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"Everything you do has purpose. Even when you go with the flow it is intentional since you planned to go with the flow for some time. You seem to be 100% achiever. You waste no time for something that do not gain results. What’s your secret? I’ve been just hired to a new job. I really need advice." – a friend of mine shared with me when we were sitting in the bar drinking beers.
My answer was simple – Engineer Yourself for Peak Performance

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Are you afraid to fail? Everybody is. You are no different. I am afraid of failure too. The question here is how you cope with this fear.
I’ve got the answers from Lt. Col. Frank Slade.

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What If I Fail?
“I think I’d be a little afraid.”  – Donna ”Of what ?”  – Frank ”Afraid of making a mistake.”  – Donna ”No mistakes in the tango, not like life. It’s simple. That’s what makes …

“If you can’t beat them join them”, right?
Wrong.
It is completely wrong, unless you are joining them to beat them. Beat them either harder or smarter. Better both.

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You are not a quitter. But sometimes you get to the point where you want to give up on your dream. You feed yourself with ton of excuses why you can’t do it. You want to quit and move on.
Do not quit, you can beat them. You can beat them all.
Struggle is the meaning
When I was reading Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour …

What it makes the job to be a dream one? How can I find out the gap between what I have and the dream job?
I found the answers in the book by Marcus Buckinghamand  Curt Coffman – First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently.

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The book is “Based on in-depth interviews by the Gallup organization of over 80,000 managers in over 400 companies – the largest study of its kind ever undertaken”.
In the book the authors share 12 questions that in my opinion should …

Why becoming a leader? What does it take to become a leader? What’s leadership anyway? Is it attainable by anybody? Is there actionable guidance to become a leader?
I found the answers to almost all the questions in Gerald M. Weinberg book – Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach.
My favorite is how he defines leadership.

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Leadership is the process of creating an environment in which people become empowered. – Gerald M. Weinberg.

I found out that this definition can be easily applied not only to technical leadership but to …