MY REFLECTIONS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE VERSION OF YOU THAT WORKED?
Every company has one. Every family does too. You know exactly who I mean. You might even be living inside that person. The one who fixes things. First in, last out, picks up the problem nobody wants…
WHY DOES NO ONE FEEL LIKE AN IMPOSTOR IN THE PLACE THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN?
By Marcello de Souza Something happens to people who move house, and almost nobody talks about it. In the first few weeks, at the end of a long day, you get in the car, turn on the…
DO YOU LOVE THE PERSON, OR THE LAST VERSION OF THEM YOU SAW?
You don’t know the person you share a bed with. You know the version of them you stopped updating. The sentence stings. It stung me too, when it showed up on an ordinary Tuesday, halfway through lunch,…
WHAT IF THE DIAGNOSIS BELONGED TO THE CHAIR, AND NOT TO THE PERSON SITTING IN IT?
Monday, 6:40 p.m. An email from HR lands with a cheerful subject line: “We want to hear from you.” Inside, a link to a wellbeing survey, due Friday. You’re in the middle of a deliverable that was…
IF YOU DON’T ALWAYS KNOW WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU DID, WHY DO YOU DEMAND TO KNOW WHY THEY DID?
Have you ever kept driving home, arguing out loud with someone who wasn’t even in the car anymore? Rebuilding the sentence you didn’t say. Fixing the tone you used. Finding, three traffic lights later, the perfect comeback…
THE WORKSHOP ENDED. WHY ARE YOU STILL THE SAME PERSON ON MONDAY?
You’ve walked out of a training feeling like a different person. Steadier voice. More open posture. A list of commitments written in that handwriting reserved for people who have finally decided something. And underneath it, an almost…
YOU DON’T FREEZE DURING THE PRESENTATION. YOU FREEZE AT BEING SEEN WITHOUT A SHIELD
There’s a scene that repeats itself in almost every meeting room on earth. Someone is standing, or sitting at the head of the table, mouse in hand, slide glowing on the wall behind them. And somewhere in…
YOU’RE NOT STANDING STILL. YOU’RE FALLING, SLOWLY, ON PURPOSE.
Stand up. Feet together, arms at your sides, eyes closed. Don’t move. You won’t manage it. Something inside you, a fraction of an inch at a time, starts correcting. A muscle here, another there, a lean to…
YOU’RE NOT OUT OF TIME. YOU’RE AFRAID OF WHAT SHOWS UP WHEN IT STOPS
How many times did you say “I don’t have time” today? Twice. Three times. Maybe you said it before you’d even had coffee, the moment someone asked for five minutes and you were already calculating the cost.…
HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO STAY AT A JOB TO DESERVE WANTING ANOTHER ONE?
How long does someone have to sit still in a place before they’ve earned the right to want out of it? I ask because it’s one of the questions that shows up most in the messages I…
