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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a grand arcade with high-end shopping. It is one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve seen in Italy.
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Adopting a three-day weekend
For over six months, I have worked four days a week, Monday through Friday, and enjoy a 3-day weekend. I am very fortunate that my current employer, and my team, enable me to do this. A flex schedule is something available to many, but few take advantage of this. I
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Less is more
We have all heard that phrase, right? At least most of us understand the idea behind it, I think. To me, less is more refers to consumerism and how by acquiring fewer material things, we can improve our lives by focusing on the things that’ll have a lasting impact
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Meetings are still difficult
This year the number of meetings at work exploded, and I am not exaggerating. I have worked for the same team for over 7 years, until earlier this year when I was transferred to a newly formed team. My responsibilities haven’t changed much, but the number of meetings increased
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Does anyone still work?
The day-in-the-life trend has taken over social media apps like YouTube and TikTok. This is nothing new. People sharing their day-in-the-life videos often show a very relaxed day in which they wake up, have a nice breakfast, have an easy commute to work, get some elaborated caffeinated drink before sitting
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The Bookstore Project
I have liked books for a long time since I was a kid. I remember getting Jules Verne’s book Journey to the center of the earth when I was around 8 years old, and I loved it. My uncle Carlos had a small bookstore in Guadalajara, Mexico and my
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Ya no te quejes
Mientras más tengo, mientras más me supero en la inalcanzable escalera del éxito suficiente, más me quejo. ¿Les pasa esto a ustedes también? La humildad es algo que se vuelve muy necesario cuando nos va bien, tenemos que evitar caer en la trampa de sentirnos importantes y prepotentes solo por
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Las redes sociales son como los estadios de fútbol
Recuerdo cuando era niño y veía como la gente se apasionaba viendo juegos de fútbol, eras superamigo de todas las personas que le iban a tu equipo, y un enemigo de los que le iban a otro equipo. En los estadios, hasta peleas se formaban por esta misma razón. Dos
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Life Bubbles
People talk about parallel worlds, living in a simulation, etc. The interesting thing is that we all live in different bubbles all of the time, in a way. It’s almost like each of these life bubbles is a tiny world where we interact with other people and often have
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Listening vs. Talking
This is not new advice; we all know that listening more and talking less is an excellent way to improve communication and relationships. But listening is hard. When I was a kid, I remember listening to adult conversations and thinking, they talk too much. I was always a quiet kid,
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How to increase your company’s attrition rate
You did read that right! and it wasn’t a writing mistake. The title of this post is, in fact, how to increase a company’s attrition rate. Earlier today, I saw a post on Twitter that caught my attention. It was a tweet about people leaving a company for
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A simple explanation of the four basic concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
As a software engineer, the concept of object-oriented programming is something you need to learn, understand, and be able to explain simply to anyone who asks. Therefore, most interviews for programming jobs will include questions about object-oriented programming. In this post, I’d like to share a list and a