If you feel insecure, say it out loud. The alternative is to try to take control of everything, check that work is done according to your taste, grab both strategy and execution, possibly move from one place to the next without achieving nothing that is worth sharing, shout in the face of those who bear … Continue reading Insecure
Tag: empowerment
200
Today is my 200th post on this blog. As I write day after day, I realize there are two broad topics that I enjoy to focus on. Strictly interrelated, but different. The first one is about awareness. Understanding who we are as persons. It has a lot to do with soul-searching, empowering us to deeply … Continue reading 200
Unreal
The expectations we set for others are often so unrealistic that would we set them for ourselves, we would immediately get stuck. We are not in the best position to say what others should or should not do, what they should or should not believe in, how they should or should not treat us. The … Continue reading Unreal
Commit, don’t promise
Committing is a personal matter. It is about dedicating one's resources to an idea, a plan, a project. It involves going through the different possibilities and scenarios, the different allocations of time, energy, money, and picking one we feel we can give ourselves to. This is also the reason why committing publicly is so important. … Continue reading Commit, don’t promise
The 99%
We live 99% of our lives in normalcy, anonymity, routine. That is a fact to accept, and despite what most stories teach us, there's nothing bad with that. Indeed, even the heroes of those stories, the ones that are human at least, do not escape this general rule: it's just that we do not see … Continue reading The 99%
Inside-in
Talking about deeply personal and emotional topics transcends the need for an outlet to release personal demons. It's much more about achieving higher levels of self-awareness, that I believe being the stepping stone for everything - yes, everything! - you want to accomplish in life. We are very much used to approach reality inside-out, looking … Continue reading Inside-in
Shit
We all go through the same shit. That does not mean our pain, despair, fights, passions are all the same, indistinct reasons why we feel miserable. It means that most likely others can relate to it. Can understand. Can empathize. And it also means that we are not alone, not in our suffering. So, the … Continue reading Shit
