Hello!
today, I feel I want to say hello in a very energetic way - not sure why I imagined this scene from "Lost in translation".
I guess I'm nervous.
Ever since I wrote
and Fernando commented:
I’ve been secretly nervous.
The minute I read this, the word "second" came to mind and didn't leave ever since - You know, this is the second one… t h e s e c o n d . . . a l b u m ... the dreadful second. Thanks, Fernando.
But I fought back - soon I was googling “best second albums
” and the machine reminded me about "Nevermind", but also "Doolittle", "Post", "Closer", "(What’s the story) morning glory" and "Like a virgin" - I was encouraged and inspired.
Then, I went delusional
What if they don't get it? What if they don't get the creative and conceptual jump that wants to out-position the first one and be so different that you can't actually compare?
Looking for the comfort that you get when you feel that you're not alone, I revert back to almighty google: "best underrated second albums
"
I got a bunch of "underrated" and a lot of "second albums" - but nothing that quite matched both terms... 😬
…
Alexa, play Paul's Boutique in repeat
Give or take a week, this is the time of the year a lot of us are back from holidays and back to work. Why are you going back?
Why do you work?
☑︎ check all that apply
▢ To make a difference
▢ Create impact
▢ Create a better world around me and beyond
▢ Influence others to do the same
▢ Be ambitiously good
▢ Ambitiously change the world one person, one project, at a time
What’s does it take?
▢ Passion
▢ Fearless
▢ Care
▢ No fear of losing or be embarrassed
▢ Initiative
▢ Ambition
▢ Relationships
▢ Energy
▢ Be ridiculous
▢ Be proactive
▢ Have a POV
▢ Bring in the creativity
▢ Make the questions
▢ Be curious
▢ Be an artist
▢ Be crazy
▢ Bias to yes
▢ Be personal and caring
▢ Inspire others
▢ Trust and believe in others
▢ I’m what I do but I’m not what others think about what I do
▢ Be indispensable
▢ Excited (but not hysterical, please)
▢ Excite
▢ Inspire
▢ Be an example
▢ Create followers
▢ Look to the future
▢ Learn and then forget the past
▢ Smile.
so, why are you going back to work?
I have to go now.
Maybe you wanted more, sorry, you know what they say — the best things come in small packages (and in 2020: periodically).
I’m also saving some gems for the future: from slowing down, to how death is the meaning of life, the one-person company, metaphors and models, the power of humour or questions are the answers. (just putting pressure on myself here)
cheers,
Hugo
And now, a gentle nudge for you to hit ❤️bellow