Self-Improvement

Should You Live for Your Resume or Your Eulogy?

Who you are as a person is more important than what you do or what is on your resume. “He saved my son’s life,” the guy was telling the crowd at the funeral ceremony. His eyes were glassy and wet. People from all over the world were present to say goodbye to a man they …

Emotions

What To Do When Anger Is Trying To Take Over You

Think of winning the war not just the battle. You stare at your opponent not listening to a word he is saying. You try to stay firm on your principles, but they are losing their holding on the ground. Your knees start shaking. You ask yourself an internal question. “Am I going to explode?” “Why …

Self-Improvement

8 Ways You Can Take Care of Yourself Emotionally

Here’s what putting yourself before others look like. To be and give your best, you have to start putting yourself first. Yes, that’s right. Over your partner, kids, boss, friends, family. No one benefits from you being in second place. Continue Reading …. To your inspirations, Banchi

Self-Improvement

Listen to the Voice in Your Heart Instead of the Judge in Your Head

The judge in your head stands in your way of achieving your dreams. I said yes to an offer that paid twice what I was earning before. I needed the money. But the job felt wrong. I lost my way when I listened to the judge in my head. I was supposed to be an expert on things …

Communication

How To Be Confident(Even If You’re a Shy Person)

4 tips that can help you. Imagine you have lived your whole life in a warm environment. And now you are forced to live in an opposite environment. The big problem you will encounter when you try to live in the new environment is how to live. And how to get used to this cold, cold …

Communication

9 Exercises to Develop Your People Skills

Become a master of people skills. You stare at your colleague who is talking to the whole group, not listening to a word he’s saying. You try to be like him — someone who is interesting and always seems to have people around him. “Why can’t I interact with others like him?” You start fiddling with your phone …

Self-Improvement

The Most Important Lesson We Can Learn From Dale Carnegie

It has to do with why he has created his best-seller book. Thirty-five years ago, I was one of the unhappiest lads in New York. I was selling motor-trucks for a living. I did not know what made a motor-truck run. That wasn’t all. I did not want to know. I despised my job. I …

Self-Improvement

14 Tips To Make Your Life Better and Simpler

Simplify your life. 1. Ask instead of assuming. A friend of mine told me last week that she almost made a terrible mistake in her relationship because she assumed that her boyfriend was cheating on her. It turned out that he was not. We make our life so complicated and difficult with our own hands. …

Self-Improvement

The Practice Rule: Practice Alone Is Not Enough

Practice

How you practice is more important than how often you practice. “If you want to achieve mastery, you must learn to practice deliberately.” — Ken Sterling There was once a woman who went to another city for an urgent work leaving her two teenage boys with an assignment: To take care of her garden. She had been taking …

Self-Improvement

Presence Is Far More Intricate and Rewarding Than Productivity

“Why the hell have you not finished the report I asked you? I have seen you arrive in the office at 7.00 am. What were you doing the whole morning?” Your boss is yelling at you. It is noon and you have not even started with your report. Why? Because you were not mentally present. …