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People you know are the most important thing in your life. A few weeks ago I wrote about the power of weak ties. Connecting with people whom you meet only a few times a year will expand your horizon. You will find out about...
Want more from your career and life? Live by this single sentence Be generous and expert, trustworthy and clear, open-minded and adaptable, presistent and present. Generous Being generous means helping others. Become a mentor, teach others the skills that have made you successful. Perform...
Great jobs are disappearing, and so you need to look for a great career. However, there are going to be several reasons why will fail that task. No matter how many times people tell you that you have to follow your passion you are...
Connection gives meaning to our lives. If you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak. When you ask about belonging, they talk about exclusion. When you want to know about connection, they lay out the most disconnected times of their lives. The...
Maybe you like to travel? 10-hour flights Jet lag Wasted time at the airports I do like to travel despite all of that. I usually want my travels to have more meaning than just laying on the beach or racing through the checklist of...
Do you want to have less stress and be happier? Tackle the problems you have with other people. Sometimes we try to solve the problems by avoiding them. But you will soon find out that problems are connected to people. When you ignore people...
Do you want to be happier? Stop comparing yourself to others! Stop benchmarking yourself, your children, your income or whatever against others. Benchmarking is bullshit! It is based on partial data and external cues that do not tell the complete story. Are you keeping...
Take a day off. You are not a robot. From time to time step out of the rat race and have a day just for yourself. Use that day to unplug and relax. You can use that time to be alone, to completely unwind,...
Do you want to get better results and faster? As an entrepreneur you earn money by using your brain, then there are some basic skills you have to master. Those skills fall into 4 areas: Getting input, processing the information, generating output, and leading...
Sometimes you bump into old friends on the street or a shopping mall. You chat for a few minutes and say goodbye. You think to yourself that you should do that more often but then life interferes and you never quite get to it....
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