👋 Cédric Waldburger
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    Principles

    Life’s taught me a few lessons. Every now and then I take time to reflect on them. These principles are a distilled version of my take-aways.

    • 5️⃣The Top Five
    • 👶 Life in General
    • 🛠 Getting Things Done
    • 🧑‍✈️ Entrepreneurship
    • 👨‍🏫 Learning & Personal Growth
    • 🤝 Collaboration
    • 📣 Communication
    • 💶 Investing

    5️⃣The Top Five

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    Think one step ahead
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    Do what you say you will do
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    If you’re gonna do it, do it right (”hell yeah” or “no”)
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    Communicate Solutions, Not Problems
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    The more difficult the decision, the more gut feeling should be considered

    👶 Life in General

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    Less is More
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    Get the Basics Right
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    Pack Less. Experience More.
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    Act on What Matters
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    Be As Transparent As Possible (Without Hurting Anyone)
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    Deal with Reality
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    Go Big or Go Home
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    Fight or Let Go
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    Focus on Work-Life Alignment Instead of Work/Life Balance
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    Gut Feeling Beats Brains
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    Challenges are Opportunities (To Grow)
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    Experiment!
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    There Are No Shortcuts - Don't Try to Take Any
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    Failure is Where You Learn. Success Is What Allows You to Fail.
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    Choose Your Sacrifices
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    You won’t regret not spending more time on social media
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    Fixing things is the best way to complain
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    The recipe: Passion, Patience, Persistence and Perseverance

    🛠 Getting Things Done

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    Keep It Simple (Stupid)
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    Activity Leads to Activity
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    Help Yourself
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    What Can Be Automated, Should Be Automated
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    What can’t be automated must be streamlined
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    Think in Processes
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    Progress over Process
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    Always Take Notes
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    Avoid Redundancy
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    Write "Done" Instead of "Will Do"
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    Always Process Tasks in Three Steps
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    Know → Plan → Do
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    Do one thing at a time

    🧑‍✈️ Entrepreneurship

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    As an entrepreneur you start with the output (result). As an employee you start with the input (your ability and time).
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    Entrepreneurs start with the result. Employees start with the status quo.
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    As an employee you do what’s expected from you. As an entrepreneur you do the unexpected.

    👨‍🏫 Learning & Personal Growth

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    Smart People Learn from Their Mistakes. Wise People Learn from Others.
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    Embrace Feedback
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    Don't Fear The Unknown

    🤝 Collaboration

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    Help Yourself
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    Help Others Help Themselves
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    Communicate Solutions Not Problems
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    Communicate Asynchronously as Much as Possible
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    You Cannot Communicate Too Much
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    Punctuality, Grammar & Precision Mean a Lot
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    Always Be on Time - Don't Waste Others Time
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    Don't Ask What Google Can Answer

    📣 Communication

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    Think Before You Write or Text
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    Save Unnecessary Roundtrips
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    Communicate Proactively, Early and Often
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    It's Better to Be Embarrassed for 5 seconds Rather Than For The Rest of Your Life
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    The more difficult the conversation, the more synchronous of a channel is required.
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    If you talk about someone, be positive. If you talk to them, be honest.
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    Negotiation: If it's 'either or' → it's always 'or'

    synchronous comms to get to know someone, asynchronous afterwards

    💶 Investing

    Ideas are meaningless. Validated ideas are priceless

    If you are going to panic, panic early

    Money doesn’t matter. Lack of Money matters.

    Fear is not a strategy

    You can be up 1000% many times but 100% down only once

    Backlog

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    Backlog

    Mark Twain (or Blaise Pascal?): If I had more time, I had written a shorter letter

    Sales: It doesn’t count if it’s not cold (from Brian Gerrard)

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