Ruben - Cheat Sheet
This is an unstructured, running list of items that might support you and i interfacing more effectively.

• My core values are fairness, trust, and freedom.

• I deeply care about humanity.

• I relentlessly triage; I receive hundreds of requests. I commit to those i can best support.

• I am traveling for work close to 50 % of the year.

• I prefer not to make important decisions after 1am.

• I might be interested in your insight. I might be more interested in your thought process.

• I am always keen to learn. Teach me something.

• My way of showing love is spending time.

• I am horrible at remembering names.

• If I make an introduction for you, I expect you to treat it like gold.

• Mind over body

• I prefer fast and efficient communication.

• Pre-meditate your comms: meeting vs exec summary vs voice message.

• I stand up for my people; I stand up for strangers also.

• I am very protective of my team’s time. They are all superstars and could do a million high- impact things. Should they be engaging with you, to little response, I will notice.
  
  Selected Works of Art:

• "The Land of Two Rivers" by Anselm Kiefer at Guggenheim Bilbao [LINK]

• "Wassily Chair" by Marcel Breuer - Bauhaus [LINK]

• Exploring the topics of displacement and war through movement [LINK]

  
  Selected Quotes:

• “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye" - [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]

• "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - [Maya Angelou]

• "You drown not by falling in the river but by staying submerged in it" - [Paulo Coelho]