Why this page

  • 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏼 A project is just people.

  • ❤️‍🩹 Most technical problems are caused by people problems.

  • 🐱 One main goal of Zenned is to create a positive environment where people feel free to try their ideas.


Have a vision

  • ⚖️ Every choice has a drawback, and not every drawback needs fixing.

  • 🤲🏽 The best reference is what you liked to receive yourself, rather than anticipating what other people will like.

  • 👆🏽 Start deciding on the most important first.


Real first

  • 👁️ Only debate after everyone has seen the real thing.

  • 🔬 Start with the facts.


Qualify your interlocutor

  • 😇 Only engage with nice and receptive people.

  • 🤝🏽 Think about the deal that benefits both sides.

  • 😱 Pushback may signal that your approach is better than expected.


Ritchness comes from differences

  • 👂🏽 Listen first, judge later.

  • 🙂‍↕️ Start with what you can agree with.

  • ☝🏽 Make suggestions and give options, instead of commands.

  • ❓ Ask questions more than making statements.

  • 🧠 Opinions are just brainstorming.


Existence is imperfect

  • 🟰 Some choices don’t really matter that much.

  • ⚖️ No choice is perfect. They are trade-offs, tied to personal preference.

  • 🧯 Sometimes mistakes are inevitable, the question is acting to solve them.

  • 🎯 Focus on the desired outcome, rather than what is wrong with the current one.

  • ⌛ A problem is a problem only if it is for the present time.


Write clear

  • 🌟 The purpose of communication is clarity.

  • 💬 Write in a way that sounds natural when read aloud.

  • 🩲 Write in the shortest way that is understandable.

  • 🧑‍🔬 Use technical jargon or extra words only when it simplifies the message.

  • 🫧 Break elements into the smallest parts.


Error into nice

  • 🤌🏽 Anything that you want to express has a constructive variant.

  • 🙃 Compensate the lack of non verbal cues with politeness and emoji.

  • 🙏🏽 Thank people and say why.