And you unconsciously and unwillingly complied to steal their attention and get sucked back in to scrolling posts a bit more – Laurens DC
Plain text. Phone calls. Email.
They are overlooked, but well established, battle-tested, simple, purposeful technologies.
But think about how you communicate with a friend.
A new business. What does it mean?
It’s probably one of those symbolic and metaphorical things – meaning something completely different for every single person.
For some people, it means financial freedom. For others, trust in oneself. For some people, it’s a badge of pride towards others.
And with every year that goes by, time seems to be passing faster and faster…
Our beloved ball of floating earth has gone all around the sun since I started my business, one year ago.
What’s currently going on in your mind?
Are there five things? Fifty? Five thousand?
Are they important things? Or is it a bunch of random stuff?
What are the things that actually matter to you at the moment?
What to pick up on when having a check-in?
A check-in truly is a gift from the other person. You get to experience a glimpse of their world, their thoughts, their emotions.
What is the biggest gift a team member has given you?
We all have had those moments.
What made it special for you?
Do you remember the thing that person said, that made you feel seen, that made you feel heard, that made you feel appreciated?
Haha, we’re in the air again.
I feel quite different from “normal”.
Having spent a week in the Isha Yoga center, with daily meditations & yoga, hours of it at times, embracing mysticism and a more humble side of life … Something happened.
Even if I don’t know what. Nor could I explain it. So I’m not going to try. But maybe I kind of will.
It’s been too long.
I feel exactly the same, yet everything is different. Here I am again, hundreds of meters above ground in the sky, in an airplaine with destination Bangalore.
I remember it profoundly.
Exiting the train station of Brussels North, the fresh wind wholeheartedly introducing the monster high fancy buildings.
Clean and open space led to the various entrances of the monumental glass castle towers, one of which expected me among the 23 other students.