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Reuven Sherwin

Feb 19, 2015
1 min

It's all in the Presentation - The Chocolate Chip Cookies!

A couple of months ago, Tamar prepared Chocolate Chip cookies for Shabbat (sometimes she bakes cakes, this time it was cookies). As I was tasting them, I felt they were tasty in a different way. So I call out to Tamar to tell her how much I enjoy them. Me: "Tamar, you baked these cookies?" Tamar: "Yes..." Me: "I gotta tell you - there different than usual..." Tamar (intruppting me): "...yes. I know. I know. I put in too much salt and spoiled the whole batch". Seems like I was

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Reuven Sherwin

Feb 13, 2015
1 min

"There are ten commandments, right?..."

Many years ago, I watched this film. And in the film was a scene, which I liked and quoted. Then I forgot what film it was. Then my memory insisted it was Reuben Reuben (IMDB link) - but it wasn't (wonder what Freud would think of this memory? all will be revealed by the end of the post). I remembered a father telling his son about the ten commandments, and the son being surprised (since the father was no saint), and the father explaining that it's like a test - if you get 8-

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Reuven Sherwin

Feb 5, 2015
2 min

...We'd like to feature you on the Wix Blog...

It was mid-2014, and the Wix Community team contacted me, telling me to answer some questions about myself, in order to prepare a piece about some Wix employees thoughts and insights. ... We're working on a blog series introducing members of the Wix team in a fun angle, and would love it if you can spare 5 minutes to answer the following questions:. ... This is what I sent them. The final published piece was different enough (surprized, huh?) from the content i provided, that

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Reuven Sherwin

Dec 31, 2014
1 min

להיות טוב ושמח - ולשפר את העולם שסביבנו - 3 מ-3

״ושמחת בכל משלח ידך״/״תחת אשר לא עבדת את… בשמחה ובטוב לבב מרוב כל״. אנחנו חייבים להכיר בכך שטוב לנו. (אני מראש מתנצל - אני מניח שיכול להיות שיהיו אנשים שיקראו זאת - שבאמת רע להם. אבל נכון להיום - אני לא מכיר כאילו). רוב אבות-אבותינו היו נותנים הכל לחיות בדור הזה, בארץ הזו. חלק גדול מאוכלוסיית העולם כיום - הייתה נותנת המון לחיות ברמת החיים שלנו. טוב לנו - אז בואו נכיר בכך - ונשמח בכך - ונכיר תודה למי שצריך. יש לנו עבודה ופרנסה - בואו נכיר טובה על כך. ונעשה זאת מתוך שמחה. ״עשר

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Reuven Sherwin

Dec 30, 2014
1 min

להיות טוב ושמח - ולשפר את העולם שסביבנו - 2 מ-3

(חלק שני - המשך מאתמול) לכבד בני-אדם. אין אדם חשוב יותר, אין אדם חשוב פחות. אומנם - יש בני-אדם אותם אנחנו (או סביבתינו) מחשיבים יותר - או פחות - אבל אנחנו צריכים לכבד את כולם. דרך ארץ קדמה לתורה. נימוסים חשובים מכל השכלה. תורנית ושאינה כזו. נימוסים קודמים. גם פרנסה (פרשנות נוספת לדרך ארץ היא פרנסה) חשובה. לימוד תורה במימון אחרים (״יששכר וזבולון״) הוא לגיטימי וחשוב - אם - ורק אם - הוא נעשה מתוך הסכמה ״ועשית הישר והטוב״ - יש להיות ישר. יש להיות טוב. וצריך לעשות את שניהם - לא לה

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Reuven Sherwin

Dec 30, 2014
1 min

להיות טוב ושמח - ולשפר את העולם שסביבנו - 1 מ-3

ניסיתי לשים במקום אחד את העקרונות שאני מאמין שעוזרים לאדם להיות טוב ושמח יותר. כח הדיבור: לא לנבל פה, לא לרכל. [בראשית ב׳ ז׳: וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה. - מתרגם אונקלוס - ״רוח ממללא״ - נפש מדברת] מניסיון אישי, אם מתאמצים לא לנבל את הפה, ולא לרכל - זה כבר יוביל מיטוב פנימי של האדם. ״הווי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות״. [פרקי אבות, פרק א׳ משנה ו׳] אם אנחנו מקפידים לחפש זכות אצל אנשים, ובמעשיהם, אזי אנחנו מאפשרים לאנשים - ומעודדים אותם - להיות אנשים טובים יותר - וממילא הופכים את

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Reuven Sherwin

Jul 23, 2014
1 min

learn what works - and how. learn what doesn't work, and why.

as I was contemplating the product management kitchen (what is currently being re-branded as the wix product academy), some concerned voices (concerned they will find their cheese moved) asked me what's the plan, the motivation and method of execution for the kitchen. and my answer to them was the above sentence: i'd like to learn what works - and how. i'd like to learn what doesn't work - and why. by achieving the first point, we can try and extrapolate - learn product metho

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Reuven Sherwin

Jul 15, 2014
1 min

מחשבות בעקבות הרצח של מוחמד אבו-חד׳יר, ינוח בשלום על משכבו, חלק שלישי מתוך שלושה

(לחלק הראשון) (לחלק השני) כשהאדם קם בבוקר, בתחילת היום - מה הוא מקווה לעשות? לברוא, ליצור, לעזור, לתמוך? מהם התקוות והשאיפות ליום, לעצמו, לסובבים אותו, לעולם? ובמהלך יומו, מהם דיבוריו? מה היא השפה בה הוא משתמש? הוא מדבר בצורה מכילה, בצורה מפרגנת, בצורה מכבדת? האם היו אילו דיבורים של אדם שחלומותיו ותקוותיו הם לברוא, ליצור, לעזור, לתמוך? ובסופו של יום, מה עשה? האם מעשיו תאמו את השאיפות והתקוות מהם התחיל? האם היו אילו מעשים שהלמו אדם שדיבורו הוא דיבור מכיל, מפרגן, מכבד? כזה אדם

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