Candost's Blog

Candost's Blog

Candost

I used to think that reading would make me wise. One day, ten pages before finishing a book, I realized that I had read that same book before. At that point, my perspective on reading and, therefore, my life had changed. Now, I don’t care how many books I read; I take many notes, connect dots, and share what I’ve found on my blog and newsletter. I’m interested in many things at the same time (I’m a multipotentialite). On this blog, you’ll find me talking to about multiple aspects of life like leadership, software engineering, philosophy, psychology, software architecture & design, urban & industrial design, exercising, finance, Formula1 Racing, eating healthy, and many more. I’m a software engineering manager; that’s my current job. At home, I’m a writer and an avid reader. I rarely watch TV, movies or TV series. I don’t have any social media account (except Mastodon where I have automated posting of my new articles). Hence, I often miss the popular culture references in conversations. That’s alright. I don’t have FOMO; I embrace JOMO. I rarely read fictional books.

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There is no place or time in the education system for learning how to manage money. Nobody gives us this crucial education besides our families, so we have to take things into our own hands (as my family is not rich, I can tell they also...
Annie Dillard He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know. The things we read shape how we see the world. The books, articles, or newspapers we read are...
We should try to repay what other person provided us. We observe that the rule of reciprocation plays a big role everywhere. Almost all political environments work with this rule. We see a lot of corruption not because people are bad but...
In small favors that are often invisible, we give a lot of automatic responses. If someone cuts the line, we become frustrated, but if they first ask to pass us while giving a weak reason, we give them the place. The reasons don’t have...
Take the first step to share feedback. The rule of reciprocation can play a big role when you want to get feedback, too. Especially for the positive feedback, take the extra time to provide it in the most visible way. This favor will get...
If you would like to use the perceptual contrast principle in practice while trying to convince people, offer them the worst option first if you want/need them to exaggerate a better option and evaluate it to be better than it really is....
I've been absent from your inbox, and I won’t tell you that I was busy. I'm trying to get that word out of my life. Busyness is only an illusion we create ourselves to avoid confronting our procrastination or an excuse to leave our...
If somebody asks you how you manage your team, you have to be able to explain it to them clearly. “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” — Maslow’s hammer. That means you must have a goal, strategy, tactics,...
In my experience, my Moonlander keyboard was broken, and I asked for support to see what they could do. Even though my keyboard was out of warranty, they sent a replacement unit for free. Now, I feel indebted to them and started writing...
Have you ever observed how many times a leader needs to repeat a message for others to follow? In any change, saying something once never works (at least, I've never seen it work). It's not because people are incompetent or careless....
Nachdem ich in meinem Text erklärt habe, wie ich die Nachrichten lese, habe ich viele Kommentare erhalten. Ich dachte, dass die Ideen so normal oder gemeinsam sind, dass ich sie nicht geteilt hätte. Aber ich musste sagen, dass ich viele...
I pondered how I consume the latest or daily news and changed my habits (over the years). I used to be glued to my phone, constantly scrolling through the news and feeling overwhelmed. But I realized I needed to take control. So, I...
In the book Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport talks about how we can live a focused life in a noisy world, and he says, “Humans are not wired to be constantly wired.” I quoted the book, but I haven’t read it yet. I guess you thought, for a...
I think this phenomenon shows itself when working with any employee. When we invest time and create tracking methods to follow direct reports' career progress and improvement areas, they know that they are being observed, and they try to...
It's a psychological phenomenon that indicates humans change their behaviors if they know they are being observed. At the Western Electric plant, a study was conducted in the 1920s to explore methods of enhancing workers' productivity....

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