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From Thoughts to Effective Execution: My 2026 Goal-Setting Framework
TL;DR (AI-powered): Instead of vague New Year’s resolutions, I built a deliberate 2026 system: 12 goals split into continuous (follow up with…
 • Rodrigo Sperb
Revisiting: ‘The House of Excellence’
A simple model for leadership
 • Rodrigo Sperb
I Am: My Christmas and End of Year (Traditional) Refection on Change
TL;DR (AI-powered): As the year’s end approaches, I reflect on Chesterton’s answer to “What’s wrong with the world?”—“I am.” The only meaningful…
 • Rodrigo Sperb
Stop Treating the Symptom: Why Managing Uncertainty Beats Chasing Estimates
TL;DR (AI-powered): Traditional planning often obsesses over estimates, but the real challenge is managing the sources of uncertainty—like unclear…
 • Rodrigo Sperb
LLMs are brilliant at being average - and that's a problem
TL;DR (AI-powered): LLMs are masters of inductive reasoning — delivering the most probable, polished, average answer at lightspeed.
 • Rodrigo Sperb
Three reframing tricks to make teams ship better work
TL;DR (AI-powered): Stop estimating everything you can build and then disappointing people later.
 • Rodrigo Sperb
The brutal math of big gets: 99% ruin vs smooth compouding
TL;DR (AI-powered): Bruce Lee was right: long-term consistency beats short-term intensity.
 • Rodrigo Sperb
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