Share what you know to help others and realize how good you are. The upside of working in a company is to meet with people at least 20% of your time. Your environment doesn't stop at the 4 walls around your desk. Transmitting a company requires intimacy between past and future owners over a few years. Align your interests with others when you sign the deal or you will get screwed every time afterward because of diverging incentives. French TV ads are properly regulated unlike American TV and the internet, especially when targeted at children. If parents spend too much time looking at screens, their children are more likely to develop an autism spectrum disorder. Fix the adult to fix the child. Every second a child or kid looks at a screen instead of another human being or physical toys is a second lost in his development. You had to be in front of your TV on time to consume content, now you can consume content when you want from where you want. Remove as much notifications as possible. The news in a perpetual stutter and memes aren't that funny. WhatsApp groups are fake ways to socialize in which you shouldn't feel forced to participate. Cherish disconnect moments, they are becoming rarer. If you work in front of a computer, meeting face-to-face with people should be a priority. Cartoons and YouTube videos are good because they have a fixed length unlike streams and social media feeds. Don't depend on a third party to live as you wish, seek freedom over money. Taking risks in your career brings more job security than a permanent contract. Internet is ideal to blend content with products and services: a rich browsing experience increases sales. Sell a few great products instead of as many products as possible. A great generalist will never beat a specialist in his craft, don't waste your capacities on useless fights. Monitoring your market is key to notice emerging trends. You can't win an existing market if you play by its leaders' rules. Fight against your natural tendency to isolate. You don't need mentors when you have associates. Shared values beat slides and sheets. Prolonged isolation periods like Transatlantic races are great for disconnecting but not for introspecting because you can only think about what is happening in the present moment. The best employees are people with an unusual story and the drive to turn their life around. It is easy to get burned out with simple tasks if you have nobody to delegate them to. Your engagement level depends on which life period you're in. Don't move away from your core goals out of fear. Take decisions faster.
Xavier Chauvin