For me it was bullying. Nothing too severe, but enough that I signed up for “Karate” when I was about 10. I was looking for protection (and unknowingly - confidence). I got those. And I also got perseverance, leadership and a family.Marko aka Bruce Lee, and I, Chuck Norris, were one of the first students now almost 20 years ago. Over the course of a few years everyone on … [Read more...]
The hard thing about the hard things: the lesson
Running a rapidly growing startup is a bit like a never ending circuit training in the gym. In the gym, you know you’ll go for say 6 rounds. Rounds 1 and 2 are easy, and then it starts to get hard. Round 5 is hell, but round 6 is easy too because you know it’s going to end soon.The trick with a startup is… you stay on number 5 and it never ends. You get to 6, 7, 8… 47… and … [Read more...]
What matters more than money?
We have a cool little channel on Slack. It’s called # who-I-noticed. This channel is actually an adoption of a therapeutic circle I observed a few years ago when I was doing voluntary work with problematic children.It’s a small, but very powerful channel. It has some rules, and people think twice before posting there. But the result of a post there (at least for myself) is … [Read more...]
Bostjan’s Personal Diary Entry, July 13th
This is a long read. If your attention span is like that of a gold fish, just move on.I’m listening to a “Bass Boosted” YT playlist, checking my clients’ revenue dashboard and grinning like a fat kid in McDonald’s. It’s Friday 3.27am and life is fucking good.The reason why I’m grinning is because in most cases the payment for my service (email marketing) is based on the … [Read more...]
It’s Hard to be Honest
It’s hard to be honest. It’s probably the hardest thing that you can ever do. Brutally honest. Not to the people around you, well, that too, but to yourself. I watched the first 16min of Chase Jarvis interviewing Seth Godin. And minute after minute, Seth Godin blew my mind. And as I was being honest to myself, he blew my ego out as well. The understanding needed 15min to … [Read more...]