I'm fascinated by my personal growth process. I've gone through ups and downs, had months in which I felt tremendously strong and stable, and days and weeks when I felt like I don't know who I am anymore. It's easy to give up and say "This is who I am. I'm probably never going to change." The hard ...
A new vision on things – or, how I stopped organizing and loved the bomb
I haven't posted in a while because lately, the whole purpose of this blog - organizing your life, having a clue about where you want to be - seemed to fade for me. I realized that, at this moment, this perspective might be doing me more harm than good. Perhaps, for me, it's time to organize ...
When NOT getting what you wanted became the next best thing
The way this blog started to exist was from deep unhappiness. In 2009, I had, after long attempts to score a much desired job, received an assignment that to me seemed difficult, unrewarding and so much different than what I was built for. Compensation & Benefits was an area that didn't interest me, that I found ...
A Manifest on Laziness
How else could I start a Sunday morning, without a coffee, something delicious to eat, and wasting time? Sounds like a paradox, to have a productivity/effectiveness blogger write about how good it feels to waste time. Losing time is an art on the verge of extinction. Remember the best pieces of art, the best novels, the best ...
Story Telling
Companies and buyers don't want to hear a pitch. They want to hear a story. And most often, the most credible story is your own. I've felt really compelled to read and reapply stories that start with "I was where you are now. And then I did x, y, and z, and managed to sell x much, ...
Exercising Gratitude
Last week my grandmother fell very, very ill. We all thought she would die. I spent 2 days beside her, holding her hand, seeing her state degrade hour by hour. Friends came to visit. Old acquaintances passed by. Relatives called every minute, crying. And somewhere, my grandmother found the strength to come back. With half her body ...
Your hardships are your lessons
Let me share two stories with you: One of the persons most dear to me in the world has serious issues. She believes that she means nothing as long as she can't have the man she loves. Who left her about half a year ago. She is paralysed by suffering and cannot move her life an ...
