Let’s do some backward thinking today. In order to achieve inner peace, we might want to explore what actually stands in the way of achieving it, so we can eliminate these things and reach a state of tranquility. In this video, I will present to you 10 things that disturb inner peace. 1) The need […]
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How To Increase Conscientiousness 📽️
Creating order out of chaos is a part of living in a conscientious manner. And conscientiousness is a personality trait that can be subdivided into orderliness and industriousness and is a predictor of long term success. In this video, I’ll share some insights on how to increase it, in order to be more productive, organized […]
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From Doomer To Bloomer | My Story 📽️
How can we turn from doomers into bloomers? As a 30-something-year old guy who has had his fair share of doomer phases in life, I’d like to tell you how I discovered the causes of these dark periods within myself and changed for the better. I believe that most guys that call themselves doomers are […]
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When I Stopped Pursuing Peaks 📰
My former thesis supervisor is one of the few people I have met in my life that truly enjoys solitude. The last time I spoke to her was back in 2015. Recently I dropped her an email to see how she is doing and if she is up for a chat. The next day I […]
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Philosophy for a Quiet Mind 📽️
Who doesn’t want a quiet mind? I think most people do, although many don’t even realize it. It’s the reason we drink, smoke a joint, binge-watch series on Netflix and check our smartphones. We want an escape from our over-encumbered minds that torment us with repetitive thinking patterns about what happened today, and what might […]
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The Seventh Week Sabbatical 📰
Do you find yourself in the destructive cycle of working too hard? Are you worrying about work too often? Or have your endeavors become a rut and they’re making you feel bad? The Seventh Week Sabbatical may be the cure. Last year I’ve transitioned from my boring office job (with lovely colleagues though) into an […]
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The Power Of Discipline 📰
For many people ‘discipline’ is a dirty word. However, discipline is not just a way to be productive; it’s also a path to peace of mind.
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The Powerful Effects of Cleaning 📽️
Krishnamurti said that you cannot reach a meditative state when your living environment is not in perfect order. This is debatable, of course, especially if you read the Stoic work Meditations, in which Marcus Aurelius states that we can take refuge in our minds, regardless of external circumstances. Psychiatrist Carl Jung states, however, that our […]
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Why I Love The Comfort Zone 📽️
We hear this one all the time: get out of your comfort zone! People tell us that success can be found in the places that we fear and that we should leave familiar territories to explore the unknown. Not getting out of your comfort zone leads to an unsuccessful and unfulfilled life; the magic happens […]
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5 Destructive Mind States 📽️
A calm mind is a happy mind. But most people, especially in this day and age so it seems, do not have calm minds. I have always been a chronic worrier. And however my condition improved, I often catch myself overthinking and over-analyzing situations, either in the past or in the future. People that are […]
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