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How (and when) to do a life audit

June 21, 2018 adminLife

There are times when you’re just doing so many things that you’re constantly busy and overwhelmed. On top of that, you feel that what you’re doing is not really something that matters. You’ve been drifting[…]

Robin Sharma’s “lead without a title” talk… or leadership philosophy

June 14, 2018 adminLeadership

Leadership was the keyword during the first talk of the day at Brandminds 2018 in Bucharest, with Robin Sharma’s “Lead without a title”. It was a good choice to start the conference, I believe, as[…]

Helen Fisher, on the neuroscience of falling in love and advertising

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 adminLeadership

Helen Fisher, anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author, gave a really compelling speech during Brandminds, a conference I’ve attended recently. Her talk was based on the results of her studies made on the brains of[…]

Shed Simove & How to generate (out of the box) ideas

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 adminLeadership

Continuing to share the things I was impressed about at Brandminds 2018 in Bucharest (after talking about Seth Godin and Daniel Goleman), I’ll do my best to give you at least a little glimpse into[…]

Emotions are contagious, by Daniel Goleman

May 17, 2018 adminLeadership

Emotions are contagious. So what about, through our interaction with everyone, everyday, we leave people feeling just a little bit happier that before we met them? This is how Daniel Goleman ended his speech at[…]

Personal hero: Seth Godin, on doing the work that matters

May 13, 2018May 13, 2018 adminLeadership

Each one of us has their own personal heroes, people they admire and look up to. For me, since University, such a person was Seth Godin. Some months back I heard he’s coming to Romania[…]

Can we live in a meaning-less world?

May 3, 2018 adminPsychology

We are in many ways surrounded by the idea that our life has a meaning and we should strive to find it for ourselves. But what if there’s actually no meaning attached to our life?[…]

The 4 weeks challenge

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 adminHabits

I like challenging myself and the latest challenge was about writing, every working day, for a month. I wanted to build a bit on my discipline, creativity but also getting some more writing practice. Wasn’t[…]

The 3 main rules of The Art of Complaining

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 adminHabits

Funny, but when faced with a problem the first thing that comes naturally for us is to complain. Most of the times, we complain just for the sake of it, and maybe accumulate some frustration[…]

7 things I wish I’d known in my 20’s

April 25, 2018 adminPsychology

You always learn new things while facing situations, people and new life experiences. Sometimes you’d wish you’d learn some things earlier on. Some years are rich in personal growth, some are more about growing others.[…]

What is your real power?

April 24, 2018 adminThoughts

Last week in a workshop we’ve been asked about our superpowers. What is that thing we bring to the table, each one of us, to contribute to the growth of the whole (organization, team etc.)[…]

What you need to be truly on top of your game

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 adminJob

You’re already one of the best at what you’re doing. You have nothing left to prove to anyone. Everyone around you looks up to you and trusts you. Your game is top level. The question[…]