If you search for “personal development” on Google Images, you’ll find a bunch of trees, graphs striving upward, light bulbs, and so on. These are only illustrations. They convey the idea but can’t help in understanding the process. I often…

We tend to spend a lot of time picking out a new pair of shoes or a laptop. We compare different options, conduct thorough research, try them on, and test them. But when it comes to choosing a business idea…

I helped resolve an emotionally charged conflict at work, and it was unusually easy. We had a lot of things to discuss. I proposed starting with settling several minor concerns without attacking the main issue. We discussed them and quickly…

Wow! Today was a day when I did not know what to write. I got no insights. So the best thing I could do was to analyze. What day was it? What led to such a woeful result? Yet still,…

A funny coincidence happened today. I recommended The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham to an acquaintance as the best book about investing. A couple of hours later, I stumbled upon a post about how that book is now irrelevant because…

I went to my office in a pretty gloomy mood: the previous few days were tough, and the new day promised to be hard as well. While I walked, I started to think about a short speech I was going…

Before I started my management career, I was self-employed. I had to be very good at execution because my income depended entirely on my results. The main questions for me at that time were, “What should I really do to…

I have a bad habit: I often sit slouched. I’ve tried to fight this bad posture several times, but it was hard. Today, I made another attempt. I tried to sit straight during all of my video calls. There were…