

{"id":111,"date":"2014-08-14T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.pixelwars.org\/readme-wp\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:40:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:40:39","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro cf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/1f2c018.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>\n<p>Hello. I am <span class=\"rotate-words\"><span>an enthusiast of digitally and data<br \/>\nenabled customer engagement.<\/span><span>a gadget geek and a nomad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title center\">My recent book recommendations<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"bookshelf recent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"perspective\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"book\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"front\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/Essentialism-180x260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rossano-books-thumbnail size-rossano-books-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"open-details\" href=\"#\">Details<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Essentialism-Disciplined-Pursuit-Greg-McKeown-ebook\/dp\/B00HELB6XI\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473377063&sr=1-1&keywords=essentialism#nav-subnav\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less <span>Greg McKeown<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Less, but better&#8221;. The author explores hypothesis that you will be more successful in life by figuring out what is it that you want to do, and then doing that in a thoughtful manner, picking the most important and powerful ways to achieve it, rather than going at it from a thousand different angles. The convincingly argues\u00a0that the achievements come from saying &#8220;no&#8221; &#8211; after all, while &#8220;you can do anything, but not everything&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"close-details\">X<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"perspective\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"book\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"front\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-180x218.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rossano-books-thumbnail size-rossano-books-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"open-details\" href=\"#\">Details<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You-ebook\/dp\/B01KFR64LQ\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502527507&sr=1-1&keywords=so+good+they+can%27t+ignore+you\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>So Good They Can&#8217;t Ignore You &#8211; Why Skills Trump Passion <span>Cal Newport<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Advice to &#8220;follow your passion&#8221; is handed out more and more often, esp. to people starting their career. Author debunks it as dangerous (&#8220;do what Steve Jobs did, not what he said&#8221;), instead asking to build career capital and strategically use it to build work context in which you thrive. As someone whose motto is &#8220;chipping away works&#8221;, I found myself nodding along a lot to author&#8217;s findings&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"close-details\">X<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"perspective\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"book\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"front\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Deep-Work-180x260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rossano-books-thumbnail size-rossano-books-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"open-details\" href=\"#\">Details<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted\/dp\/1455586692\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479106960&sr=8-1&keywords=deep+work\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deep Work <span>Cal Newport<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you check your email, Facebook, Twitter more than 3 times a day (yes, three times a day), chances are you are ruining your efficiency by playing into the current social\u00a0narrative of prioritising what is urgent \/\u00a0recent over what is important \/\u00a0deeply valuable. The author gives an extremely convincing argument why we should do more of deep work &#8211; prolonged periods of time where we focus our attention on one meaningful task. If you ever locked yourself in a conference room to get some stuff done instead of sitting in your open space, then you know that he is right.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"close-details\">X<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"all_books_div\"><a href=\"\/kuba\/books\" class=\"all_books_link\">All books I recommend<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title center\">latest from the blog<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-list\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/culture-at-harris-partners\/\">Culture at Harris Partners<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/why-digital-transformation-is-like-running-a-marathon\/\">Digital transformation: similarities with running a marathon<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/equation-to-determine-if-your-organisation-needs-to-change\/\">Equation to determine if your organisation needs to change<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/riffing-on-timeless-wisdom\/\">Riffing on timeless wisdom<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/feedback-matters\/\">Feedback matters<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/when-iq-is-freely-available-how-will-people-with-high-iq-contribute-to-society\/\">&#8220;When IQ is freely available, how will people with high IQ contribute to society?&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/travel-highlights-sydney\/\">Sydney travel highlights<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/travel-highlights-new-york\/\">New York travel highlights<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/travel-highlights-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco travel highlights<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<article>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/travel-highlights-milan\/\">Milan travel highlights<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"read-time\"><i class=\"pw-icon-bookmark-empty-1\"><\/i><span class=\"eta\"><\/span> read<\/span><\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All books I recommend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tymula.com\/kuba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}