When my son was a toddler, he discovered a version of hide-and-seek, that he played with us around the house. He was hiding behind the...

“It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.” Tim Ferriss Whenever life gets busy...

Since my son came into our lives, we made it a tradition to visit my grandmother between Christmas and New Year. She lives in a small...

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’...

“The topic of confidence is too often neglected by serious people: we spend so much time acquiring technical skills, and so little time...

“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and...

“If you want a good idea, start with a lot of ideas.” Linus Pauling A few months back I participated to a workshop organized by the...

I didn’t know what perfectionism was when I was most struggling with it. I couldn’t see the signs, not to mention the possible ways to...

“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure”. Annie Duke, How to decide I have days when I wake up extra ambitious and I plan to do...

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.” Albert Einstein We are sometimes so focused on...

“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.” (Friedrich Nietzsche) “Purpose provides activation energy for living.”...

For a long time, I believed that leadership was about being smart, strong and confident. A good leader was someone who knew it all and...

And when I say grow, I think about becoming calmer, braver, more disciplined, compassionate, less biased, driven, creative and resilient....

Do you ever have moments when you feel a strong impulse to share something with others and you just do it automatically? Maybe when...

I first came across this idea of flirting with possible selves, while reading Range, by David Epstein. The story of Frances Hesselbein,...

“Follow your dreams” is the worst advice you can give. It’s impossible to do without self-knowledge, which takes years. You discover your...

It was a Friday afternoon, and I was preparing for the last meeting of the week. I was tired and found it difficult to focus. Maria, a...

A long time ago, someone told me a story. It was about a girl, born in a middle-class family of German origins, in a small village close...

A few years ago, I read a story that changed my perspective on death and helped me put my long-lived anxiety at the thought that I might...

Most of my life I was busy doing, running from one thing to the other. It’s only a few years ago, in my mid thirties, that I also started...