Hector A. Ruiz

MBA, Project Manager, Tennis Player, Musician, and Author of "How to Destroy a Country"

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The Right Way

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On September 23, 2020

In General

If you read my About short bio, you will find that it is stated that I only do things one way: The Right Way. This begs the question: What does doing things “The Right Way” mean?

A few weeks ago Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open for hitting a lines person with a ball, in what was perceived as an accidental yet reckless behavior. I recorded a video about the incident that you can watch on my YouTube channel, and I would say I did a very good job of approaching the incident and showing what “The Right Way” is and how it could have applied to this particular occasion.

We have rules and laws in our society and generally speaking, we should abide to them. However, before rules and laws, fair judgement should always prevail, and this is when doing things “The Right Way” matters. Rather than looking at the disqualification of Djokovic as a punctual event, we should take a look at the larger picture of the conditions and variables surrounding the incident, and ask questions like: Did our rules hold applicable for the incident? Were the rules able to clearly justify the consequences of the incident, or do they need to be revised? And more importantly, are the rules that are in place able to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future? The Right Way is looking at all of these variables and acting accordingly.

Essentially, in my video I not only analyze the incident, but what could be done in order to avoid finding ourselves in the same situation two or five years from now. That is what doing things The Right Way means.

HR

The Messi Clause

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On September 7, 2020

In Sports

I have to say that I am a little bit disappointed of the way FC Barcelona has handled themselves with Lionel Messi and his intent of leaving the club at the end of the season.

I just got finished watching his interview and have to say Messi made a lot of valid points, and knowing Barcelona’s history treating players, it wouldn’t surprise me that every single thing he said is true. He mentioned that the early last year, club’s president gave him his word that he was free to go at the end of the season, and that now in the end, he went back on his word.

What is even more disappointing is all the people who have expressed negative opinions on Messi’s position, to the point of even demanding him to stay on the club even in the bad times Barcelona is going through. Messi has played in Barcelona for all his life and during this time, he has had both victories and defeats. The current situation Barcelona is in, is due to poor leadership from the directors of the club, including signing players who were evidently not going to have any positive contribution to the team, as well as letting other who contributed positively go.

So now, thanks to a legal technicality in an unforeseen force majeure event, Messi is stuck in a club he does not want to be part of anymore. With that in mind, will Barcelona win any trophies this season? I doubt it. So why not let him go and rebuild a brand new and fresh team.

HR

Book Update

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On August 25, 2020

In Book

Hi guys, I just wanted to give another update on the status of my book.

I have been working intensely over the past weeks doing more revisions over the structure, as well as the editorial aspects of the manuscript. Looking back, I thought 2020 was going to be the year I would have it published, but with every passing day, it looks like I’m going to have to push it back to the and of Q1 2021.

The more I work, the more far away it seems I am from the finish line. I know it’s the opposite, and in reality I’m getting closer… but it feels painful and tiring.

Still, I keep pushing through…

HR

Star Trek

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On August 15, 2020

In Movies and TV/Steaming Series

After years of keeping it on the backlog, last night I finally started to watch Star Trek. According to my calculations, it should take me three to four years to watch every season and every movie.

Wish me luck!

3000 Math Problems

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On August 2, 2020

In General

I’ve decided to start a channel in which I will solve Math Problems and Exercises, from the B.Demidovich book. I figured it’s a good idea to throw in my piece of contribution to all college students who are interested
in studying and learning math.

You can find the Channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwUQOlWXeKzhUn3xW83a8uA

I already began recording a few videos, so please feel free to take a look and let me know your thoughts!

HR

Beethoven

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On July 18, 2020

In Music

I’ve been pracising Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata over the past weeks and the one thought that pops in my mind every time I play it is: “This piece is perfect. Is Beethoven the greatest composer of all time?”

