The Ramblings and Reflections of Stefan Jaro
An assortment of thoughts based on what I’ve been reading and thinking about. Writing helps you think I guarantee that despite how sure you are about the air-tightness of an argument or idea, you will see the gaps and cracks in your logic once you start writing it down. This is why writing essays is [ ]
I’ve been a big Max Verstappen fan since I started following Formula 1 in 2020. He’s an entertaining racer to watch. He’s an aggressive competitor. He speaks his mind. He’s one of the best of this era. But he also does and says some ridiculous things when he gives in to his emotions. Very recently, [ ]
The single most powerful tool in corporate storytelling is the diagram. A bunch of boxes and arrows labelled and lined up the right way can shortcut hours of discussions and misunderstandings. Are you facing a complex problem involving many actors, initiatives, systems, and ideas? When explaining the problem to your peers do they find it [ ]
Today, by way of establishing it on this blog post, I am formally giving myself permission to write less. An entire year has gone by with no new post. I can t blame it on a lack of ideas because my Keep Notes is overflowing with them. I can t blame it on a lack of time [ ]
My wife roped me into Beast Games last weekend. I was initially reluctant. MrBeast hasn’t ever been my cup of tea. But it was still a welcome change from watching another video on why Justin Baldoni is an innocent care bear and Blake Lively is the devil incarnate. One episode into Beast Games and I [ ]
It’s been more than 2 years since I’ve written something here. Apart from the occasional deterring thought – “ but is that really a profound insight that’s worthy of a post!?“ – I ve mostly been busy. Busy moving to Singapore from Sri Lanka. Busy moving apartments in Singapore. Busy fighting a rat in my first apartment [ ]
If you re a business leader in Sri Lanka right now, then the mental well-being of your employees should be at the top of your list of priorities. They re spending 8 hours or more creating a disproportionate amount of value for you, so the least you can do is make sure those 8 hours aren t adding [ ]
Where were you during the great Terra Crash of 2022? I was just a bystander watching the catastrophe unfold on Twitter. The Crypto community went through every stage of grief. This can’t be happening! We demand our money back, no matter the cost! Is there anything we can do to stop this? I can’t believe [ ]
The first term I ever learned in consulting was Key Learnings . Its definition is self-explanatory. Its purpose, however, is powerful. Never move on from anything — a project, an analysis, a report, a conversation — without spending some time reflecting on what you ve learned. After all, knowledge, like interest, compounds over time. In the spirit [ ]
In ancient times, objects, events, and beings guided our worship. Ancient Objects There were ancestral carvings made of clay, stone or wood. There were gigantic trees, mountains, and boulders whose presence and sight struck us in awe. There were natural, seemingly otherworldly formations – such as gems and crystals – discovered in the earth or [ ]