We need to show up. We need “courage over comfort”, like Brene Brown says. We need a safe space that can support our needs. We need people who can help and listen. But most of all, we need to show up.

I have zero expectations about myself.Actually there are three things I truly expect daily about myself:1. Journaling (~ 2-3 lines)2. Blog (~ 1500 characters)3. Walk at least 1km (146km so far in 2021)And monthly I have only one expectation:At least 2500 made shots recorded on HomeCourt (basketball).All other things are projects and progress. Those…

You know life is happening because things happen and emotions are flowing. How do you make sure you don't do nothing in excess? Moderation is key.Temperance is one of the virtues from stoicism, and one I respect a lot. And one I'm learning a lot years after year. -- Daniel WildtCover: https://flic.kr/p/Z8aWsy…

Make your life and projects a long term goal. Play the infinite game. Are you in?

How do I play with emergent learning? To me, it’s all about learning. I find people that can share stories with me. Usually I’m more interested in failures than victories. I want people interested in living the problem with me. I want to understand experiments we can try. Again, it’s all about learning. I aim a vision, i aim results, but again. I’m…

I was thinking about this word: journey. Actually I was listening to Don’t Stop Believin’ and there’s this part: … Some will win, some will loseSome were born to sing the bluesOh, the movie never endsIt goes on and on, and on, and on… I was checking movies I have that I don’t want to find a finish line. And I started thinking how can I make subscri…

This reflection came after listening to “try everything”. That’s episode 71 from rework podcast. They were talking to Mert Iseri about his process to learn something new every year or sort of. I was thinking about my process and stuff I have learned through the years. Table Tennis at 12Keyboard / Piano at 15 Basketball at 15Guitar at 16Programming …

How do you help people? You need to engage with kindness, to be able to listen and care. Do you have the space needed to do that? You also need the courage to show up. You may need to share information that are sensitive and people may struggle with that. But in this process, as long as we can be curiousity over frustration and as long as we have c…

How can you feel this? This is a process of consciousness. How can I build this feeling of tranquility, because I have what I need and I am what I am?So I’ve found in minimalism part of this answer. It’s been a process of letting things go and understanding what’s real important to me. And it starts with people, with health, with how I am sleeping,…

If you are not feeling amazing about something, say No.Throw yourself into projects that resonate with your process. Say hell yeah when you feel like you need to start something and are willing to drop something else because of that. I started to say No in 2006, when I was 27 years old. I thought I had to say yes to everything otherwise I was going…

I’m learning to see the difference from desire and needs. I was listening to “don’t stop til you have enough” from Michael Jackson, and a different issue came up. I thought: I do have enough. Do I? How are you looking at your needs x your desire? I have done an episode asking about something being necessary, and I believe we have the power we need …

In times like these I will just stop. Just for a moment. I will set the stage to come out again. Not stronger, better, nothing like that. I just want to let it flow. In times like these I will just let it flow. I always remember my friend David “The Dude” Hussman who passed away years ago. I remember his face looking after a set of rules and practi…

Making life simpler. I live my professional life with a backpack since 2008. Clothing, I’ve made my wardrobe filled with less stuff year over year. Books are becoming digital or I can choose a service with most of them available. Same with music. Same with movies. Same with on demand videos. So in the end I can live my life with less possessions or…

I write every single day. It can be a couple of book pages, a blog post or a base text for a podcast episode, like this one. If I write, I feel fine. And the good thing about this is that sometimes I’m writing business stuff, to share with my colleagues. So I have added asynchronous communication to this equation. I’m able to express ideas and docu…

In this particular time where we are playing isolation mode, I believe courage is a good virtue to play along with us. When I think about courage it turn out to be a matter of having a set of things in place that makes us feel the confidence and force we need to make something happen. When I play in crisis mode, I go defense and understand my const…

Work as hard as you can, they say. Build your work ethic, they say. People who are able define a why, find any how. Can you work without sleep? I can.Can you work without living the house during the weekend? I can.Can you work 18 hours per day? I can. Now if I ask myself: Is it necessary? We are most of the time living in an autopilot mode. Make su…

Ups and downs, highs and lows... cycles, seasons, you name it. The thing is that we can’t be happy all the time. And we can’t feel awful because something happen more than the time we need to reflect and learn. Same happens when something good happens. We can’t be euphoric for a whole week and forget to do what we need to do. As a stoic and a vulne…

Find people that can help you along the way. Those people will be mentors. They have real life experiences. Learning by doing is great but understanding by context is awesome!

Back in 2001 the 22 years old Daniel felt a great amount of anxiety every Sunday night, around 7pm. So I wanna tell you how that became my engine to start side projects.

There’s a difference when you are building a network or a community. Check it!

If you could transform breathing into something you do, what is it? I’m playing with minimalism a lot, and making sure I’m doing what really matters to me.

I’m sharing my process to create inner space. How do I manage to be able to listen to people. Who takes care of me? How can I be present and focused?

Dont’t look for likes. Look for impact.

Most people think about rules and goals and tasks, but that’s not “the thing”. We need self awareness and we need to become more conscious about how we work.

If you can make something easier, do it.

Things I think about if I’m about to build a new hiring process. Whole teamPatience / email / references / sample code (unit testing) Money is about budget and boundaries. Make them clear. Create a relationship. You can get a new finder and follower. Hiring is a conversation with no end. Hiring is networking.…

Ideas worth nothing IMHO... make sure you can execute them. How much do you value your ideas?

Find your metaphors. A rant about manifestos after the agile manifesto, spotify model. Also some thoughts about ego and silos.

I was thinking about choices and decision making process. And during this process I reference a podcast from basecamp (rework.fm ep 4) and also a podcast from Tim Ferriss and Greg McKeown (tim.blog ep 355).

Commitments or moving a hobby into a new business. You have stuff you like to do, you have stuff you wanna learn and new stuff you wanna excel. I’m going for moving writing from a hobby to a new revenue stream. Let’s see how it goes.

Don’t ask why. Look for different approaches.

Metrics? Start limiting work in progress.

Some people want to control emotions. We need more connection.

My perspective on (agile) certifications

Creating time to new projects! Find your community, talk to people and go for your first step. Learn from it, and get the next step. Iterate from that!

The best thing we can do is to be ourselves. Be yourself! Find what you are good at. Find people to partner with in stuff you don’t wanna be good at.