Archive for November 2019

The Dictator (2012)


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Very funny movie. And maybe more than that.

"Why are you guys so anti dictators?
Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1% of the people have all the nation's wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes and bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. 
Your media would appear free but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones, you could torture foreign prisoners, You could have rigged elections. You could lie about why you go to war. You could fill your prisons with one particular racial group and no one would complain! You could use the media to scare the people into supporting policies that are against their interests."

The One Minute Manager


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Key learnings:
  • Set the right goals.
    The right goal is measurable and simple to understand. No bullishit. Examples? "Conclude the chapter". "Perform 3 experiments". "Sort all books on the shelf".
  • Acknowledge good results. When one person is doing something right go and tell him. Spend a minute explaining that you are happy because the person is doing the right thing, and do this immediately.
  • Fix issues, now.
    If someone is doing something wrong, go and tell him. Now.
    Start by saying what's wrong. State the problem, make sure there are no misunderstandings and that the facts are clear to everybody. Criticize the work, not the person. Nothing personal here.
    Say how you feel about it. "This mistakes makes me very worried about the consequences".
    Take a pause. Let the person realize what's happening.
    Then tell the person how much you trust him/her and how good you think he/she can perform. Make him/her feel important and needed for the goals to be achieved.

Aquile Randagie


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Un'incredibile storia di coraggio, passione e ribellione. Le gesta di chi non si è arreso ed ha contribuito a costruire un mondo migliore. Un giorno in più'.