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I'm incredibly excited to be taking the next step in my Visa journey by becoming SVP, Head of Commercial & Money Movement Solutions (CMS) for Europe. This role will bring closer together three important areas of the business under the CMS umbrella: Visa Direct, Visa Commercial Solutions and Visa Government Solutions.

My time as Group Country Manager for the Nordics and Baltics was an amazing experience, and I'm grateful to my team and clients in the region for everything we did together, and delighted to continue supporting them with my new hat on.

Looking forward, I can't wait to work with my colleagues across Europe to continue our mission to supercharge global money movement, digitise commercial and government payments, and support all types of businesses with scale and resilience.

Lots more to come.

I've been creating content for almost 3 years.

And somewhere along the way, I lost myself in it.

Almost.

Obsessing over analytics.

Filtering ideas through "will this work?"

Spending 4 hours on a single post.

Content creation became my full-time job 
- instead of the thing that supports my actual work.

Before all this, I climbed the highest mountains on 4 continents.

And when I stopped making time for even a hike,
I knew something had to change.

I started using Stanley and it helped me break the cycle:

→ It sees bigger patterns in what's landing with your audience - so you can lean into it

→ It knows my voice - and calls me out when I start sounding generic, preachy or too motivational

→ It saves me hours, so I can actually run my business and enjoy life

Stanley even remembered I had a trip with my daughter the following day.

And told me to stop tweaking the post and get ready instead.

If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.

Content should serve your goals - not consume your life.

Try Stanley for free today: https://lnkd.in/g9nvAJzJ

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If you engage someone’s content and/or send them a DM, guess what happens?

Your content appears in their feed and their content appears in your feed.

This stuff ain’t rocket science.

But it don’t work if you don’t work.

Everyone expecting without giving.

Bar is low. Real low.

🛑 STOP the FORCED STARVATION in GAZA

🛑 STOP KILLING CHILDREN

🛑 STOP the GENOCIDE



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It's not enough to expose this ideological worldview that is at the core of the imperialist order today, to show it in all its monstrosity. We must do everything necessary to defeat it.
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~ Simón Rodríguez Porras ~


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Forget about deploy speed. Continuous Delivery is about having engineering confidence so high that the release becomes boring.

The #1 killer of businesses is bad cashflow.

15 other harsh business truths for you:

1. The greatest muscle you can build is urgency. Bureaucracy is business poison.

2. Decrease the time between having an idea and getting it done. Everything changes.

3. Never sacrifice reputation in the name of business. You can always start another company. You can never create a new reputation.

4. Long-term games and long-term people compound. Resist shiny objects.

5. Hire smart people, pay them well, set them up for success... Then leave them the hell alone.

6. “There’s nothing worse than being sick, fat, tired and trying to run your business.” - Dana White

7. The highest ROI investment founders & owners can make is in themselves. Health shapes mindset. Mindset shapes action.

8. You're better off learning negotiation than financial modeling. Business is less spreadsheets than words.

9. The best business of all time has only you, a computer, and the send button.

10. Every additional employee increases complexity. Hiring is a last resort.

11. The best advice comes from those just a couple steps ahead of you. These people still vividly remember the problems you're facing today.

12. Sell painkillers, not vitamins. There's more money in needs than wants.

13. No discounts. Compete on value, not price. Any biz with $$$ can enter your market and bleed you out. Differentiate beyond commodity.

14. A happy customer is the most powerful marketing. Prioritize reviews. Humans are social animals.

15. If no one thinks you’re crazy, you’re too late. If everyone thinks your idea is good? Even worse. Outsized returns lie in non-conformism.

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Come to my masterclass tomorrow to learn how to grow your revenue & profit.

It's 90 minutes + fully remote.

Details here: https://lnkd.in/eJcGFHnN

Want to level up fast in your career?

Here’s how:

Sit beside someone who's already ahead.

Not to compete.
To catch their momentum.

When you’re around ambitious people, your mindset shifts.

→ You think bigger.
→ You raise your standards.
→ You stop making excuses.

And as Dora Vanourek puts it, it stretches you in ways you didn’t expect.

So ask yourself:

Is your circle fuelling your growth?
Or keeping you stuck?

Choose your company with intention.

It matters more than you think.

Do you agree?

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A friend sent me an advance copy of his book.

(I almost didn't read it. My shelf is full.)

But the subtitle grabbed me:

"The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself."

So I read it in two sittings.

One idea hit me harder than the rest:

Your brain takes in 11 million bits of data every second.

You're only conscious of 50.
Your beliefs decide which 50.

That means two leaders can watch the same team member and see completely different people.

One sees potential.
The other sees problems.

Same person.
Same performance.
Different belief.

I've lived this.

Every major leap in my career started the same way.

With a change in what I believed was possible.

Usually spurred by someone else’s belief in me.

The book is Beyond Belief by Nir Eyal.

If you've read Hooked or Indistractable, this is his best work yet.

It breaks down how beliefs shape 3 things:

➟ What you notice (Attention)
➟ What you expect (Anticipation)
➟ What you do about it (Agency)

Years ago I almost didn't apply for a role because I convinced myself I wasn't ready.

Someone I trusted said "you're more ready than you think."

That one belief changed the next decade of my career.

We all carry beliefs that hold us back.
Most of them aren't even ours.

I made a cheat sheet to capture the key ideas.

But the book goes much deeper.

Especially on why positive thinking alone backfires and what actually works instead.

I don’t recommend books often, but this one’s worth the read.

Order by March 16 for bonus access to a live workshop with Nir.

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