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A Life with No Regrets – 52
Do you have any regrets? Making decisions is one of the most difficult aspects in life. That’s why very often we prefer that other people make decisions for us. Not regretting them is another. Sometimes we make decisions that turn out to be mistakes. Is it okay to...
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...
The Most Important Decision to Be Successful – 50
What is success? Do you feel successful? In my first job after university, I was constantly thinking “I should be more successful, I should earn more money, I should be in a different job”. This feeling came from two main sources: comparing myself to others and the...
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
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
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...