Happy Tuesday!
Here are seven essays I wrote recently. On life, learning, mastery, and capoeira.
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Fresh post: Jack Maโs socks
I used to work at Alibaba, a Chinese and multinational technology conglomerate, for a few years. The founder of the company, Jack Ma, was somewhat of a legend. There was no cult of Jack Ma inside the company, but a high level of respect and appreciation. A lot of stories were passed from mouth to mouth about the โlabors of Chief Ma,โ or Teacher Ma, as we would call him back then. And one of the stories was about his socksโฆ
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Other posts last week
- โLessons from Ido Portal – on integrity, professionalism, and excuses. Beware, harsh language is ahead!
- โIdentities – how identities can help you or drown you.
- โPlacebo & Nocebo effects and how to use them smartly.
- โStress is good for your health if you believe itโs good for you (scientific research).
- โOn Leadership – capoeira community as a disguised leadership academy.
- โDuplication – more interesting question and challenge for a leader is: how to pass the baton of leadership to a new runner? How can we pass on all the stuff we learned in a half-time to the next generation? Even if you do not consider your self a leader, try to read through and understand what is on the other side.
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Until next week,
Alex Maltsev
โDigital Creator, capoeira teacher, proud father