Alfonso Serrano

I believe in education, individual responsibility, and long-term decision-making. Proud Amazonian. Opinions on this TL are my own.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

Y no somos conscientes de esa dependencia emocional hasta muy tarde en el proceso de desarraigo.

[Pablo Grueso @PabloGrueso]

No dependemos económicamente, pero seguimos dependiendo emocionalmente.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@Recuenco Por si no lo hubieras leído ya:
https://t.co/q6cp2aXphG

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@jlantunez La ropa con la elegancia.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

It applies beyond dating. Including career.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

The best advice I ever got for dating was from my mom. She just said "be yourself". Honestly advertising who you are is one of the best ways to get into a real, sustainable relationship.

Instead of faking it, just work on building yourself. Be more interesting, get in shape, build a career, be a decent person, etc. These are hard things to do and you can't really fake them. Eventually people will see through you.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@torresburriel Muy de acuerdo; creo que lo resumes muy bien cuando dices "la tecnología es un medio". Como lo fue internet hace años, y tantas tecnologías antes. Pasamos mucho tiempo hablado del qué, y no el suficiente del para qué.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@feguz77 - El jardinero y la muerte, de Gueorgui Gospodínov
- La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, de Rosa Montero
- También esto pasará, de Milena Busquets
- Cuentos de la madre muerte, de Ana Cristina Herreros (aunque no es sobre el duelo)
- Duelo sin brújula, de Carme López Mercader

[VíctorSánchezdelReal @sanchezdelreal]

Sir Alex Younger fue durante 6 años jefe del MI6, el servicio de inteligencia exterior británico, y acaba de fallecer de cáncer a los 62 años. Hay una anécdota en el obituario del Times que es todo un ejemplo del estilo de esa Casa. Hilo/

[miguel ángel quintana paz @quintanapaz]

Nick Cave perdió a su hijo de 15 años, Arthur, en 2015; y a su hijo Jethro, con 31 años, en 2022.

Hace poco respondió así a un fan que le preguntaba por qué seguir creyendo en el mundo, en vez de abismarse en el cinismo.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@Recuenco Sobre este tema recomiendo también “The Creative Act: A Way of Being”, del productor Rick Rubin. Enfoca el proceso de creación artística como algo introspectivo y una necesidad personal, más que la búsqueda de un “product-market fit”.
https://t.co/m2Zk5fXcJH

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@Recuenco ‘s Factor X

[Singularity @singularityu]

Every few months, there is a new headline promising that the next breakthrough will “change everything.” It's comforting to believe that complexity will eventually be engineered away.

But despite unprecedented tools, many organizations are still struggling with trust, alignment, ethics, and execution.

Because those problems were never technical. They were human. #leadership

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@david_bonilla Me ha recordado a esto:

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

La disciplina. Esa cualidad tan infravalorada.

[Marcos Vazquez - Fitness Revolucionario @FITrebelde]

Una de las habilidades más importantes que puedes desarrollar es ignorar tu estado de ánimo y seguir el plan trazado.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@jlantunez @omixam @somostramontana Lo es. La literatura o la poesía son diferentes expresiones del lenguaje como arte, igual que un cuadro, un retablo, o un fresco lo son de la pintura. El lenguaje como herramienta básica de comunicación no lo hace menos arte, igual que un garabato no hace menos arte a la pintura.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@jlantunez

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@ae_bm @Recuenco La zorra y las uvas…
https://t.co/evRfslwSfX

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A message from a Kindergarten teacher:

After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@Recuenco Qué certero, y qué duro de aceptar.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@PabloGrueso La diferencia es si los demás son (o deben ser) el objetivo o una referencia. Creo que los mensajes de “ser mejor que tú mismo” se identifican con lo segundo.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@PabloGrueso Ni exhaustivos.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@jlantunez (4/4) En cuanto a la generación de valor, lo asimilo a “stocks” (utilidad) vs. VC (valentía).
A nivel agregado y a largo plazo, la valentía probablemente cree más valor, pero sólo gracias a los casos que encuentran su utilidad, o empezaron ya con el germen de ella.

[Alfonso Serrano @aserranomateos]

@jlantunez (3/4) Soy más de empezar desde la utilidad y tomar pasos valientes, que desde un coraje ciego en busca de su propia utilidad.