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Work and Life

The Role of Skills and Competencies in Today’s Professional Landscape

In today’s professional world, skills and competencies have become the cornerstone of success. The landscape is more dynamic and competitive than ever, requiring us not only to excel at what we do but also to adapt quickly to new demands. Let’s explore how developing and honing these skills can lead to improved job performance, career progression, adaptability, problem-solving abilities, and better collaboration within teams. Job … Continue reading The Role of Skills and Competencies in Today’s Professional Landscape

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Personal Development

Back to School … Not Just for Kids

Here in North America, it’s Labour Day (or Labor Day for my American friends). The unofficial end of summer also means it’s back to school time for students across Canada and in some US states. But heading back to school isn’t just for kids. There are many good reasons for people of all ages to set some learning goals. A few years ago, I attended … Continue reading Back to School … Not Just for Kids

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Inspiration

How You Can Experience Flow State

I’ve turned into a bit of a couch potato this week as I’ve been glued to my TV watching the Olympic games from Paris. I am in awe of these athletes. To compete at this level, you need to be blessed with a certain amount of natural ability. Beyond that, though, you need passion, strong work ethic and focus. I think it’s safe to say … Continue reading How You Can Experience Flow State

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Health and Wellbeing

Workaholism -Balancing Ambition and Well-being

In the relentless pursuit of success, many of us find ourselves teetering on the edge of a precarious precipice—the allure of workaholism. It’s a tale as old as time, one where ambition and dedication collide with the harsh realities of health, relationships, and overall well-being. Let’s delve deeper into the perils that await those who succumb to workaholism. The Health Paradox At first glance, the … Continue reading Workaholism -Balancing Ambition and Well-being

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Personal Development, Self-awareness

How Essentialism Can Help You Get More Out of Life

Do you consider yourself a minimalist? My focus on decluttering and sustainability might lead some to call me a minimalist. I’m not a fan of labels, but I prefer the term essentialist. If you’re not familiar with essentialism, read on to learn about its core principles, and how they can help you get more out of life. I heard the term essentialism for the first … Continue reading How Essentialism Can Help You Get More Out of Life

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Work and Life

The Art of Effective Team-Building for Success

One of my contacts on Linkedin asked me for three adjectives defining perfect team-building. According to my previous experience with HR, I came out with adjectives that I think are keys to effective team building: collaborative, inclusive, and engaging. I believe that these elements can shape a cohesive and high-performing team that propels a team toward success. An exceptional team requires more than just assembling … Continue reading The Art of Effective Team-Building for Success

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Personal Development, Self-awareness

A Blank Page – Write Your Best Chapter in 2024!

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe it’s 2024. Are you a new year’s resolution person, or is today just another day for you? Regardless of how you feel about resolutions, opening up a new calendar at the start of the year provides a blank page and a new opportunity. Are you ready to write your best chapter in 2024? Let’s get started! Let’s be … Continue reading A Blank Page – Write Your Best Chapter in 2024!

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Purpose

The Essence of Success: Reflections on Seeing, Wanting, and Daring

I read these three fundamental statements by Alfred De Musset that according to him encapsulate the key aspects of the essence of success : “Seeing is knowing, wanting is being able, and daring is to have.” This post explores the possible implications of these statements, unraveling the layers of insight they offer on the path to success. Seeing is Knowing The saying “seeing is knowing” … Continue reading The Essence of Success: Reflections on Seeing, Wanting, and Daring

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Uncategorized

Re-framing Failure: Learning from your losses

We can all learn something from our losses. Some of you may remember Yoda saying on Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, hmm… but weakness, folly, failure also. Yes: failure, most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Somehow, Yoda finds himself explaining how failure is a characteristic that often differentiates a beginner from a master. There … Continue reading Re-framing Failure: Learning from your losses

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Uncategorized

Conscientiousness: The Ruthless Pursuit of Order

The Benefits of Conscientiousness Conscientiousness can be broken down into the following two aspects: Industriousness and Orderliness.  Those who score high in Industriousness are driven, focused and determined. They finish what they start. I’m sure you’ve all heard of the buzzword known as Grit? Well, it’s the same thing. Those high is Orderliness want everything to be in its place, every detail taken care of. … Continue reading Conscientiousness: The Ruthless Pursuit of Order

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Self-awareness

How to Identify a Narcissistic Personality

The common definition of narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s idealised self-image and attributes. Narcissists are people who believe to be unique, superior to others and masters of a wonderful existence that no one can imagine. As a result, they may be bullies and arrogant. They need constant admiration and always want to be the best. Therefore, they … Continue reading How to Identify a Narcissistic Personality

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Random Thoughts, Self-awareness

What I Have Learned from Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was the most creative genius in history. Of course, saying that I learned things from Leonardo is perhaps a bit risky, because in fact Leonardo is the very embodiment of genius. As we know, Leonardo lived in a particular era for humanity, the Renaissance, when literature, philosophy, science and the fine arts experienced an unprecedented splendour. Italy was in full economic momentum … Continue reading What I Have Learned from Leonardo da Vinci

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Pointless Overthinking

How to Make Your Personality Better

Hi all, This week’s post is a collaboration post. Khizer and I wrote this post together. Go check his blog. If you like Pointlessoverthinking, you will like his posts as well. He posts about self-reflection, personal development etc. and he is very insightful at that. Having said that, enjoy the post below and let me know what your thoughts are on the topic! Do they … Continue reading How to Make Your Personality Better

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Pointless Overthinking

The Failing Master and Success

You may have noticed a certain internet meme featuring Yoda and this pithy saying: The difference between a master and a beginner is that the master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. I think there’s a lot to this, and it’s had me thinking about failure and success. Of course there’s nothing wrong with being a beginner. In fact there’s even … Continue reading The Failing Master and Success

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Pointless Overthinking

Successful People – Dan Lok

It’s been a while since I wrote a Successful People post. Although we both know that the definition of success is different from one person to another, there are some common core aspects throughout all of the definitions of success and they are all related to our perspective. I believe that Dan Lok is a successful person because of his perseverance over the years. He … Continue reading Successful People – Dan Lok

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