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Admired and yet feared, there will never be another one like Steve Jobs, and there is for sure a lot to learn from his self-demand, his ‘vision thing’, and his undisputed skill as a motivator of teams. (more…)

One of the drawbacks of writing about personal development is that one writes out of what one lives, so some things become unavoidably (more…)

I’ve chosen these two films because, different as they are, they share some unique features. Films are usually about bad news, it’s a necessity imposed by their structure, by the narrative arch: (more…)

I think the ‘Show, don’t tell’ hint, usually offered to writers, is also of application when trying to influence other people. (more…)

He had always been taught to be arrogant, so he had a very hard time when he had to apologize. (more…)

This post, despite its title, is mostly an act of love; because I’m always very critical with what I love. What I don’t love, I manage better by ignoring it.

I got in contact with the self development and productivity world via (more…)

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The point of view of Neuro-Linguistic Programming about words is very interesting: they consider them as a kind of hypnosis – a series of actions intended to (more…)

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It looked like a good idea at first, but I hesitated a lot and in the end I did not add the following quote by Charles Darwin to my database: (more…)

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A short remembrance from one of my latest sentimental relations, and what I learned from it. All in all, just a resource to think aloud about one of those issues (more…)

The correct adoption of the Getting Things Done methodology, besides a boost in our outcomes, can also cause some important psychic side effects. David Allen himself frequently acknowledges it, sometimes (more…)