Jānis Bergs

I think that the most important success habit is to allocate enough time to prepare for meetings, prioritize my tasks and formulate my goals.

‘And how should we behave during this Apocalypse? We should be unusually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don’t already have one.’

Kurt Vonnegut ‘The Idea Killers’ essay, 1984

I try to be honest and keep my promises even when it is against my short-term interests. It always pays off in the long term.

If they would know it, it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore.

Learning to play piano or some other musical instrument has always been on my mind but unfortunately, I never had the time and strong commitment needed to fulfill this wish.

It’s always around losing some weight and achieving better results in business or improving the quality of my environment.

Squash, hiking in the mountains and movies.

Long-distance running has been a great help in the past to cope with stress and clear the mind.

Currently I am reading the book “Velvet Was The Night” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is a well-written book in noir covering 1970s, Mexico City and the political and criminal struggles of that time. For business students I can recommend reading the classics: “The Effective Executive” by Peter Drucker. One can read it many times and always discover some new angle.

Evernote for note keeping and personal task lists, “New York Times” and “WSJ” for news and opinions.