Photo by Mockaroon on Unsplash What to Get Your Partner for Valentine’s Day How about you try it this way this year Valentine’s day is coming up again. One part of the population goes “Yaaay” and the other just hopes for it to blow over quickly. It’s the same thing every year. People are rushing to the stores to buy an …
Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash Dealing with Self-Doubt Fighting the overreaction bias I recently had one of those days. I sat down in front of my computer and my mind was racing. Unfortunately not with things beneficial for my writing but with thoughts full of self-doubt. “You don’t have a topic to write about.” “If you’re not …
The Coronavirus Is a Prime Example of Why I Stopped Reading the News Photo by Nijwam Swargiary on Unsplash About 1.5 years ago I stopped reading the news completely. Let me tell you what you can expect to happen when you try the same and why the Coronavirus outbreak is another perfect example of why you should. The focusing illusion Who would …
Photo by Lindsay Henwood on Unsplash Forget those 30-day-weight-loss challenges and “super-secret” dieting tricks from magazines. Here’s what you can do to actually lose weight, no matter what age you are. Have you ever tried one of the 30-day-weight-loss diets that one can find in those gossip magazines? Let me guess: It didn’t work? I want to explain to you the problem of …
Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash How to be unbeatably successful. There are a few important factors in being successful. Yes, it takes hard work, yes it definitely takes dedication. But there’s one thing that’s often overlooked. Persistence is what separates the wheat from the chaff. Persistence is what makes you unbeatable. But how do we stay persistent in a world full of distractions? How …
Photo by Arnaud Mariat on Unsplash F*ck #TGIF. You are (not) the victim. Let’s face it. Hashtags like #tgif (thank god it’s Friday) are an epidemic that has swept over our society like a plague. Mondays are even worse. Log in to Instagram and you will be bombarded with images about people complaining that it’s “the worst day of the …
Photo by Tai Jyun Chang on Unsplash Have you ever stood in front of your full closet but had nothing to wear? Let me tell you why minimalism has helped me change my life for the better, why it works and why it’s way more than “You’re only allowed to have so-and-so many things”. I first heard about it about 4 years ago. My …
Photo by James Lee on Unsplash Net negativity is a trap that should be avoided at all costs in our pursuit of living a happy life. Here’s what it is and how I learned to avoid it. You come home from work. You had a rough day because you think you’re about to get a promotion and work extra hard to make your …
Photo by Joseph Barrientos on Unsplash How to get what you want out of life. “What you have become is what you have thought” — Buddha Often times self-improvement and personal growth can be quite esoteric. I am a man of science, which makes me rather sceptical to those things. But some things you stumble across when being interested in personal development …
Photo by Mukuko Studio on Unsplash Three questions you need to ask yourself for a happier life. If you have read my first article you might know already, that I recently quit my 6-figure-job as anesthetist to pursue a different path of life. I grew up like most young people: thinking I had the world figured out. You need to work smart, you need to …
Photo by Chris Leipelt on Unsplash „Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.“ — John F. Kennedy (U.S. president, 1917–1963) In our education system, whenever we screwed up we were punished by a bad grade. The teacher told us that we should have tried harder, parents were mad at us for not studying enough, grandparents asking themselves if their grandchild will ever amount …
Picture by Jeswin Thomas And why that’s a good thing. It sounds like an insult when in fact it’s true. If you think I am wrong, I first of all I want to invite you to do something. I want you to think about how many per cent of your success you think you are truly responsible for. Take all …