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Project Management-9: The Paradox of Freedom:
Free Slaves: The Paradox of Modern Work Life I titled this piece Free Slaves because we, the white-collar workers, are just that — free slaves. Or worse, we’re the tribe members who betrayed their own to ensure the efficient functioning of the system, believing ourselves to be masters. We call ourselves “free” because outside of
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Project Management-8: Quality and Control Explained
Quality, Control & A Pinch of Salt I originally planned this project management series to be 10–12 posts. I’ve already published seven, then I got a little bored. Honestly, explaining it can be just as exhausting as doing the work itself. But I won’t quit before finishing. So, here I am again, back at the
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Project Management-7: Optimizing Procurement Like Online Shopping
Project Management: What Ordering Online Taught Me About Procurement Before ordering anything online, we spend hours reading reviews, comparing prices, checking specs, reading more reviews, and double-checking if we made the right decision. And of course — we want that item to arrive as quickly as possible, at the perfect time. In project management, it’s
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The Cost of Passivity: How Modern Media Dulls Our Minds
As we grow older, we begin to understand the true value of time. You can’t store it, reclaim it, or buy it back. And as I began to grasp the value of time, I realized how often I had become a passive observer in my own life. The scary part is, this passivity increases each
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Project Management-6: Measuring Project Success, Key Metrics to Know
We continue our project management series with a question: Is success measurable?Let’s be honest — to your managers, you’re just a bunch of statistics.If something can’t be quantified, it doesn’t matter. Is that really the case? It shouldn’t be — at least not for good managers. But sometimes, hiding behind the mask of “rationality,” people
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Project Management-5: Achieve Results Efficiently
Summer comes and how about the project? Everything feels great while munching on chocolates, flatbreads, and pastries… until summer hits. Then it’s: “Oh no, I’ve gained so much weight!” You rush to start working out, trying to fit back into your dress, bikini, pants, shorts, or suit—but by the time you’re halfway there, summer’s already
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