A quick overview, designed to help you figure out how to work with me.

Preferred Name: Dima / DS

Mission: To help others become free and united.

Current Projects: Earthians (Discord), Cocoon Mentoring (Website)

Personality: Myers Briggs Campaigner ENFP-A

Hobbies: Martial Arts, Chess, Sailing, Reading, Tea Ceremonies (Gongfu), Boardgames

Current Investments/Portfolio: Neural DSP, Avokaado, Deal Room, Ugly Cookie, FitQ, Phygit, TechMinsk, ArcticStartup

Join Discord: https://discord.gg/66k2arXuzM | Book A Call: http://meet.dsarle.com/

Purpose

<aside> 💓 Life Values

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• Radical Personal Responsibility
• Action Is The Cure
• Stay In The Prescient Present

<aside> 🏆 Work Principles

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• My client is always the end-user, and my goal is to solve their problems.
• The goal of any organization is to solve the customer jobs/pains/gains and to deliver value. So is mine.
• The future of work lies within Teal/Decentralized/Flat organizations. For this, I am building Earthians.
• Every human being is important to the success of an endeavor.
• Good leaders act as coaches and mentors, not as bureaucratic dictators.
• People need to be reminded, more than they need to be instructed.
• Every task must have a strong "why", if it does not - I am unlikely to do it.

<aside> 🔖 Life Principles

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• Ignore things you can not change. Change things that you can.
• All individuals are unique and beautiful.
• All relationships are mirrors of your own life.
• Wisdom is more important than knowledge.
• It is important to be a guide and not to be a teacher.
• Honesty & Transparency are of utmost importance.
• True Love is a skill to be developed.
• Non-duality. There is no 'good' or 'bad'.

<aside> 🥇 Immediate Life Goals

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• 💓 Personal Goals
• 🏆 Achievement Goals

More About Me

<aside> 🦖 What Might Annoy You

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• I almost always have an opinion. This can be great, but also overwhelming.
• I do not believe in "we have always been doing it this way", so I challenge existing processes and the status quo.
• Since I act quickly, and decisively, the perfectionist 'gene' is off, and the time needed for perfection is rarely reached.
• You might perceive me as arrogant, but I assure you that this is merely a perception because I am very outspoken and confident. This may have sounded arrogant. 😂
• I tend to take leadership naturally.
• I can be too soft & forgiving but can be a good listener and a friend.
• I can seem to be very chaotic, but that means that I thrive in chaos and generate a lot of ideas.
• I like people too much, and that makes me not see their weaknesses.
• I can sometimes take someone's job and do it myself.
• Sometimes it may seem like I am delaying a task, but that is usually because we did not agree on specific deadlines, or we did not set expectations/priorities for the task.

<aside> 🙀 What Might Positively Surprise You

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• I am always creating new ideas and improvements.
• “Heart over mind” is my preference.
• I listen with my full heart, presence, and depth.
• I accept everyone's view and encourage transparency, openness, and positivity.
• I will lead by example, no matter what the task is.
• I love listening deeply and I care about each individual.

<aside> 📽️ Favorite Movies

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• The Shawshank Redemption
• Crash
• Star Trek
• Everything, Everywhere, And All At Once

<aside> 📚 Favorite Books

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• Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
• The Giver
• The Road Less Traveled
• Man's Search For Meaning
• Dune
• The Alchemist
• Hsin Hsin Ming
• Just So
• You Are It
• Why We Sleep

<aside> ✍🏻 Favorite Quotes

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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare that they are difficult.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing to - no wind is favorable.

No river is unchanging in its banks.

How To Work With Me

<aside> 🤝 Meetings & Communication

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• Life is indivisible, so I bring my whole personality to work and leave nothing behind.
• My default position is that of trust, transparency, and openness.
• Assumptions are dangerous. If you are not sure about my intentions, ask me.
• Deep conversations on philosophy, meaning, and purpose - excite me.
• I don't enjoy morning meetings. Please schedule meetings after 12:00. Mornings are reserved for working.
• If you want me to be in a meeting, make sure that I have received a calendar invite, otherwise, there is a good chance I might miss it. 🙂
• I am a fan of asynchronous communication at the workplace. Don't expect me to reply quickly.
• If possible, I love meeting people in person.
• E-Mail is a last-resort tool of communication, mainly reserved for documents.
• I strongly prefer Telegram/WhatsApp and phone calls instead of e-mails or Slack. Slack is super slow for me.

<aside> 🥇 Peak Performance Activities

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• I work best from 09:00 until 12:00.
• I never set an alarm clock. Sleep is a priority.
• I do exercise and meditate daily.
• I keep a bullet journal and use Roam Research.
• I plan the day in the morning and do tasks that I feel are best for the day.
• I do not over-plan.

<aside> 🏁 Tasks / Delegation / Work

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• Share your expectations of me directly, and openly. Set deadlines. Wait for confirmation: “Yes, I will do it”. Don’t assume I will just do the task because you said it out loud or wrote it in a message. Ask for confirmation.
• Deadlines help me to understand expectations. Without openly discussing and mutually agreeing on deadlines, I will use my best judgment as to the completion date.
• I usually understand things extremely quickly, so you don't need to over-explain things.
• I have the ability to see the big picture, and if asked to - drop into the minute details of the task at hand.
• I love starting things and working on projects in the early stages of development. Not so much, later on.
• Processes at work must be tailored toward enabling teams to perform, if they do not serve this purpose - I will ignore or change them.
• Inefficiency and bureaucracy, as well as unnecessary and useless tasks, will be ignored.
• If you need something done immediately, and TODAY, then it is very likely I am not the best person for this task.

<aside> 🖥️ Office Work

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• Although I love meeting people physically, I also love my freedom, so I am often connecting remotely.
• If something is not working for me, I will speak up or change it.

<aside> 🥰 Do These Things

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• Share your expectations of me directly, and openly.
• Talk to me about self-development, and personal issues.
• Sign up for my newsletter.
• Be open, honest, and direct.

<aside> 📛 Do Not Do These Things

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• Involve me in political games, I will not play.
• Make assumptions about why I do or do not do things. Ask me, and I will share everything openly.
• Reach out to me on LinkedIn or Facebook, I don't check them almost ever.
• Be deceitful and treacherous. Trust is hard to get once lost.

<aside> 💁🏻 What I Can Help You With

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• Guidance for your life.
• Decision Making.
• Hiring & HR.
• Marketing & Sales.
• Keynotes, moderating, inspiration.
• Fundraising.
• Negotiations.
• Conflict Resolution.
• Copywriting.

<aside> 📞 Contacts & Info

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Telegram: @Sarle

Discord - Best Place To Find Me