They called it Berlin Brandenburg Airport.A “flagship” project.Germany’s answer to efficiency.Built for the public. Delivered by a “consortium.” They forgot one tiny detail: systems. Unbelievable when you are talking about Germany, right? But real. Fire safety? Didn’t work.Smoke extraction? Backwards.Wiring? Rewired 3 times.Doors? Over 1,200 installed — then reversed — then reinstalled. Because the systems didn’t talk to each other.Because no one was in charge of systems...
1 day ago • 1 min read
“Winners and losers have the same goals. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” This is what James Clear says in his book, Atomic Habits. A book you should study if you want to do any good in life. People still behave as beheaded chickens in life. Jumping from a shiny object to the next. From a low-key task to the next. From a fire to the next. No systems. No learnings. Don’t show me the wheel, I’m too busy pushing this rock. I’ve seen this...
2 days ago • 1 min read
People prefer to be right to make money. People prefer to be right to win projects. People prefer to be right to deliver projects. Keep that in mind. Power points, papers, boring conferences to celebrate how much theoretical knowledge we have about nothing. People get this always wrong. When people seek advice about business, they think that it’s a serious mistake to only accept criticism from people making millions. When people seek advice about delivering a major bridge, they think that...
3 days ago • 1 min read
95% of startups die before turning 5. Someone, full of good intentions, buys a domain, builds a website, slaps on a logo, adds “CEO” to their LinkedIn... and before the Real Madrid wins a couple of Champions Leagues, that domain is back with GoDaddy. And it gets worse. 70% of those startups vanish without making a single euro, or dollar or whatever. Nothing. Not a cent. They die without ever popping the cash register’s cherry. No glory. No VAT. Nada. Joder. For PPP projects, the failure rate...
4 days ago • 1 min read
The Great Luis Monge said some time ago. The market rewards action. Well… I would add that… The market, your job, your project, your company, your relationships… reward action. Not reflection, not risk assessment, not being right, not staying home — action. Not quality, not intelligence, not features, not preparation. Just jodida action. That simple. But you know what’s worse? That you now know it. And that you’re competing against millions of people who don’t know this… and the ones who do,...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Our reptilian brain is deceiving you. “It’s just one day, it won’t matter” — justifying the break of positive habits or slipping into old behaviors. “I’m sure it won’t take that long” — the illusion of optimism that makes us underestimate the effort certain tasks will require. “I’m not good enough” — self-sabotage disguised as humility that’s actually fear of failure or of being judged. If you listen to it, you are living in the caves. The worst of all these tricks of your brain to assure...
6 days ago • 2 min read
Ever seen a power plant that worked for just five days? Welcome to Nandipur. With all my respects and ingenuity… The Nandipur Power Project in Pakistan was a masterclass in how not to execute a PPP: No Business Plan, no roadmap. The destiny: chaos from the get-go. Unrealistic Risk Transfers: Risks were offloaded onto parties ill-equipped to handle them, setting the stage for failure. How could nobody think about this? Crazy. Land Not Available: Of course… Delays in land acquisition. How...
7 days ago • 1 min read
I want you to dream big. I want you to build an empire. On your personal brand as professional or on your businesses owning multiple entities. That does not matter. Doing this is simple. First you have to believe it. You’re not less intelligent than billionaires out there or are more unlucky or are taller or shorter or whatever. Those guys poo, have pees and fart just like you. There is no reason why they can, while you can’t. Second, do, do and do. But here it’s the thing. Do things on the...
8 days ago • 1 min read
If one day you're tired, rest.If you're tired many days, change your life. I'm unsure of the origin of these sentences, but... it's wisdom at its highest. Read it again. And again. And again. And now... Apply this to anything you’re doing. Your job, your investments, your project, your company. You know what Einstein said about doing the same and the same and the same and still waiting or hoping for a different result. There is nothing valuable in your comfort zone other than a comfortable...
9 days ago • 1 min read