If you're around jaksel please try Something in Between in Andara. Me and my gf are regulars there and their tacos are only 18k each. It's such an underrated Tex-Mex spot and I genuinely want more people to discover it so they can keep thriving.
Sekarang aku makin ngerti kenapa ada orang merantau makin jauh setelah ditinggal orangtua mereka, kenapa mereka jarang sekali pulang meski rindu kian kuat di dada. Meski mereka mampu membeli tiket pulang jika mau.
i just finished reading "how to articulate yourself intelligently", and these are the 10 ideas that stood out most:
1. articulation is not a talent you’re born with, it’s a skill you build over time. clear thinking and repeated practice matter more than intelligence or memorization.
2. you don’t need to be entertaining, funny, or charismatic to sound intelligent. consistently sharing clear and useful ideas is enough to create impact.
3. to articulate yourself well, you need an inner album of greatest hits. this is a small set of 8–10 core ideas you deeply understand and can connect to almost any topic.
4. repeating yourself is not a weakness. your best ideas should be said many times, refined each time, until they become sharp and natural.
5. people who sound highly articulate usually have a large body of work behind them. writing and speaking thousands of times is what creates clarity.
6. strong speakers don’t answer questions literally. they respond with their strongest idea related to the question, then expand on it with confidence.
7. writing is not about grammar or sounding smart. writing is how you organize thoughts, learn what you actually believe, and make ideas useful to others.
8. the simplest way to articulate ideas is through story. introduce a problem, amplify its consequences, then present a solution.
9. starting with the main idea makes communication clearer. lead with the conclusion first, then support it with reasons, examples, and evidence.
10. the highest level of articulation comes from connecting ideas across different domains. combining insights from multiple fields makes your thinking original and memorable.
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Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky, on the most effective way to eliminate meetings:
"The reason there's too many meetings in a company isn't because they don't have meeting-no-meeting Wednesdays. It's because they have too many people."
He advocates for a small, elite workforce over bloated teams:
"We want a small, lean, elite, highly skilled team, not a team of kind of mid-level battalion type people. And the reason why is every person brings a communication tax."
He explains how mediocre hiring compounds into dysfunction:
"The old saying: A players hire A players. B players hire C players. I would like to amend it: B players hire lots of C players. Because those are the kind of people that like building empires."
And those C players can't do the work alone, so they hire more people, who go in different directions, creating even more meetings and admin tax.
His solution at Airbnb was radical—eliminate management layers entirely:
"I got rid of layers of management. I went back to functional. You can only manage the function if you're an expert. You don't manage people. You manage people through the work."
He credits this philosophy to Jony Ive, who believed most design leaders get it backwards. Ive's approach was to focus on the work itself and build a team that designs together.
Elite teams don't need elaborate management structures — they need leaders who manage through the work itself.
Alhamdulilah for this year, with all it’s high and lows. We survived days we thought we wouldn't, and Allah ﷺ carried us through moments we didn't think we were strong enough for. May Allah always bless everything with ease, barakah, and abundance blessings.
Ya Allah, please take away the laziness that holds me back in my worship, my salah, my efforts, and my dreams. Fill me with drive, discipline, and consistency. Help me reach the best version of myself and unlock the potential You’ve placed within me. Ameen.