How to have resilience and practice the art of intelligent waiting. The movie Karate Kid comes to my mind. The young man is impatient and wants to learn martial arts quickly, the teacher is patient. The conclusion – a reward comes to those who are patient. Patience is the practice of maintaining a state of…

When quitting is the best option? Abandoning one path for another may bring greater rewards. Far from failure, pivoting can lead to success. I will give some nice examples of “positive quitting”. Twitter started as a podcasting platform and pivot to become a social media with 140 characters, the same as SMS text. Today is…

If you could choose to be a fox or a hedgehog, which would you rather be? Have you heard about the hedgehog concept? It is based on an ancient Greek parable that states, “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” The hedgehog concept In the parable, the fox uses many…

How psychology positive relates to successful entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is the ability to develop, structure and run a business, along with any uncertainties to make a profit. An article published in the Economist in 2017 displays a study made by Francisco Campos in West Africa. A research that selected small business firms to receive training in business…

You might have anxiety because of uncertainty. When we predict with high confidence, it free us to adjust, feel sadness, accept, and prepare accordingly. Anxiety can be reduced by improving your prediction and increasing your certainty. Calm mind, intuition and planning make us feel less anxious. The goal is to have better visibility of what…

Giving context drives the atitude we have in every situation. Nothing is obvious. Context gives us the possibility to connect dots. When starting new relationships, it’s important to give context of your story and to understand theirs. It makes it easier to exchange experiences. Let’s take social movements for example. They are an inherently complex,…

How to prioritize and organize ourselves with a limited amount of time? Youtube film maker Casey Neistat was asked by Nike to make a short film about what it means to #makeitcount. Casey spent the budget traveling around the world with his friend and a camera until the money ran out – it took ten…

If you don’t know what you looking for, you will never know when you find it. We can’t control most of the outcomes, but we can influence them. The very essence of life: we must expect the unexpected! For many of us, planning ahead is a way to manage stress and to ensure we have…

How hobbies can improve your mental health? I used to love painting classes when I was eight. 25 years later, I started doodling and painting as a hobby. To explain my joyful moment coloring, I found a good explanation from psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on a TED Talk: Flow, the Secret to Happiness). For many adults…

Enjoy the journey, the journey is the goal. Growing up, I was very agitated, wanted to do everything at once and reaching the “top” the quickest. Whatever the top meant. Doing everything at the same time, pushing harder to have more and more led me to anxiety. Although I was reaching some of my milestones,…