I’ve been doing some reflective thinking on the importance and difference in celebration lately. I recently graduated from my university studies and due to the pandemic, our graduation ceremony wasn’t what it usually is. I was reluctant to go to the live one, and even more so to the zoom version, so I didn’t. The class that I graduated with decided to throw an unofficial graduation ceremony and party, and I chose not to participate in that one either. My justification for not participating is that my mom is in the risk group for Covid, and my grandmother recently passed from it. Even so, I could very well have gone. The thing is, I really didn’t want to. There are multiple reasons, but the main ones are that I don’t really feel like my degree is something worthy of celebration, and the second one is that the way we celebrate things over here doesn’t at all suit me. And so, I want to write some about those two things. The stance on that I have different standards for celebrating than many others, and the way we pursue celebration. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

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Ep 21. On celebration

I decided to make good decisions, It's the best decision I ever made.  A couple of texts that might be interesting to read on the subject:  https://medium.com/@caspianalmerud/beslutsl%C3%A5dan-aa2f3d5666b9 https://medium.com/@caspianalmerud/4-things-that-will-make-you-a-better-decision-maker-e5a38b55d81 https://medium.com/@caspianalmerud/five-pointers-for-decisionmaking-c38fac362dba https://medium.com/@caspianalmerud/decisions-8eb32767a639 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep 20. Another one on Decision making

There a number of ways of talking about pace, and a number of areas to apply it in. I think it's important for all of us to start thinking about the pace we're keeping, and at what pace we'd like to go.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 19: On pace.

Plans seldom go according to the actual plan. That can't be the reason we plan - for plans to go accordingly. There must be another reason.  My aim with planning is to be comfortable enough to know that things are going to happen, for me to be able to get rid of the plan entirely. If I plan my week, I know exactly what needs to be done, and when it's due. I can then do my tasks in whatever order I want to.  There's a really important lesson in this episode, on how to handle the fact that your plans aren't predictions.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 18: On planning.

This week, the riff is on exactly those rules. I explain my six mantras or rules that I consult when I'm feeling like I'm in a rut or a bit confused. Those rules are, for me: Macro patience, micro speed. Don’t believe all of your thoughts Doing has a higher value than not doing Don’t make 1000 decisions when one will do You're a human being, before you’re a human doing Move fast and break things --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 17: On rules to live your life by.

This week, the riff is on fear. More specifically, fear as an obstacle. The attitude we have towards anything can either help us or make things harder for us. The attitude is oftentimes a layer with an automatic emotional response to something. So if I have a very positive attitude, I will perceive things in a more positive manner. When the attitude is negative, our automatic response is often fear. The thing with fear is that it helps us in a bunch of cases, but those cases are more and more rare, and the response itself rarely stand in proportion to the reality of the situation we're responding to. In this episode, I riff on changing your attitude, especially in relation to fear. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 16: On fear.

I've been interested in structure for a very long time, almost as long as I can remember. To have a personal structure of my days, keep track of the projects that I'm working on and to keep the information I gather very neat has been a core success factor for me. With all that being said, when I've read up on personal structure, there has always been a system. Let's take GTD as an example. The system is there, and the user has to conform to it. The thing is, all of the things that GTD suggests aren't applicable to all of us. So instead, I suggest you start with love. Start with yourself, and then build the systems of structure around you. If you need a To-Do list, it wouldn't make sense to get an app if you rather stay of your phone. And if you, like me, want to be able to sync all of your devices and be able to keep track of your tasks wherever you go, it makes a lot of sense. That's what this episode is about. To start with yourself and build structure around you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 15: On structure with Love.

Tools are incredibly important. That's where I usually start out when entering a new domain. If I would start with photography, I'd start by buying a really good camera. But that might not be the way to go.  In every area or field, there are some core principles. Principles explaining how we can achieve better within that field. And I think we've all encountered those core principles within a field. Realising that a good stamina helps enormously when playing soccer, or that a clean structure for your e-mail eases the use of the inbox.  This episode is on just that. The core principles of things. Inspired by "The book of five rings" by Miyamoto Musashi.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 14: On Core Principles

Mindfulness is absolutely, without a doubt, one of the things that myself and my friends have been spending the most time talking about in the past 5 years. It's also something that most people have a relationship to, as do I. That relationship is a bit complex, and not always at its best.  I think mindfulness, if practiced, should be practiced as a proactive activity. I also think it needs to be done because one thinks it's worth doing. Those two components, to me, are at the heart of mindfulness. Rushing to yoga class is counterproductive and it doesn't serve the purpose of mindfulness itself at all.  And that's what this riff is about, the core principle of mindfulness, and how you can practice it without practicing it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 13: On Mindfulness

Being able to make sense out of complex matters is one of the most appreciated skills to have in my experience. To help people understand and make something out of an experience or even a couple of experiences is hard at times and at times we need help doing it. It’s something you can practice. So please do, because your life will be easier. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 12: On Sense-Making

There seems to be a difference between perception and observation, even though they’re quite similar. Observing something when you need an output that’s quick and easy isn’t always a good idea. Similarly, perceiving something that needs detailed examination might not always work the best. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 11: On Perception and Observation

I've had a hangup on design for quite some time now, and want to spend some time discussing the ideas that have passed through me during that time.  Design has two parameters that we judge design by: beauty and functionality. Sometimes they interact and combine in the same product or process, sometimes they leverage each other and sometimes you have to choose.  Most importantly from this episode, I'd like you to think about how you design processes for yourself. Sometimes we forget to put ourselves in the centre of the design process when we're designing for ourselves. Whatever you're trying to accomplish, spending some time to understand yourself is always key.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 10: On Design.

I've been actively working with becoming better at both offering and asking for help for the past 4 years. It's been one of the most prominent things for me, and it all started with one single question:  What do you need help with?  In this episode, I describe a way in which we can all become better at asking people what they need help with. I riff on why there are ways that are worse to offer help in, and why I think it's important to talk about how we offer help to one another.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 9: On Help.

I think passion can be a choice, rather than something that just happens to you. Of course, there are times at which we might be struck or even stuck with a passion that's impossible to explain. But more often I think it's possible to choose passion as a way of doing things.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 8: On Passion.

Grit and stubbornness are two vastly different things, although they might seem similar. Being stubborn is, for the most part, not constructive and nobody gains from it. When you’re stubborn, you’re not using all of the information coming to you, like in a rage. Grit, on the other hand, is the ability to push through when needed yet being able to give up when it’s time to do so. Giving up might be hard, but at times it’s necessary --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/caspian-almerud/message

Ep. 7: On giving up

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