This a very difficult topic to address, not only because there are other candidates to claim the title, but also because you would have to set up a very long and detailed set of parameters to judge each candidate in the discussion. For me, Beethoven’s merit comes from several reasons. Take for instance his Fifth Symphony: the entire first movement -which lasts about seven minutes-,
is built entirely over just four notes, three of them are repeated. How did he get away with that? Essentially, it’s just one note repeated three times followed by a second note played on sustain, over and over again, and for some reason, the sublimity of its sound transcends everything we know. Needless to say seven of his nine symphonies are masterpieces, with the ninth being the epitome of his genius.

Then you have his chamber music, which is completely on a different direction from his orchestral work. And then of course you have his 32 Piano Sonatas, eight of which are memorable pieces of work: The moonlight, patetique, appassionata, les adieux, tempest, pastoral, waldstein, hammerklavier and the #32.

How can you argue against that?

HR

My other books…

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On July 12, 2020

In Book

I have spent the last days organizing files from my old backups. Really old backups.

Not surprisingly I ran into all of my other books and drafts I have written in my life. I didn’t count how many I had in total because I was fast-clicking and sorting them very quickly, but I estimate there are probably fifteen of them. I opened a few of them, read a few pages and two things struck me: 1) I have drafts that dated over twenty five years ago, and still you can tell by their writing, that they came from me. I’m not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing, but my writing style has definitely been consistent in time. 2) Despite having great and interesting ideas in most of them, I left them unfinished because I ran into a writer’s block (is that’s what it’s called?), and I never came back to them again.

Maybe I should quit being a baby and start working on them again. Maybe I can finish all of them. But I have to publish this one first!

HR

Half of the year Book Update

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On July 1, 2020

In Book

I haven’t posted anything about my book in the past months… mostly due to me having to adapt to working from home, my workload that thankfully I must
say has been huge and I’m happy that’s the way it is, and of course the new set of priorities that come with this new way of life. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been working on my baby.

As I stated in my previous update about my book, I’m taking this time to go over the finished manuscript, revise it once again, making sure I’m happy with
everything, and also conducting research on all the topics I covered, as well as the analytical approach I discuss throughout all its chapters. Part of this research includes having finished reading a book called “Once Upon a Revolution” about the series of protests that took place in Egypt to remove Hosni Mubarak as president, and the subsequent transition that led to Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s election as current president. I bought this book because I thought it would be similar to mine, but found out it lacked the social analysis that I focus on in Venezuela’s case. The initial stage of the events that took place in Egypt are quite similar to those that happened in Venezuela, however about a third into the book, the parallelisms began to diverge from each other.

It was an interesting read altogether, but sadly I must say that I couldn’t draw too much of it to use into my book. Still, my congratulations to the author. Hopefully one day he’ll be able to get his hands on my book and tell me what he thinks about it.

HR

Sharknado

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On June 18, 2020

In General

I had my doubts and concerns on watching this film ever since it came out in 2013. Last night, I decided to give it a chance.

All I can say is about it, stop reading this and go watch it. Right now.

HR

Working from Home

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On June 9, 2020

In General

It’s been over three months since we received word that we could work from home and I feel like it was yesterday. How has it been?

Actually it hasn’t been so bad. Thanks to the resources we have today, such as online conference calls, screen sharing, multiple calls, online sharing content, our team at work has been able to successfully adapt to the current conditions, while keep bringing positive results to both our clients and our internal stakeholders.

The fact that I’m somewhat of an organized person who thrives for efficiency has definitely contributed for good and I believe my coworkers have appreciated that this is an absolutely necessary skill for successful teams. Now the question is: What will the big picture look like in the future?

Mine is not the only company who has been able to successfully adapt to the current conditions and the work from home mindset. It always puzzled me why Marissa Meyer was against it, especially considering the industry where she works. There’s definitely more accountability, because you have to prove to your bosses that even though you are not physically at the office, you are actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the organization, your clients are being taken care of, and your team is running as efficient as if everyone was working under the same roof. And… the only way to prove this is by producing results that are measurable: revenue, net income, client satisfaction, meeting deadlines and achieving objectives.

I wonder if this will be an opportunity for companies to realize that working from home not only is possible, it is productive, efficient and beneficial for everyone. That is of course for companies who can work with this approach.

Stay tuned.

HR

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