Winning the Emotional War on Covid
I recently participated in a mental health workshop. This post is to share with you the tools and techniques that can help us manage our emotional and mental health during these complex times.
Writer’s Block
We all occasionally lose our voice and our confidence to share and connect with others. Here’s how I experienced and overcame writer’s block.
Running 8km “Mindfully”
A collection of mindfulness techniques I used to keep me through an 8km race!
The Good Life in 100+ Q’s
A couple months ago, I tried to define what it meant to live a good life. Lacking a measuring stick, I decided to make my own. The result was a list of over 100+ questions I could ask myself and use to chart a path to personal growth.
In Memory of Keane
Dear Keane. May we all be as inspiring and incredible as you were. I’ll see you soon on greener grass.
Why I Write? A 10-week Retrospective
Why do I write? I write to free my mind. To liberate the thoughts held within and give shape and form to my feelings. I write because it’s cathartic. It provides me a form of release of daily life in a medium that is private and trusting. I write because it gives me clarity. Forcing…
Startup Lessons: Operations, Customer Support, and Leadership
I sit and think about where I am at this point in my career. I’m 25 years old and I lead an Operations team of 4 at Ubiqua. We install software, provide technical support and maintenance services to Ubiqua’s customers. In the last 2 years at Ubiqua, I’ve worked as a Project Manager, an Account…
Startup Lessons: From Silo to Service
The Problem Until recently, Ubiqua operated in a traditional organizational structure. The type with functional departments and department leaders. After the team grew from 5 to 10, it became more and more difficult to operate in these functional silos. Essentially, each individual ran his own independent operation. We all had our own to-do lists, our…
Startup Lessons: The Expensiveness of Firefighting
The past few weeks at work we’ve been in crisis mode. Basically we lost visibility of our user’s experience and had some major quality issues that affected the performance of our service. As you can expect, we had a lot of angry users and clients which through us all into crisis management mode. A year…
Startup Lessons: How to Build a Company
One of the reasons I joined Ubiqua was the incredible opportunity to learn; mainly, how to build a company. By joining Ubiqua at such an early time, I’d be able to experience this first hand. Here’s a brief on a couple of the things I’ve learned so far. Q: What I am looking to learn…
Beto's Blog 