#1
On people with a passion for their work
#1
Trust the ones who have a passion for their work. Run from the ones who work to keep their job
Learnings
Learning notes
A collection of handwritten reflections. Short notes — on learning, fear, courage and change — that Bernardo photographs and signs. Personal work, one learning at a time.
53 notes
53 notes
#2
On stopping to think
#2
If you haven’t got time to stop and think, it’s because you’ve been stuck for a long while
#3
On perception and learning
#3
If I had to live this week over again, I’d start it exactly the same way. Through the same problems and the same joys. And this time, I’d try to learn from both
#4
On the difference between passion and obsession
#4
The difference between passion and obsession: passion makes you lose track of time. Obsession won’t let you switch off, for fear of missing something
#5
On the beauty of not knowing
#5
The one thing that binds us all as humanity is ignorance. One of the things that divides us most is knowledge. And seen that way, I’m happy knowing how much I’ve still got left to learn
#6
On simplicity
#6
There is always a simpler way to do anything. The Universe does the most complex things with simplicity and ease. How arrogant of us to make anything complicated!
#7
On recognition at work
#7
The fear of not being recognised is behind many misunderstandings in large organisations. Put your focus on being recognised and all your power ends up in other people’s hands. Put your focus on creating and every possibility is within your reach
#8
On keeping your dreams in focus
#8
Dreaming only while you’re asleep is like dying while you’re still alive. If you don’t work to make your dreams real, you’re not living, you’re surviving
#9
On your comfort zone
#9
When you decide to leave your comfort zone, at first it’s frightening. Then the curiosity to keep learning turns into something close to an addiction
#10
On the fear of choosing
#10
When a choice makes you hesitate, you’re not choosing between what you want and what you don’t. You’re choosing between what you hope to gain and what you’re afraid to lose
#11
On the abundance of sharing
#11
If you’re afraid to share what you’ve learned, for fear of giving away the secret of your success. You haven’t yet learned that the essence of fortune lies in the abundance of sharing and not in the scarcity of keeping
#12
On the Process of Creating
#12
Do, undo, laugh, cry, imagine, create, destroy, walk, stop, do nothing. And then… Do, undo, laugh, cry, imagine, create, destroy, walk, stop, do nothing. And enjoy it. Above all, enjoy it
#13
On overwork
#13
Sometimes stopping and watching what happens frees you from the fear behind your belief that everything breaks if you stop. And nothing happens. And nothing breaks. And only then do you see how fast everyone is going. And only then do you notice that everything could have broken at that speed. Starting with you
#14
On the beauty of uncertainty
#14
Looking for certainty about what’s coming means giving up on any surprise. Fear of uncertainty blocks opportunities
#15
On my own view of success
#15
To me, success is knowing where you’re headed (your purpose). And persevering while you set your own limits. The guarantee is authenticity. The prize? Living the process
#16
On tiredness
#16
When you think you have no IDEAS left… Listen to your SILENCE
#17
On the power of language
#17
Every word is like a Lego brick in the game of building your own life… Language has the power to create reality
#18
On taking RESPONSIBILITY for your own life
#18
Lead, follow or get out of the way
#19
On Learning from your own Fears
#19
It’s hard to learn from other people’s fears. The best way to change your life is to walk into your own. At first you feel panic. After that… Try taking the leap yourself and find out. It’s worth it
#20
On learning by SHARING
#20
If you ever doubted whether a thought was worth sharing. Wait until you see what came back to you and you won’t doubt it next time. [only for those who chose to share]
#21
On INSECURITY
#21
Spending energy thinking about what you don’t know, doubting yourself; it’s like trying to swim in a pond with no water. It simply makes no sense. An apple tree will NEVER try to bear pears
#22
On the magic of learning
#22
