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Personal Development

The Lessons of Pain

Statue of grieve

While I really like to stay positive with this blog, I can’t deny that there are some “bad” things happening in this world, and chance is you might have come across some of those yourself. While it is understandable (and healthy) do go into the grief and anger phase initially, staying there for a prolonged [...]

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The Power of Blessings or 5 Seconds for Peace, Love and Happiness

Buddha sending a blessing

One of my teachers told me an easy way to bring peace within your soul as well as increase the level of peace, joy and happiness within the people you get in contact with. And all it takes is about 5 seconds. All he did, wherever he went and with whomever he got in contact [...]

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UNWRAPPED: Making the Pareto-Rule Work For You

Senior with tea

I am sure all of you have heard of the 80/20 rule or the Pareto principle? The 80/20 rule says that very often things could be achieved much easier, faster and with less trouble by focusing on the top 80%. It states that often 80% of the effects are caused by 20% of the causes. [...]

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The Homeopathic Principle of Change

Staircase

This post is about changing your life. However you can use the same principle to change the life of others. Find out now. Have you ever struggled with change? Have you ever wanted to change, started it, but after some weeks discontinued your approach? Have you ever made a New Years Resolution and forgot about [...]

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UNWRAPPED: 5 Steps to Overcome Any Distraction

Noise

It is a difficult situation to write an article, when you are lacking some hours of sleep, have some artisans constantly drilling in your house and no chance to escape, since you need to be there. However that is my reality today. While I agree that these are less than preferable circumstances for blogging, focusing [...]

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The False Concepts of Hope

Stepping stones of hope

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” – Vaclav Havel How often have you said “I hope it will all turn out good”? Just say it to yourself now, [...]

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