Discover the Power of Proactivity and Embrace Challenges — Your mindset is limiting you by thinking you are the victim of life. You are not! I‘m currently re-reading “The 7 Habits of highly effective people” and the first one is: “Be Proactive” I’m guilty of not being proactive. Throughout my teenage years, I thought all the bad things happened…

It hit me when I read that in a story by Tim Denning — My mom once said to me “You’re the normal child” out of the three children in my family. Do I feel normal? No. I don’t think I’m normal. Everyone thinks oneself is not normal. What is normal anyway? I’m questioning if normal even exists because every person is different and…

I’m far away from becoming one, but I made my first baby steps — First, I want to say that I don’t want to become a millionaire for the money. That’s not my thing. For me being rich means having the freedom to choose how to spend my time. In the future, I want to have time for my family, my children, and my…

Unlocking the Power of a Growth Mindset — Do you also have this negative voice in your head? You can call it inner couch potato, laziness, or daemon. Whatever you call it: it’s something inside of you that doesn’t want you to grow, change or go out of your comfort zone. We are trying to fight it, but…

What I Learned in Two Years of Student Organization Leadership! Two years ago, I started the position of president in my student organization. What I learned until then would have been unimaginable for me. I’m an introvert, and I was shy. I no longer think of myself as shy because…

Focus can be only a few minutes of dedication and calmness away — I’m studying, working part-time, volunteering (being the president of a student organization), and writing online. People ask me: How are you able to do so much and not burn out? How do you focus on one thing if you have so much going on? I will tell you the truth…

You decide how to perceive it — Rob Dial said a sentence on his podcast “The Mindset Mentor” that stuck with me: “Life is a classroom”. Most people stop improving and learning after finishing university or high school. That is the biggest mistake of their life. Life is about problems, challenges and decisions. It doesn’t matter if…

Changing your focus and your habits to achieve more — In the book “Return to the Why Cafe” John Strelecky writes that life is like watching TV. It has 100 different channels we can choose and give our attention to. It’s about focusing and choosing what is your priority. By choosing to focus on another channel in your life, you…

How helping others can lead to personal growth and new perspectives — I read recently that the whole self-improvement topic is selfish because you focus on yourself. I’m not 100% agreeing because for me it’s about becoming the best version of myself for my future kids and family. The goal or the intention behind self-improvement makes the difference. I’ve learned that being…