Writing has never been my favorite way of expressing myself. I prefer free flowing conversations. I’d rather talk to someone for an hour than try to condense a thousand thoughts into 280 characters. I assume that’s why I never fully embraced Twitter. But somehow, for whatever reason, I force myself to put things in writing. …
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Political correctness is ruining the world
Political correctness is ruining the world. And I am not referring here to the actual concept of the term. The core principle is one of value. But the way it is used and implemented nowadays is hurting everyone. Sometimes, too much of a good thing can be harmful instead of helpful. Political correctness can be resumed …
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Ownership of learning
Learning is what shapes and ultimately defines us. The path we are going to follow for the duration of our life is enabled by our education. And while learning is one of the most important aspects of life, the ownership of learning is often overlooked. People rarely have control over their learning. And when they do, …
Comparing yourself to others
Comparing yourself to others is not very useful. Studies have shown little to no improvement and in some cases even a negative effect on results when people are being compared to peers or another person. Also, always comparing yourself to others create dissatisfaction and leads to low self esteem from misjudging the other person or …
Fixed vs growth mindset
There are a lot of elements which differentiate a fixed from a growth mindset. You can find intricate schemes to highlight different characteristics and how people act based on their mindset. But if you want to reduce it to the most basic elements, the real difference is your view on the world and yourself. A person with a fixed mindset …
My biggest fear
What’s your biggest fear? You don’t have to answer. Actually it doesn’t even matter what your biggest fear is… It’s all in your head anyway. No matter if you are afraid of heights, spiders, public speaking, sharks or you’re claustrophobic, everything is just in your head. You are aware of that, you know it’s not an actual …
How to have a better conversation
You can go ahead an read all the self help/ self development/ self improvement sites out there for tips on how to have better conversations and you’ll notice one thing: they all teach how to fake having a conversation. Their advice go from looking the other person in the eyes to nodding from time to …
TLDR
TLDR version… Sorry, don’t have one. Just some random facts before we go on: the attention span started going down somewhere around 1950 and is going down at an increasing rate ever since if 10 years ago you had about 5 minutes to capture the attention of your audience when delivering a presentation, now it’s …
I got to vs I get to
I got to vs I get to is the perfect example how your words and how you phrase your life makes the difference between happiness and sadness, between an awesome life and a dull one. You have to get up and go to work. You have to do your tasks. You have to go to …
What are you going to choose today?
I see a lot of people unhappy with the way the look, the job they have, the place they live, the friends/ boyfriend/ husband they have, their lifestyle. The person you are today is made of all the choices from yesterday and the day before and the day before that… These choices define who, how and what we …