Category: Reflections

  • Build Solutions for Everyone, Not Just Yourself

    Build Solutions for Everyone, Not Just Yourself

    Have you been thinking about building something for ages? You keep waiting for the right moment. Then, one day, someone ships a version of your idea and you start to believe that everything worth creating has already been created. You are a builder at heart for whom creating is a way of feeling alive, and…

  • Time anxiety is real, and accepting it sets you free

    Time anxiety is real, and accepting it sets you free

    Have you ever gone to sleep feeling like you didn’t do enough? And worst of all, you wake up terrified of the day ahead because you fear repeating the same failure. It doesn’t matter if you’re just getting started in your career or if you’ve already been there for over a decade. The feeling of…

  • Start saying No (so you can finally Move Forward)

    Start saying No (so you can finally Move Forward)

    Saying no will allow you to have more mental space and energy for what really matters to you now. Almost one hundred years ago, a psychologist noticed something interesting while sitting at a café. A waiter could easily remember complex unpaid offers from memory with zero notes, but the moment the bill got paid, he…

  • How to walk out of the uncertainty cave alive

    How to walk out of the uncertainty cave alive

    Two mages and a warrior were on a journey when suddenly the ground gave way, and they tumbled into a cave. They were welcomed by a beautiful view. Crystals growing and glowing everywhere. But these crystals nullified magic. As experienced and powerful as the two mages were, their skills meant nothing inside this large dark…

  • 2025 Year In Review – Experimentation in Everything

    It was a wonderful evening in Rome. I was waiting for the check after having the best carbonara ever at a 120-year-old restaurant. I decided to check my phone and saw a message on LinkedIn: Hey man, just saw you were part of the layoff. I am so sorry. I waited until we were outside…

  • 6 Months Solo – What I Learned About Fear, Focus, and Shipping

    6 Months Solo – What I Learned About Fear, Focus, and Shipping

    Have you ever felt overwhelmed by projects, and caught yourself making progress in the wrong direction? I’ve been there, starting a solo business forced me to streamline my processes and have a clear understanding of what really matters. If you’re starting (or thinking about starting) a solo business, these lessons will save you months of…

  • Pottery lessons for developers

    Pottery lessons for developers

    What’s the “thing” you cannot stop thinking about that you are passionately hoping to achieve someday? As a recovering perfectionist, I know the urge to carefully plan everything. But after many years I realized the perfect time is never coming. Today I am close to shipping my first iOS app, publishing YouTube videos, and writing…