Category Archives: thinking

Freeeeedooooom :)

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To quote:

I would love to turn you loose
I know you can’t stand to be micromanaged. And that’s good, because I hate to micromanage. But freedom is earned, not given. Show me you can fly on your own and I’ll gladly focus on something or someone else.

In fact, if you feel I’m micromanaging you, tell me. Say, “I can tell you don’t quite trust me to handle this well. I understand, so I’m going to prove to you that you can trust me.”

Pull that off and not only will I get off your back… I’ll respect you even more.

Aah, the truth… 😉

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Exclusive: End of the world approaching – Yahoo! employees required to work in the office

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It has been a while since I posted here. And here is a post in English 🙂

So there has been great disturbance in the force recently. Or so they say. The sith lord(ess) of Yahoo!, Darth(ess) Marissa issued a decree that hereby orders her subjects that they work from their Yahoo! office and no from the cozy location of their homes. In short, the end of the world is approaching.

I mean, really???

Reading the tech press, FB blog posts, even a random post in Internet that triggered my deeper thinking on the topic and eventual posting here, you would believe that that the current Yahoo! CEO is the devil in disguise who bestows some hellish practices on her noble subjects.

I mean, really???

I guess I am old fashioned. Both in my managerial and regular-life thinking, but I can help but wonder, when did working from home became so important? When did working in the office became evil? But most importantly, when did we, the outsiders, became so self assured and so self important to cast (and shout loudly) our views upon those “in the know”? When?

Conventional wisdom… Entitlement… Self importance… Modern media… Memes…

There we have a CEO of a company in deep turmoil just less than an year ago. A company that has been going down since it heydays, more than 10 years ago. Imagine that. Going down for ~ 10 years. Now imagine that you are hired to turn around the trend. To make a company, still huge, that has been “the loser” for some odd 10 years, join the exclusive winners club. Are you going to do some bold decisions? Do you think bold decisions are needed?

And then this huge outcry for something so small. So logical. So boring should I say. Both – the decision and the outcry 🙂

When you are steadying the ship, you are supposed to start with the sailors, aren’t you? I mean, the ship is just a wood. It goes where sailors take it. So I would just guess. A little guess. That having the sailors around the captain’s deck and ON THE SHIP will actually help. You know, talking to them. Have them talking to each other. Having them knowing each other. Rough them up a bit…

It doesn’t *seem* to have anything with productivity, creativity and any other buzz words one must think of. It *seems* related to the old fashioned steadying the ship… And hell, Yahoo!’s ship surely needs quite steadying.

So here I am writing my first post in my blog for a while on a topic that seems so unimportant that it is pretty funny. But yet fascinating for me. So I thought of writing something 🙂

Anyway, my point – I believe in giving people the chance to do their own mistakes. Marissa Mayer is the one accountable for Yahoo!’s fate and if she thinks that this decision is best for the company – so be it. No one from us, the outsiders, know the details why this decision was made. And the trick is always in the details and the specifics. For any negative of her decision, there can be a positive. But they mean nothing without the details and the context. So let’s just relax and watch the show. Unless we own (I don’t :)) Yahoo! stock. But if this is the case, I guess we already hate Jerry Yang for not selling to Microsoft anyway 🙂

PS. And here is what, according to Quora, Yahoo! employes think about the WFH ban. Not a big deal but still interesting data point.

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Депресивни Мисли…

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Ей така – гледаш си FB-то и какво постват приятелите ти, попадаш на няква гласувания в нет-а… Ми така като гледам, поколението от което спадам и аз, всичките май искаме по малко по-различен начин да живеем от гледна точка на управляващи…
В нет-а, където са младите, може би по-умните (е все пак знаем как да цъкаме с мишката), Светльо Витков отдавна е избран за президент. Това е някакси хем готино (щото и той и Венци са пичове), хем страшно депресивно:

  • тези пичове можеха да правят повече готина музика и да издават албуми, вместо да се занимават с глупости като кандидатиране за управлаването на държава
  • не мога да избягам от мисълта за това колко промити мозъци ги няма в нет-а да видим истинското съотношение на силите. Сивата тълпа я няма в нет-а, а подозирам че те са повечко
  • само двама са (засега)

Уф така де – да си го кажа 😉 А и малко агитация за правилните кандидати:

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Better than Nostradamus :)

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Almost 20 years ago we had a guy who pretty correctly predicted how the world of business (well, the whole world I dare saying) is going to look like today. I have to admit I am more than impressed. It is also an entertaining how his well thought analysis was attacked with pretty much political nonsense and how he was able to tackle that.

Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5:
Part 6:

All worth watching…

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The Gift of Insults

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Yavor reminded me this one:

There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. His reputation extended far and wide throughout the land and many students gathered to study under him.
One day an infamous young warrior arrived at the village. He was determined to be the first man to defeat the great master. Along with his strength, he had an uncanny ability to spot and exploit any weakness in an opponent. He would wait for his opponent to make the first move, thus revealing a weakness, and then would strike with merciless force and lightning speed. No one had ever lasted with him in a match beyond the first move.
Much against the advice of his concerned students, the old master gladly accepted the young warrior’s challenge. As the two squared off for battle, the young warrior began to hurl insults at the old master. He threw dirt and spit in his face. For hours he verbally assaulted him with every curse and insult known to mankind. But the old warrior merely stood there motionless and calm. Finally, the young warrior exhausted himself. Knowing he was defeated, he left feeling shamed.
Somewhat disappointed that he did not fight the insolent youth, the students gathered around the old master and questioned him. “How could you endure such an indignity? How did you drive him away?”
“If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it,” the master replied, “to whom does the gift belong?”

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New Year ;)

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Soooo, let’s see:

  1. 2010:
    • Stay Alive – check ()
    • Stay (relatively) healthy – check ()
    • Stay sane – check (). That was tough though
    • Love thy wife – check ()
    • Love thy kids – check ()
    • Work – check ()
    • Have fun – check ()
  2. 2011
    • Stay Alive – really, make sure to do that 🙂
    • Stay (relatively) healthy
    • Stay sane – really important. For whatever reason insane people are not well received in the society 🙂
    • Love thy wife – Ani, I love you 🙂
    • Love thy kids – what’s not to love about them 🙂
    • Work – probably also need to join, Workaholics Anonymous
    • Have fun – a must do 🙂

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Will I be a good parent?

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This one is making me think.

I mean, almost all of the speech is bullshit. I don’t even want to start to discuss how childish (hehe, they are read by a child 🙂 ) are most of the statements in the video. But the point that is true. It is our responsibility to bring up up our kids making them better human beings. And I am thinking… Will I be a good parent?

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И пак, отново за човешката глупост

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“Етичната комисия към Националния съвет по саморегулация в рекламата препоръча на списание “Пентхаус” и водка “Оргазъм” да не разпространяват рекламните си послания във вид, който е в разрез с нравствените възгледи, ценности и морални и законови норми.”

Боже, боже. Една малко по-оригинална реклама (Пентхауз) да се появи и дай да я забраним. Споко бе хора, то списанието е тъпо – само ше изчезне, защо се занимавате с глупости. Същото и за водката дето даже не съм я и чувал…

Еееей, ама защо мамка му, най-лошото ще вземем от западното общество – сега псевдо моралът им…

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Now playing: Savatage – Not What You See (Bonus Acoustic Version)
via FoxyTunes

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Линк-а за днес

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Мързи ме да пиша по сериозни теми, ама и защо ли като някой е написал същото дето и аз го мисля еееееей тука.

По принцип е ОК, някой ден да се поговори и помисли за “права” на животните, но айде ако може, моля, да оправим някой по-важни неща, свързани с оцеляването на хората първо. А идиотщината от това да има повече “природозащитници” протестиращи срещу насилието над животните от тези дето протестират срущу насилието над хората, няма нужда от коментар. Просто е тъжно.

И да, тъжно и гадно е че на някакво кученце са му отрязали 4те лапи. Този дето го е направил наистина е изверг. Ама някак си ми е по-тъжно и по-гадно, като чета за някоя баба (или ЧОВЕК) нападната и нахапана от помияри. Въпрос на приоритети…

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Favourite Quotes

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The best ever:
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Ние, можещите, водени от незнаещите,
вършим невъзможното за кефа на неблагодарните.
И сме направили толкова много с толкова малко,
за толкова дълго време,
че вече сме квалифицирани да правим всичко от нищо.

Костантин Иречек
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The one I stumbled upon 5 minutes ago:
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“…one of my favorite psychology papers: ‘How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments’ by Justin Kruger and David Dunning. They noted that people who are incompetent suffer a dual burden: not only are they incompetent, but they may also be too incompetent to assay their own incompetence, because the skills which underlie an ability to make a correct judgment are the same as the skills required to recognize a correct judgment.”

