Managing Expectations – 51

Managing Expectations – 51

Hope for the best and expect the worst. What does this common saying mean to you? When I was single and looking to mingle, I remember texting a girl and having expectations about a reply. Usually, this would lead to disappointment. When I think about it today, it...
Crowds of Lonely People – 49

Crowds of Lonely People – 49

Humans are social animals and loneliness is one of the main problems of modern societies. As an old friend said “we live in crowds of lonely people”. I can never forget the contrast between “crowds” and “lonely”. If we are so many people, why is loneliness such a big...
Difficult Conversations – 48

Difficult Conversations – 48

Your personal happiness and your career success depend in large part on one thing, your ability to have difficult conversations. In the past, I didn’t have the ability to have difficult conversations. I would resort to silence. In some cases, I was waiting for the...
Second Chance – 47

Second Chance – 47

Overcoming setbacks is one of life’s challenges. We’ve all had setbacks and overcome them at some point or another. But how does one overcome a near-death experience? That is something that not many of us has gone through. Can you imagine how it would feel? How it...