Welcome to Your Inner City: the biggest company you’ll ever run. Every company keeps accounting records: an honest record of what comes in, what goes out, and the business’s actual financial standing. Your life keeps them, too—even if you don’t see them in an Excel spreadsheet. And here’s the first thing […]
Yo Soy S.A.S.: The Wisdom of “El Loco”
In this installment of the July Column, we discuss personal authenticity and the cost of living behind masks. How many masks can a business leader wear to be accepted in the marketplace? In day-to-day corporate and social life, it’s easy to fall into the temptation of crafting custom masks: the […]
Yo Soy S.A.S.: The Power of the Word
Why is a company called “the firm”? The word comes from the Latin *firmare*, which means to make firm or to provide stability. In commercial law, the firm is the name by which a company identifies itself and assumes liability: what is signed is binding. That is why, ultimately, an organization […]
I Am S.A.S.: The Company That Truly Runs Itself
Who is the legal representative today of an organization that was established on the day you were born? We’re talking about your “I Am, Inc.”: the personal company that each of us founds at birth—the one that, as we saw, bears your signature. Personal life has a manager. Are you the manager? Let’s think about it: the same professional […]
Your personal life is the only thing that bears your signature
What is personal life? We think we know, until we try to define it. We could say it’s that part of our existence that literally bears our signature: what only you experience, decide, and are responsible for. We often confuse it with “private life,” thinking it’s just free time after work. But work life […]
The Silent Bankruptcy: When Your Life Is in the Black but You're Broke on the Inside
Do you know how an accountant detects that a company is in silent bankruptcy? Not by the obvious losses. Anyone can see those. An accountant detects it through the signs that no one wants to look at: cash flow that moves but doesn’t grow, inventory that piles up, and small debts that quietly add up. The company keeps operating […]
