Don’t hate someone who’s willing to go the extra mile. Join them and become best friends because it’s lonely at the extra mile.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

If you do something and then blame circumstances, upbringing, genes (!?), or really anything else other than yourself, are you really free? We can’t change what happens to us (you seeing a box of cookies in the kitchen), but we can for sure decide what to think and do about it (eat the cookies, or not).

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

Choices https://t.co/86g7CTEdck

— Nikola Brežnjak (@HitmanHR) February 9, 2022

Anomalies aside (crypto millionaires, anyone? 🙂); if you don’t work over the weekends (yes, plural) at some point in your career, you’ll end up working for someone that did.

There’s a great quote by Thomas Jefferson that fits here: “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ~Thomas Jefferson https://t.co/IQHlL3HA76

— Nikola Brežnjak (@HitmanHR) February 8, 2022

In people management, things are never black or white. Mostly grey, in more than 50 shades. Make sure you hear both sides of the story before making any decisions.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

In people management, things are never black or white https://t.co/TPMksP3RXg

— Nikola Brežnjak (@HitmanHR) February 7, 2022

If you want to learn about yourself, do a retrospective at least once per month. Journaling will help.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

Before you demand more from other people, show how ‘more’ looks like.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

Welcome failure in your life, but be wary of its two-edged blade. Make sure you learn from it and grow, instead of falling into self-pity and never getting back up. Looking back at your life, you’ll see that those local minima (math lingo alert! 🙂) were your defining moments.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

Too much is never enough.
On average, we have more than we need. When you’ve covered all of Maslow’s needs, and you start to yearn for more, that’s when usually problems start.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting and yearning and working towards more, but beware of the reason for doing that and make sure you’re grateful for what you’ve got; because wanting more and never being happy with what you’ve got, will lead down the path of disappointment and depression.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

What if you’re the one who brings a happy face to every interaction? How much would the quality of your life change if only 0.5% of the people reciprocate? Start small and see the positivity around you compound. Don’t get discouraged, life’s too short to be dragging a 🙁 face around. What happens to you is not your choice – what you make of it, is.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.

Don’t be afraid to not finish a book. Reread the good ones.

This is why I write these ‘daily thoughts’ posts.