Милый
– Милый, ты на меня совсем не смотришь!!
– Зато все время слышу!!!
Author: Artem Berman
Прибалтика
Прибалтика. Лучшая обкатка вашего нового автомобиля.
Laziness
Laziness pushes this world. No, honestly, what is it the majority of startups are built around? An effective way to do the things. What is “effective way” in a nutshell? Doing something with fewer moves, fewer keystrokes, less time. Ultimately less effort. So our laziness pushes us forward. Finally, the robots will do all the work and then laziness it will be. Does it mean the progress leads to regress? In a way.
Великие умы думают одинаково
Если одна и та же идея приходит в голову слишком многим людям – либо перед вами толпа гениев, либо идея – банальный шлак. Практика показывает, что скорее всего это первый вариант.
Sales poem
Never thought I’ll be writing sales/marketing pitches’ rules as poems in English. Nevertheless here is the first “the earlier is the stage; the shorter the message!”
Детские стихи
Так как для старшего (3 года) не существует ничего, кроме машинок, паровозиков и самолётов, пришлось соединить это с необходимостью учить стихи. Наберется на книгу – брошу работать.
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На шоссе машина
Проколола шину
Сразу быстро встала
Шину поменяла
Клеить старую уже
Будет завтра в гараже
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Сюткин
Утром предупредил жену, что являюсь поклонником творчества Сюткина.
Praise
There is no need to blame an employee. Either praise or fire.
Lead, obey or cooperate
There are only three behavior scenarios that (solely or in combination) cover the complete diversity of situations in the office or life in general. One should lead, obey or cooperate. One should also know when and which course to take. Then it is pure execution matter.
Talking
I do not like it when employees are not asking me any questions. It is always a signal of something wrong happening there. The best-case scenario is when the person doesn’t ask anything because she knows everything. Period. It is impossible, though. Period. The worst-case scenario is when she just does not care. Well, the remedy is obvious then. In between lie these communication line problems. Either I, this person or both, we did not work hard enough to create this line of communication and these working relations. The person can be shy, and I didn’t help to overcome it. I could have been busy and several times rejected the meeting and then she lost the motivation. The very unhealthy reason could be that somebody stepped in between us. The kind of bad politics that always can happen in a company. Anyhow, the regular working process is impossible with broken communication. Period.