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Understanding other people’s point of view

People said to have ‘leadership skills’ are usually good at listening, and at considering things from points of view different than their own. They try to put themselves in the other person’s shoes before delivering judgment, and ask for advise when they think it’s relevant. As St. Thomas Aquinas said centuries ago, Truth is the intellect’s conformity with reality1. The reality of a situation, being objectively the same, is differently perceived by different people when judging it. Read more...
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Why MEGA is not a Dropbox killer

MEGA is a new file sharing service launched some days ago by Kim Schmitz, aka KimDotCom. Kim is better known for MegaUpload, a file sharing service that got around 1% of the Internet traffic1 before the FBI closed it on January 2012 after an impressive raid to his estate in New Zeland. You can read about Kim Dot Com and Megaupload on wikipedia, or check this article on Wired . Read more...
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Selected Articles for 2013-01-18

Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year. MckInsey Global Institute on ways to create more and better infrastructure for less. Udacity announced a partnership with San Jose State University to pilot three courses available online for college credit. It is the first time a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) has been offered for credit and purely online. Wired magazine’s interview: Tim O’Reilly’s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing Artículos en castellano Twitter y la paradoja de la elección, artículo de Lizardo Vargas publicado en Gestión el 2013. Read more...

Waiting for ideal conditions may be a bad excuse… or not

Maria Popova, on the The Daily Routines of Famous Writers: A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper This applies not only to writers. Waiting for ideal conditions can be a an excuse for not facing a problem, making a decission, or just getting to work. But is this always the case? (For example, if you are planning leaving your job to start your own business, guts may not be the only ‘condition’ required. Read more...