Overcoming the obstacles that could have prevented me from reaching out to a mentor and elevating my life to another level. As the first love has a special place in our hearts, my first mentor has a special place in my memory. And my skills. That morning, another day began that would have been just…
Simplify your life and maximize your results. Allow me 30 seconds to share the world’s most fascinating story. The story of the Golden Buddha. In 1781, a group of monks owned a beautiful golden Buddha in a remote village in Thailand. When they heard that the Burmese army was planning to invade their country, the monks covered…
Become more influential by learning the language of these subtle cues. Hate it when you are not taken seriously? When I started working as a 24-year-old woman, I struggled. How to command attention? How not to be dismissed for my size, gender, and lack of wrinkles or gray hair? I’ve learned hacks to be more…
A practical guide on defining problems well so that solving them becomes much easier. How good are you at problem-solving? And why does it matter? Problem-solving is one of the most underestimated skills. It’s the 2nd most important competency, according to the Harvard Business Review survey among 300,000 Managers. IQ explains only 20% of the variance in problem-solving effectiveness….
20 small actionable habits to become better than 99% of people. Are you interested in completely taking charge of your habits? Are you tired of ambiguous habits you have no blueprint to implement? I have been there before. Many times in my few years-long self-improvement journey. While advice lingers all over the internet, there is…
The ego is a complex and often misunderstood aspect of human nature. It’s the part of us that defines our sense of self, our identity. While a healthy ego can contribute to self-confidence and resilience, an inflated ego can lead to self-destruction. This duality makes ego a fascinating but potentially dangerous force in our lives….
Distilling the best of what I’ve learned from top courses, books, and leaders into 5 nuanced and actionable tips. How do you influence others? How do you get confrontative executives to open up? How do you get people to change? Influence is an art many misunderstand. As a young consultant, I tried to copy senior…
Ten lessons that have personally made the biggest impact on my marketing. As a marketer, you can only gain so much knowledge in your daily work. I mean, think about it. There are only so many campaigns you can run at once, so much social media content you can create, and so many rows of data you…
How You Can Truly Reach the “Fuck You Money” State That Goes Beyond Wealth. Iused to believe that having a lot of money would grant me the freedom I desired, as society suggests. When I was 19 and studying at the Portuguese Bank Training Institute, my friends Rodrigo, Andrey, and I set a milestone for…
A few years ago, Tim Ferriss asked if I would come over for dinner. It was clear he wanted to ask me something, although he wouldn’t say what. I really could not have guessed that he was asking permission to hire away my research assistant Hristo Vassilev to run his podcast, which Hristo has done…
Storytelling is a superpower anyone can learn. It’s the ability to structure information that aligns with how the human mind works. Information is like food. We can only digest it if it comes in a certain way. Storytelling = Information in a format that makes the human mind want more of it, not less. I…
Productivity is a funky topic now. There’s hundreds of productivity books, gurus, and philosophies — it can all feel a bit too much. And even a bit counter-productive. Over the past 3 years, I’ve jumped on the bandwagon on my own search to find the “secret” to doing more. This meant reading books, listening to…
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