I'm Carlos Rodrigo Turner — a husband and father of 2 boys. I work at Técnica y Avance in Madrid, mostly turning data into decisions and sales. This is my website.
Postponing joy
I’ve learned something important by not postponing joy: Nothing catastrophic happens when you make pleasure a higher priority in your daily life. Instead, it softens the edges of the day, stretches time in the most delicious way, and reminds us that life isn’t something to be earned—it’s something to be lived.
— Cheryl Richardson, h/t to Stella
Do Less yet Achieve More
I recently finished reading “Do Less yet Achieve More” by Nicholas Bate.
Worth reading to fully understand and absorb the Pareto principle.
Pros: The personal anecdote at the beginning really opened my eyes to many things.
Cons: This book could have been a blog post.
‘Life is for living, not always following an optimised plan.
The eye of a whale
By Rachel Moore
Smart people stay broke
Life rewards action, not intelligence. The smarter you are, the better your excuses.
— Conor Neill, on why smart people stay broke
A simple path to a good life
- Stay in great shape
- Build a family you love
- Cultivate a community of friends
- Be of service to thousands of people
Environment
After a certain age, you are no longer the product of your environment or how you were raised. It’s a personal choice to live the way you do. At some point, blaming your past becomes a distraction from your future. Healing is your responsibility. Growth is your decision.
Map of Madrid
I made a cool map of where I live using Terraink.
My name in Landsat
The Landsat program consists of a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have continuously acquired images of the Earth’s land surface and provided an uninterrupted data archive to assist land managers, planners, and policymakers in making more informed decisions about natural resources and the environment.
One of the fun things that you do with it, is to spell your name in landsat images.
Another similar project is Amazonia, with the bends of the Amazon they’ve made Igaratype, in which you can also spell your name.
The future of work
It seems that, thanks to AI, the future of work has three paths to follow:
- If you are already a senior person in your company, you will probably shift from managing people to managing AI agents.
- Alternatively, you might become someone creative or handy, working with physical materials for a living—such as an artist, plumber, electrician, or baker.
- The third path is becomeing an entrepreneur.
Whichever path you choose, adaptability appears to be the key skill. Consider Darwin’s Survival of the Fittest, where the fittest are those who best adapt to their immediate environment.
In this new environment, there is no time to waste being a junior or intern, nor to dwell on coding skills lost to AI.
Well-being
Nothing makes us safer and happier than ensuring the well-being of everyone.
— From Jens Oliver Meiert