How To Choose The Right Coach: 15 Simple Principles To Follow
Imagine your friend just came back from the dentist. He unfortunately visited a less-than-great specialist, so despite a long and expensive procedure his tooth isn’t any better and still causes him pain. This situation frustrates...
What Have Changed In My Life After 365 Days of Meditation
A few years ago, when I was spending a lot of time with people interested in personal development, there was one thing I found continually surprising. On the one hand, practically everyone agreed that meditation has a favorable influence...
Does Calhoun’s Shocking Experiment Reveal the Condition of Our Society?
“Shocking experiment reveals the condition of our society!” Such a headline is usually tied to articles describing Dr. John Calhoun’s behavior experiments. Obviously, there’s a reason for that. Among other things,...
How to Give Feedback – 8 Forgotten Principles That Will Transform Your Communication
Giving feedback is somewhat similar to picking up a beautiful girl at a nerds’ party. Almost no one does it, and those who try don’t really know how to do it. A survey by Harvard Business Review shows that not many people feel...
You Don’t Have To Do Anything
The following article was provoked by my temporary decline in motivation to write. Since the temporariness continued, I decided that it was time to do something about it. I attempted a small experiment, which didn’t consist in letting...
Is there such a thing as “signs from the universe”?
Signs from the universe. Everyone has heard about them. Probably the most prominent promoter of this idea is Paulo Coelho, the internet’s favorite writer. Coelho has written about signs, or omens, as follows: ‘Everything in life...
5 Common Myths About Meditation
Meditation. Recently, a very popular word. After years of being associated with bearded hermits inhabiting caves and sects recruiting unsuspecting teenagers during summer camps, the image of meditation has changed. These days, rather,...