2020 in the books. What I learned.

• That I am an extrovert, who gains energy from the people (quality people*) that I interact with. It turns out that pain from a wound caused by my emotional nakedness has been an excuse for me all those times when I didn’t want to go out and see people. Furthermore, people make me much better in something that I discovered to be my forte, particularly, arts.
• That arts, in the shape of music, or just as a cause for attention, fuels me up. Whether it’s a DJ set or karaoke song, I like to gather eyeballs and that’s when I’m at my best. The only problem is that I don’t like preparation, which in turn, hangs a big question mark on the consecutive quality of my performance. However, there is just a sacred something about improvisation that I really, really love.
• That I use naiveness as an excuse. I used to say that I’m naive as I’m sincere, and I wish to trust people, rather than checking on them or projects that I entrusted them with. As a matter of fact, what I hide is my unwillingness to make one additional step to double-check or counter check. And it seems like unfortunately, people are lazy enough to exercise blind unvetted trust.
• That even though I deem myself to be unsystematic, there are people who are much worse in this respect, but still successful, as they learned to outsource their weaknesses and capitalize on their strengths. That is flat out unbelievable, but: I met worse versions of myself who are shaping up quite well in their life. Moreover, it looks like they fully understand their weakness and just DON’T CARE. Capitalize on your strengths, know your weaknesses.
• My strength is the ability to initiate and generate new ideas. Even more so, my strength is to communicate these ideas to other people and spark their curiosity and make my first steps towards a goal without hanging back too much.
• I learned that management is not my thing. I am getting along with people well who I see as my companions, equal companions, not subordinates.
• That procrastination is not fatal to me, as I always, in the last moment, can pull up and generate a very large portion of value. My problem is that life, like health or entrepreneurship, doesn’t have deadlines set by someone. Therefore, I need to set them myself.
• Weekly planning is a workable approach, but not a remedy. The best things I did during g this year, such as journeys, throwing up parties or getting in touch with cool people were all unplanned. I might set a plan like Monhaizen did: 12 O’Clock — а feat.
• I found out that I can work under someone, but this someone definitely should not be judgemental, and certainly a very strong, robust leader. The main thing for me is that he’s got to gain my respect, and even be a role-model.
• That there are people who are real ladies and gentlemen, the ones who would do everything so you could feel comfortable. And I’m forever grateful for a chance to meet these people in this 2020
• That honesty is still the best policy.
  Yeah, I feel that Einstein’s formula of success, i.e. Success = Hard Work + Have Fun + Keep your Mouth Shut, is still obscure and elusive for me. Whereas I learned how to work hard and play hard, zipping my mouth where unnecessary is yet to be tested in the years to come. As a matter of fact, my entire blog is everything but keeping my mouth shut =)
• That people got a lot of insecurities. And even though you try to be genuine and sincere in what you do — they still might deem you melitious. That’s unfortunate, but that’s how it really is.
• That maturation is an ongoing process. This year I turned a mark of 30 years old, and still preaching to be more patient, organized and well-paced. Sometimes my infantility hurts possible business opportunities that serious business environment can’t tolerate. But that’s fine — that’s for the best.

Overall, this year has been instrumental to me, as I finally invested in something that I never felt was possible: acquiring new friends. Social connections I made and people that I met are nothing short of remarkable. Thank you all who have been there for me and know one thing: without you guys, I wouldn’t be the person I am today – broke but happy :)))))