Lego - Growth x Just Cause

"What’s Lego’s ultimate goal? Is it growth for growth’s sake? As a privately held company, Lego has no need to demonstrate anything to markets or shareholders. According to Knudstorp, he only has to worry about “the shareholder”—Christiansen’s heirs—who have two official objectives: that Lego continues to create innovative play experiences and reach more children every year. “They are not pushing us very hard on the financial target,” he insists. “What they like about, say, Lego Friends is that we’re engaging more children. They see growth as one testimony of whether we’re sufficiently innovative.”

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp - Lego CEO (2015) - Fast Company 01/08/15 - How Lego Became The Apple of Toys.

Parenting - The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

This is one of the most beautiful things that I've ever read.

" To parent with an infinite mindset, in contrast, means helping our kids discover their talents, pointing them to find their passions and encouraging they take that path. It means teaching our children the value of service, teaching them how to make friends and play well with others. It means teaching our kids that their education will continue for long after they graduate school. It will last their entire lives... and there may not be any curriculum or grades to guide them. It means teaching our kids how to live a life with an infinite mindset themselves. There is no single, greater contribution in The Infinite Game than to raise children who will continue to grow and serve others long after we are gone "

Simon Sinek - The Infinite Game.

# thoughts

Whether you like it or not is gonna be a trauma. So, why should you waste your time thinking about this? Why should you waste your time trying to avoid the unavoidable - the inevitable?

Letter to all CEOs - The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

I believe that all CEOs around the world should read Simon Sinek's new book The Infinite Game. In particular, this excerpt that I will transcript here.

"The Truth Shouldn't Hurt

Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves. We avoid danger and seek out places in which we feel safe. The best place to be is among others around whom we feel safe and who we know will help protect us. The most anxiety-inducing place to be is alone - where we feel we have to protect ourselves from the people on our own team. Real or perceived, when there is danger, we act from a place of fear rather than confidence. So just imagine how people act when they work in constant fear of missing out on a promotion, fear of getting in trouble, fear of being mocked, fear of not fitting in, fear of their boss thinking they are an idiot, fear of finding themselves on a short list for the next round of layoffs.

Fear is such a powerful motivator that it can force us to act in ways that are completely counter to our own or our organization's best interests. Fear can push us to choose the best finite option at the risk of doing infinite damage. And in the face of fear, we hide the truth. Which is pretty bad in any circumstance, but when an organization is doing badly, it's even worse."

# thoughts

Daddy!!!

It's been five minutes since you arrived and you're already yelling at me.

Hermoso y Aterrador

Resistance

" There is a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this:

   It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.

   What keeps us from sitting down is RESISTANCE "

Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

# thoughts

He is tiny and he is alone.
She is sad, grieving her mother's dead.
Her husband needs to take care of her.
Out of the picture, his grandmother is praying.
Don't forget the baby, please!
Don't forget the baby, please!
Hurry! Somebody!
I need somebody.
Please don't forget me. It's dark and I am afraid.
I know now. I understand now, but for many years I didn't.
It's hard to know the upside-down world.
Okay, I know now what happened! But what should I do from now on?
It's like a hurricane.
I am still there.

# thoughts

You double-check your alarm clock before going to bed because you don't want to wake up late the next morning. Nothing can be wrong. You must arrive at work at 9 am and you feel the fear running into your veins.

Meanwhile, your face touches the pillow and your mind revises every single movement that you have to make the next day. It's like a rehearsal, all "ifs" must be taking into consideration, every possibility, every answer to every question, the unthinkable becomes reasonable, you start to forecast every single minute of your day looking for any possible mistake.

Before and after going to bed, your level of cortisol is at the highest level possible. The problem is that high level of cortisol can lead you to dozens of health problems such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychological stress, illness, trauma, fear, and mostly PAIN.

The odds are that you will wake up next morning feeling pain in every single inch of your body.

The Willpower Instinct

• What is something that you would like to do more of, or stop putting off (delaying) because you know that doing it will improve the quality of your life?

(I WILL)
- keep a healthy diet (without sugar, fat, soda, chocolates, candy, snacks) and I am considering it without meat, at least for a period of time, like a month, for example.

• What is the "stickiest" habit in your life? What would you like to give up or do less of because it's undermining your health, happiness, or success?

(I WON'T)
- complain. Be grateful.
- have "answers" for everything. Be the last to speak.

• What is the most important long-term goal you'd like to focus your energy on? What immediate "want" is most likely to distract you or tempt you away from this goal?

(I WANT)
- to find a place to work where I can feel safe and return home fulfilled at the end of the day.  I want to wake up inspired!
- I have no idea! I have been trying for a long time to find what I want.

WOD - Put off

Cambridge Dictionary