I’m insecure. When people ask me about what I’m doing with my life, I can’t answer properly. Not because I don’t know what I’m doing, but because I’m insecure about it. Lack of confidence? Maybe. At the root of the problem, though, lies a lack of self-acceptance. Don’t worry, I’m working on it. And on my path to self-acceptance I’ve […]
Continue readingGet uncomfortable – sleep a night on the floor.This sounds unthinkable and ridiculous but it will actually do you good. I tried it myself – it’s tremendous! And after you’ve read the article, you’ll want to try it yourself.The Stoics taught me this idea of voluntary discomfort. They occasionally practiced getting uncomfortable in order to […]
Continue readingNew: We created a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. You can get it here. (It’s ‘pay what you want’, so feel free to get it for free.) The value of education (knowledge) like that of gold is valued in every place. – Epictetus, Enchiridion 150Why do you bother reading this […]
Continue readingI fell in love with this sentence. (The title.) No matter what happens in life, you know how to react. You have this inner trust that whatever may come, you’ll be able to answer well. I remember not long ago, I got furious at my laptop for refusing my orders and being snail-slow. I got angry, cursed, […]
Continue readingIf I could go back in time and give one piece of advice to my younger self, it would be this: Read.A.Lot. Reserve 2-3 hours of your day just for reading. Read (auto-)biographies of great men. Read books. Read magazines. Read scientific papers. Read online articles. Read on your smartphone. Read whenever you’ve got some spare time […]
Continue readingDo you get angry at the asshole driver that cut you off? Do you gossip about people who’ve upset you? Do you freak out when the referee whistles in your opponent’s favor? Well… seems to me like you’re giving too many fucks. (We all do it. I’m super guilty myself.) Wouldn’t life be better if we would care less […]
Continue readingLet’s admit it. You, and I, we will never reach personal perfection.No matter how hard we try, we won’t be perfect. Even if we keep trying and trying and getting better and better, we won’t be perfect. But we can try, can’t we? That’s at least what I try day-in, day-out – being the best ever possible version […]
Continue readingLately I read Mark Manson’s book The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fuck. Great read!One thing that really inspired me was his Feedback Loop from Hell. I know, badass name. So today you’ll learn why you actually should give a fuck about this. It’s quite interesting. *Caution, there’s a lot of swearing in this post.“There’s […]
Continue readingLately, I came across the article You’ve got to be unapologetically you on Chris Guillebeau’s blog. The article is actually mainly a video from the opening speech by Jonathan Fields at the WDS 2016 (World Domination Summit). Luckily, I gave it a shot. I enjoyed the speech so much that I decided to write about […]
Continue readingTossing and turning and thinking every night? Then this article is for you. Its sole purpose is to help you fall asleep faster at night. Why would I know how to fall asleep faster?Because I was the master of tossing and turning… And, as you know, this sucked a ton. So I decided to do something about […]
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