Learning is NOT hoarding knowledge. Let go of your learnings, put them into practice and share them with others. That’s where the magic of learning is
#23
On the power of perception
#23
If you think it’s impossible, it will NEVER be possible. If you think it’s possible, all that’s left is to persevere
#24
On what acceptance means
#24
If reality doesn’t fit your expectations, you haven’t yet understood what acceptance means
#25
CONFLICT
#25
On CONFLICT:
#26
On the benefit of NO
#26
The benefit of saying NO now is hundreds of excuses saved later
#27
On growing through CRITICISM
#27
When you understand that you are not your ideas, you open a collective space for CREATION
#28
On the ATTITUDE to LEARN
#28
Guilt is the great obstacle to internalising the trial/error/learning philosophy
#29
On making LEARNINGS stick
#29
Rationalising a learning isn’t enough. Feeling that it helps you to remember it in a situation you already know — that’s the decisive step
#30
On HOPE
#30
What if you let every piece fall into place… No pushing, no EFFORT
#31
On handling UNCERTAINTY
#31
Accepting you’ve ALWAYS been LOST is the KEY to deal with UNCERTAINTY
#32
On ACTION without REFLECTION
#32
Looking for a solution WITHOUT understanding the problem is as absurd as trying to execute WITHOUT having thought out a PLAN
#33
On LUCIDITY
#33
Our mind works like night vision: it becomes lucid when it patiently watches the darkness
#34
On managing your CHANGE
#34
Between envy and desire, there is only one thing: Your Commitment
#35
On making your CHANGE real
#35
Give me a purpose, passion and perseverance, and I’ll make any dream real
#36
On HOLIDAYS
#36
If the curiosity to keep learning is no longer part of your job, don’t expect a holiday to have fixed it
#37
On the beauty of the SEARCH
#37
What keeps a human being searching is accepting that the beauty is not in what is sought, but in the SEARCH
#38
On getting closer to your DREAMS
#38
To get closer to your dreams, it’s enough to set your course. It’s enough to write down your SFD (Desirable Future Situation)
#39
On the process of LEARNING
#39
To learn is to enjoy every Learning. And it’s a process that never ends, and that begins when you discover there is NO end
#40
On learning from PAIN
#40
If it hurts, look at your pain. If the pain persists, try to heal it
#41
On the attitude of EXCELLENCE
#41
Don’t aim to do it perfectly, just try to do it BETTER. And if you don’t know how, ask for HELP
#42
On the next source of INSPIRATION
#42
When you feel you have finished, look at what you would like to keep building. That is where your next source of inspiration lies
#43
On the power of ANGER
#43
Anger holds the transformative power of courage and the destructive energy of aggression
#44
On INSPIRATION
#44
Inspiration does not belong to a state of mind, it is a state of evolution
#45
On feeling LOST
#45
The lucky thing about feeling lost is that any path leads you to find your-self
#46
On CREATING VALUE
#46
Creating value through your work means turning the routine of every task into a daily ritual you enjoy. Without passion and without a calling, that is a hard task indeed
#47
On getting past your BLOCKS
#47
Why call it a “block
#48
CONFLICT
#48
On growing through CONFLICT:
#49
On APOLOGIES and TRUST
#49
Apologies and trust are like lives in a game. Once the last apology is spent: GAME OVER. Say in advance which commitments you can see yourself missing and you will have gained a life
#50
On letting others GROW
#50
If you ask and do not wait for an answer, you open a space of infinite possibilities. If you are one of those who ALREADY has the answer, let each person find their own question
#51
BETRAYAL
#51
If you ever felt you had been betrayed, think of the boundaries your own reticence stopped you from setting in time. Perhaps your greed is the price of that lost trust
#52
On GROWING
#52
Growing means letting go of the comfort of looking at everything through your own limited, minuscule perception. Only when you agree to grow do you discover that the immensity around you NOW makes you bigger
#52+1
On quantifying your PURPOSE
#52+1
If you mean to simplify the strategy that shapes your life by setting a quantitative target, try translating an emotion into numbers and you will see why the exercise makes no sense
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