Have you ever felt like all the planets were aligning in your life? Have circumstances ever flowed “by themselves” to help you reach your goal? Have you been thinking about something and have you felt …
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The Peter Principle or why there are so many incompetents occupying high positions
It is likely that at some point you have felt surrounded by useless people. And it is also likely that you have found that many people are not capable of doing their job well. And that many of these …
I don’t have time for anything, why isn’t 24 hours enough for you?
How many times have you told yourself "I don't have time for anything"? And how many times have you been told or have you read that "I don't have time" is an excuse, because if you really wanted to, …
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Medèn ágan, the ancient lesson of the Greeks that we have forgotten
Sometimes I get the impression that I'm living in a lousy Hollywood action movie in which terrific heroes face terrifying villains, as if life itself were a parody of those caricatured characters and …
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If you are over 33 years old, it is likely that you have started to behave like your parents
“My boyfriend and I were finishing packing to go spend the weekend with the family. While he was picking up, he told me: 'don't start cleaning now, you'll do it when we get back'. I replied without …
The reasons wars happen, the forgotten letters between Einstein and Freud
In 1932 Albert Einstein was in Caputh (Potsdam) when he decided to write a letter to Sigmund Freud to ask him a question that disturbed him greatly: "Is there a way to free human beings from the …
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I’m sorry, but a cup of coffee doesn’t fix the cognitive ravages of a bad night’s sleep
The scenario is familiar: you have not been able to sleep well, either because you have been working late to finish a project, you have gone to a party or an annoying mosquito buzzed near your ear …