41 Things I Did In My 41st Year
I usually do this kind of lists at the end of each year. I did one in 2009 and one in 2010. But, as I decided to change my approach towards these events, with my taming monkey challenge replacing my new year resolutions, I thought it would be wise to go further and move this [...]
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Taming Monkey Number 10: Talk Less, Do More
Every once in a while, when I’m in the middle of a discussion, Bianca, my 5 year old daughter breaks in with a low voice, but very firmly: “dad, you talk too much!” And oh, she is right every time. I don”t know from where she picked this up. It may be that at some [...]
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Information Is Cheap, Action Is Expensive
Remember how understandable it was to be late 20 years ago? It wasn’t like the world will collapse if you’re late 5 minutes. There were no cell phones. If we had to meet you, and you were late, we first assumed that you simply forgot. After more than 15 minutes, we simply decided that you [...]
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Steve Jobs
This is a post I never really wanted to write. We all knew it’s gonna happen at some point. But as long as he was still alive, there was still a chance that his spark will continue to ignite something. And I diligently waited to see more and more sparks. Now Steve Jobs is dead. [...]
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The Other One Tasted Better
I spent the last weekend with my 5 year old daughter Bianca, at my new place. Yes, I moved downtown, I’m not a suburb guy anymore. This apartment I rented is very close to a place where I used to have my company office for a few years. It’s very close to a few parks [...]
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Why We Screw Things up
You’re not gonna believe me, but the only reason we screw things up is because we want to. Even more, we screw things up because we’re deeply convinced this is what we have to do. Breathe in, sit down and relax. You’re going to read something very difficult to accept. The Early Conditioning From the [...]
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Got A Good Startup? Here’s 50.000 EUR For It!
I bet you clicked the link to this post because of the 50.000 EUR in it! So, to quench your curiosity, that money is for real. It’s not vouchers, or anything like this.:) But it’s not a present either. It’s an investment. Who, how and when, you asked? Stay with me, and you’ll find out. [...]
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5 Simple Ways To Manage Stress
You may have noticed that I didn’t write as much as usual here. There’s a good reason for this: I’m moving out. I left behind my house in the suburbs, rented a small apartment downtown and I’m one step closer to a full digital nomad lifestyle. The causes and effects of this move have much [...]
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Introducing The Forums On DragosRoua.com
I think I reached a certain level of interaction and activity which demands new tools. DragosRoua.com has an average of 100.000 unique visitors monthly and many of them are more than just visitors. Not only they leave comments on the blog, but they also send me emails or engage with me on social media. At [...]
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Taming Monkey Number 8 – The Outcome
The official name of my August monkey was “straighten up my financesâ€. If you came here by accident and you don’t really know what I’m talking about, go ahead and read the introductory post. In brief, I decided to ditch all my new year resolutions in 2011 and instead pick an “inner monkey†each month [...]
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Minimum Life Traveling Baggage
If I look back at the most successful posts on this blog (and there are more than 500 articles published so far) they’re all emerged as part of interactions, not as standalone revelations or epiphanies. They became popular only when they were part of some challenge or response to other bloggers. I don’t know if [...]
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