Adversity vs Conformity

Adversity may create outliers, however... society, and particularly the swiss IRS, rewards conformity!

Adversity vs Outliers

I am convinced - from the top of my 32 yr journey - that adversity creates outliers.

for the better and worse...

To think outside the box...

You first need to find the god-damn box!  

What you need to know about writing annoying articles

Sometimes I wish I was one of those persons who can pull some highly engaging bullshit along the lines of:

"10 things you need to about...." or

"5 daily habits of remarkable leaders" or

"you will never deliver on world peace without this strategy" or

"why world peace will seem a piece of cake after you read this" or

"3 essentials all great CEOs know" or even

"why Green growth will be the new must have for your business" or

" How to avoid being a bad manager" or  the latest (anti)feminine crap

"why women shouldn't stop leaning in" or

"why you can / or can't have it all"

But I am not... this is not how I think and much less how I communicate. Although I got much better with age and work, even writing in bullet points was sometimes challenging for me, i still find these articles - whilst somehow entertaining - very simplistic. I am much more for systems thinking and systems speeches... so when people ask me can you prepare our next post or op-ed I can't help but roll my eyes...

I know how it will go... i will write it and then some comms expert will "edit" it to make the piece catchier and crispier.... and I will pretend i like it just for the sake of moving forward! but honestly, if what i am saying could be said in a meaningful way in "3 steps for avoiding nuclear war, delivering on world peace, losing ten pounds, getting a flat stomach, reducing carbon emission, finally beating that sugar addiction and still get ahead of all your colleagues" type of article.... oh then the world would definitely be a better place by now!

Boteque de esquina no Leblon

Eu - Queria um caldo verde, um bolinho de bacalhau e uma coxinha
Ele - é moça, quer a sua coxinha com catupiry ou sem catupiry
Eu - O que é catupiry?
Ele - é... eu nao sei nao moça
Eu - ah... ok, e o que é que voce acha melhor, com ou sem isso do catupiry?
Ele - Com catupiry
Eu - Entao pode ser. Traz com catupiry

catupiry = requeijao!

"A hora é boa, e o samba começou. E fez convite ao tango pra parceiro"

photo by: cdgabinete, Rio de Janeiro, Feb2013

Nas paredes do Rio de Janeiro

photos by: cdgabinete, Rio, Feb 2013

"Entre por essa porta agora..."

photo by: cdgabinete, Buzios, Feb2013

"Posso penetrar? Penetre, professor, penetre"

Seriously, i should stop being so childish... but i can't help myself...

The jokes practically write themselves up

photo by: cdgabinete, Buzios, Feb 2013

e se um desconhecido lhe oferecer flores?

Ontem a maioria dos homens que vinham no tram traziam flores. Uma, ramos, vasos e ate mini arvores... Deve ter sido dia dessa fantastica campanha de marketing que se chama dia dos namorados!  

Fui de -15 com 50 cm de neve para +10 para +30 para +3 para -3 e 30 cm de neve em 15 dias. Se o Nassim tiver razao (eu nao vi nenhum estudo sobre o assunto e por isso duvido seriamente) e as diferenças de temperatura forem boas para o ser humano entao eu estou altamente anti-fragil.

Braziu: Conversas imaginárias com os locais

Eu: - Bom dia, eu queria um protector solar com a protecçao mais alta que tiver
Ela: - O mais alto é SPF 50 e esse aqui é para criança
Eu: - Pode ser. Eu levo esse.
Ela (imaginaria): - Ah moça, ce ta é muito branquela. Assim nao vai dar nao... precisa é de um bronzeador de cenoura. Ce poe isso daqui e numa tarde vai ficar com uma corzinha maravilhosa. Branquela como ce esta ninguém te pega não!!!

Train rides

I love travelling by train in Switzerland! The mountains, lakes, rivers, and this time of the year, the snow... You look outside the window and it seems the whole country was manicured for the travellers' pleasure and enjoyment!

Davos state of mind

photo by: cdgabinete, Davos, Jan 2013

Davos state of mind

photo by: cdgabinete, Davos, Switzerland, Jan 2013