In other words, ignorant and incompetent people are not only unable to recognize true skill in others, they also have an inflated idea of their own ability – because they have no way of knowing that they don’t know better!

From “Tomkins on Torres decision”

Adding later: Wow, this is actually serious indeed – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect 🙂
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Еееех човешката глупост

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Понеже обичам да чета клюкарски новини, та да си почива мозъка ми и да се забавлявам с човешката суета, попаднах на следната статия – “Доктор Хаус” – пълен с лъжи и нарушения. Първо, мисля че съм я чел на английски преди време, ама сега ми направи впечатление…

Кой идиот е решил да ги изследва тия филми. И о чудо, в тези филми имало нереални и неверни “факти”. Абе малоумници, нали затова е филм. Сериал. А не документалистика. Какви факти, какви 5 лева. Дай сега да използваме силата, за да научим кунг-фу и да спасим Фродо от този, чието име не трябва да се споменава.

Тъй де – малко негативна енергия да изхвърля… Май и аз трябва да си направя категория “хейт” 🙂

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Soccer Links

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So today my mind is full of soccer again 🙂

Liverpool lost. Again. After a abysmal play. I mean really abysmal. Worst performance in already bad season. So in this line of thoughts, here is what my favorite LFC blogger – Paul Tomkins writes on LFC eventually missing out on the 4th place in the League (which now seems pretty realistic alternative).

And Berbatov again. It is clear for everyone that I don’t like him as a player. If it is not clear – please check the old posts 🙂 but hey, the guy certainly has balls – check this article in his blog (In Bulgarian). Respect!!! He is absolutely correct in everything he says. Good to know that behind the “lazy” player facade there is someone with guts to say the things the way they are. And yes, I am sure he didn’t wrote it himself 🙂

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Честит 3ти Март с малко линкове

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Ето няколко линка, които заслужават малко внимание:

No more Theater of Tragedy. Жалко. Хубава група бяха.
България търси нещо, ама никой не знае какво. Що годе местен, справедлив и реалистичен коменар за поредната реалити боза, която няма да гледам, но с удоволствие ще следя като статии в нета. Така де – по-малко време да губя с глупости.
Ако някой все още мисли, че световния футбол се управлява правилно, ето тук можете да прочетете какви глупости “бил” обмислял Блатер. Слагам кавичките, щото статията е в любимия журналистически стил “стринката на лилинчо има една позната, та гаждето на брадовчедка й казал…”. Ама като го знам Блатер що за стока е 🙂
Валери Найденов и ода за зубренето. Уви – прав е човека. Освен това стила на статията rulеz.
Хайде вече стига хейт за Джон Тери призовава Мартин Самуел. Също прав. Аз само не разбирам как този остров на добродетелта наречен Албион може да роди такъв архизлодей като Тери.
И една доста сериозна статия за това как във всяка една организация дреме и расте един малък WTF. който послестава един голям WTF. И как всъщност той е там за наше добро. Да бе. Наистина 🙂

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Рев

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Ееей аман от тоя рев за зимата. Единствените, които според мен имат право да се оплакват са пешеходците щото верно – тротоарите са ужас. Ама за пътищата в София, тоя рев ми е направо непонятен.

Ама не били непочистени малките улици. Ами естествено бе. Първо трябва да се почистят големите, а те като вали непрекъснато и силно не са лесни. После требе да има ка давлезе снегорин в малката уличка. Да де – ама там паркирани едни хиляди коли… Как да стане??

Да не говориме, че сульо и пульо тръгнали в снега с лоши гуми, непочистени и трошливи коли, а за капак и не знаят как се кара на сняг. Е как после да няма задръствания и да може да се чисти. Сума ти коли закъсали на Цариградско – и там ли снегът им е виновен, дето беше почистен, или щото ни мързи да си оправиме колата, гумите, стъклата, за зимата??

Чистенето на софийските булеварди е задача невъзможна. А аз само ще кажа, че днес стигнах по-бързо до работа отколкото всяка друга зима при по-меки условия.

Но за тротоарите требе да се реве – определено.

И на края, за оревалите всичко де що е медия, че пътищата им били непочистени, поздрав от “боклука” – Pour your misery down on me :):

Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains

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