Filipe’s life journey is a continuous flow of unexpected turns. He’s living proof that a bias for action always pays off. Filipe is also one of my favorite people to disagree with. Like me, Filipe values tough love and sees it as a catalyst for growth and adaptation. …

Introduction I discovered Marie’s work when most of my geeky friends tried to persuade me to switch to Notion. None achieved their goal, but Marie succeeded — without even knowing it. Marie’s videos, and her Notion Mastery course, helped me to see Notion as a box of Legos, and everything started…

After reading Akilah’s book Raising Free People, my view on unschooling changed radically. Unschooling is the learning approach that resonates most with me, but I always had seen it as a “rich people option”. Never had I thought it could be practiced in other contexts. And even less as a…

I met Akna at Ness Labs during a virtual event to promote interaction among community members. In our call, I felt we had a lot in common in our approach to life and work. And I also sensed there was a lot more to uncover. …

I first bumped into Tocha’s name through Pedro Andrade, a friend whose fantastic life journey I had the privilege to support as a mentor. Olisipo Way (more ahead) was one of the first two investors in Pedro’s Hunter Boards. And every time I spoke with Pedro, he kept saying great…

One day I was talking with my brother, and he kept talking and talking about a podcast — 45 Graus by Zé Maria Pimentel. He was particularly impressed by Zé’s incredible agility to drift between entirely different subjects. Being a generalist by heart, my curiosity rush kicked in immediately. I…

After reading Daniel Santos’ interview for Design Decode my brain was on fire, but I wasn’t surprised by his answers — when it comes to Daniel, my expectations are always high. What really struck me was the quality of the questions. I was pulled into the other interviews, and again…

I bumped into a post from the L&D Shakers community on Linkedin and something made me curious. Until then, most conversations I had around learning and development in the context of big companies seemed dull and outdated to me — but not this time. I decided to join the community…

I ran into Herberto in an event organized by a mutual friend. He was shooting some photos, but it was another thing that grabbed my attention — he seemed fully present in the moment and fully absorbing the world around him. It was my clue. I started talking with him…