Dare to try
The events going on in Spain sice the 15th of May are at least interesting, if not fascinating. People have awaken to a new way of political networking, which in fact is not so new. Groups of people discussing about politics must have been the beginning of democracy anyway. It seems that, in the meantime, we had forgotten to speak to each other. Internet has made a huge, global discussion possible. The camps in different [...]
What the #Spanishrevolution is all about
As you may know, since the 15th of May thousands of people have taken the streets in Spain to show their discomfort by the Spanish political, social, and economical situation. The movement started in internet in particular in the social networks, is decentralized and ist not organized by any political party. The trigger are the local elections taking place tomorrow, the 22nd of May. The demonstrators plead for many different things, all of them completely [...]
About principles
Principles are beautiful and uncomfortable at the same time. We often sacrifice comfort, easiness, social advantages or money to a principle. We can even create our own anxiety due to principles. A blogger explained how she suffered and struggled before she was able to eat meat again. She had been an important vegan activist for years and had to choose between her own health and veganism. She was putting her health in front of her [...]
Making decisions
It has been two and a half months since I attended the Conscious Growth Workshop of Steve Pavlina in Las Vegas. The workshop gave me a lot: fun, clarity, incredible connections. Regarding my personal growth, the biggest change is a dramatic improvement of my ability to make decisions. In Steve’s words “sitting in a place of indecision is unintelligent”. The “I don’t know” state tends to perpetuate itself since nothing changes while I am shaking [...]
Traditions, freedom, and convenience
My family and I enjoy meeting at Christmas, especially since I live abroad and it takes some logistic effort to get together. We are not religious. We don’t care too much about what’s officially celebrated: we get together, take advantage of the fact that everyone has some free days at the same time, and enjoy. Some years ago we celebrated Christmas Eve the 23rd: it just matched our plans better. Some friends of mine celebrated [...]
10 minutes a day revisited
During my last coaching sessions I discovered a new aspect of the powerful “10 minutes a day” technique. Notice the difference: I decided to work an hour a day on my project and I managed three times this week. The other days I didn’t even get to half an hour. I decided to work at least ten minutes a day on my project and I managed six days out of seven, two of them I [...]
The ultimate post on procrastination
Speaking about procrastination, there are three strategies to cope with it: Fight it Use it Love it Fight it If you are avoiding that awful, boring, horribly non-sexy task and you definitely have to get it done, follow these steps: Choose a short time, T. Make it so short that failing to work that time is embarrassing. Something like 30 minutes. Sounds doable, doesn’t it? Set a timer for the time you chose. Work concentrated [...]
A pragmatic approach to procrastination
Procrastination is an addiction like any other. Procrastinators are addicted to low threshold, short term satisfaction. They, or rather we need the feeling of having achieved something (cleaning the closet, that all time classic), learning something (surfing the web, the modern variant), or having fun (playing games, etc.). We use these pleasant sensations to override some not-so-pleasant ones. Instead of accepting that we are overwhelmed, instead of facing fear, or the fact that the task [...]
Eleven signs that you need a new job
They say that the first step to solve a problem is to notice that you have it. So, how do you know when you have chosen the wrong career? Here are some hints. If you recognize yourself in three or more points, you definitely need a coach! You procrastinate systematically This means you are already not doing that job. Best sign that you might be happier somewhere else. It might be interesting to take a [...]
30-day trial evaluation and next trial
At the beginning of October I started a 30-day trial called 5 nice things a day and I would like to comment on the results. It was a no-brainer to decide to keep this habit since it has just good effects: I enjoy that happy moment right before falling asleep where I go through the day and look for nice things, it makes me feel better also the rest of the time, and it raises [...]
