Sure, but how do you go about finding your passion? It is not something innate, something you have inside and need to get out, something you have to dig deeper and deeper to reveal. Passion gets built. It is about doing, and doing, and doing some more. It is about getting better at what you … Continue reading Follow your passion
Category: self-help
Building on success
A weird year ends tomorrow, and many will think at some kind of resolutions for 2021. I want to share (again) few tips that have helped me stick with my resolutions throughout the twelve months in the past few years. Be honest, measurable, and kind.Commit publicly.Make sure they belong in the story you tell about … Continue reading Building on success
Insurmountable
Nothing is easy, until it gets done. At that point, it becomes the easiest thing you ever committed to. That is because starting something new feels insurmountable. It makes us go against our beliefs (about ourselves and the world we live in), it forces us to question things we used to take for granted, it … Continue reading Insurmountable
The game
You can still play the game even if you don't know how to play it, if you do not follow the rules, if you cheat and seek shortcuts, if nobody wants to play with you. Of course, your time would be better invested in figuring out what to do and doing it right, consistently and … Continue reading The game
Kindness
Kindness starts from understanding that we are not alone. That despite our uniqueness, the pain we feel, the challenges we face, the preoccupations that keep our mind busy are common. That what we are going through is the reflection of what our neighbour has lived for the past six months. That the person who does … Continue reading Kindness
You stay
When you are in a bad mood, your productivity goes down. The quality of your work is not as good as usual, even getting started feels painful. You are cranky, you put negative narratives first, you fail to appreciate what good there is. Being in a bad mood also poisons everything around you. And most … Continue reading You stay
After failure
As we are nearing the start of a new year, and many of us will sit down and reflect on what new habits can be added to their lives, remember just one thing: what you do after you fail will determine your success. Establishing a new habit takes time and effort, at some point you … Continue reading After failure
Wandering
We are typically busy when we do not know where we are headed. And I am not talking about the type of busy that involves doing work, but rather the type that makes our head hurt, that keeps us awake at night, that makes us nervous and anxious, that flattens everything into a state of … Continue reading Wandering
Not particularly good
How is it that when we feel out of place we go on a crusade to show the world we actually belong? When someone points at one of our flaws, we insist in denying it. When someone shows us a mistake we have made, we immediately think they are wrong. When facing the fallacy of … Continue reading Not particularly good
Your phone
If you keep your phone on your desk while working, you get distracted. If you turn it down, set it to silent or vibrate, you still get distracted. If you put it somewhere else in the same room, you still get distracted. If you leave it in your bag or in your coat, you still … Continue reading Your phone
