A few days ago a good friend of mine told me that some people where punctual arriving but not leaving. A few days later, Zidane quit Real Madrid in a surprise decision and this made me think about my friend’s…
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Two decades ago, Mario Salcedo retired from his job and went on a cruise. He never came back. But Mario didn’t get lost at sea. For more than 20 years, he’s been a permanent resident on Royal Caribbean Cruises. Yes. “Super Mario” -as…
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This week Rafa Nadal and Real Madrid have both left us two powerful lessons that will gain even more recognition over time. The former has become the oldest player to win the Barcelona Open at 31 years, 10 months and…
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Decision making remains a pending subject for many, mainly because it requires two important aspects: prediction and judgment. In other words, as Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb have written, to make a good decision you need to have…
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If you were to write a letter to your 10-year-old self, what would you say? Mike Krzyzewski could include lots of stories in this letter. He could write about being the basketball coach with most wins in NCAA history, the…
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In the two types of organizations that I mainly work with (corporations and sports teams), helping them to give feedback to their teams is equally important, yet the process occurs in clearly different ways. Sport has the peculiarity that those…
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“Having curiosity is keeping our desire to learn alive” (Jorge Valdano) In his book “Los 11 poderes del líder”, former Real Madrid player and coach Jorge Valdano devotes one chapter to curiosity. For him, curiosity helps us to continuously improve…
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Have you ever wondered where the proverb “curiosity killed the cat” comes from? It is actually a transformation of the original proverb “care killed the cat” (in this instance, “care” was defined as “worry” or “sorrow”). Yes, curiosity didn’t killed the cat; what…
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The game of basketball brought us some of the most enduring and extraordinary friendships in the world of sports, that of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his coach and mentor John Wooden, which lasted for 50 years until the death of the…
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As a 2017 wrap-up, I would like to share a few quotes that have inspired my curiosity along this year. I hope they inspire you too. 1) “The unknown is more terrifying than the negative” (Adam Grant in Originals) And the…
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