Tag: personal-growth
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How I Recharge My Social Batteries
After four days of an intensive offsite, most of my colleagues were quiet and tired. It’s that type of business trip that makes you dream about a vacation to recharge your social batteries. But what do you do when your working week consists of calls, meetings and other human interactions? I wrote about efficient meetings…
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Discipline Is Freedom
A few weeks ago, I was at an offsite, getting to know my new colleagues. Casual chat about hobbies somehow segued into one of those “How do you find time?” conversations. I asked my fellow managers about prioritization and planning outside of work life. Some considered this a part of professional deformation, others embraced it…
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Learning From Others’ Mistakes Does Not Work
In the world of self-improvement and business advice, a common mantra is to “learn from others’ mistakes” with fancy quotes like “You can’t make all mistakes on your own” or “Learning from others’ mistakes is cheaper and faster”. The idea seems legit – by understanding where others went wrong, you can avoid the pitfalls and…
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Fear as a Pathway to Growth
I’m afraid we have to talk about fear. Jokes aside, fear is always around, in our lives, professional and personal. The most fundamental emotions, known as the basic emotions, are those of anger, disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise and fear (hands up who pictured them as characters from Pixar’s “Inside Out”). The basic emotions have a…
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When Learning Becomes a Problem
“I love learning something new!” is a trend in modern society. With information becoming so accessible and the flow of it being unstoppable, people try to be effective and adopt the growth mindset. While I enjoy learning new things myself, I would like to talk about learning processes in general and discuss when (and why)…
Retrieving Thoughts 