When it comes to personal development, believe me, I have done it all. Visualizations, chanting affirmations, reading books, listening to audio programs over and over again, till I knew them by heart, watching videos (even though I hate learning from videos), attending seminars and events… Working on my mindset, on…

Common sense tricks plus secret practices — Coaching is the most powerful tool I’ve ever encountered in personal development (thus business development — for solopreneurs, authorpreneurs, freelancers and other entrepreneurs whose business depends solely on their performance). It’s the more effective the better is your coach, assuming there is the right chemistry between the two of you…

If you spot any, you’d better get a coach ASAP It is extremely frustrating for me, as a coach, how utterly confused people are as to what coaching is. They mistake it for consulting, mentoring, therapy and a whole mix of the three above. I got tired of explaining what…

Living like everybody else and like anybody else requires the same energy and effort — “If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.” ― Dave Ramsey November 2011 I lived like everybody else. I woke up at 5:30 am to get on a train at 6:10 am, so I could be on time at work. Walking to the train…

One simple habit to protect your mind — and sanity! — There is no greater misnomer than a “smartphone.” The device in itself is not smart at all; it’s just a thing. It is as smart as a vacuum cleaner or a hammer. And smartphones make 99.99% of their users dumber, not smarter. Yes, there is an incredible computing ability. Yes…

Aka: Protect yourself from the Vicious Mental Cycle — I’ve just had a strange week. I had perfect circumstances to be highly productive — I rested on a weekend at the PwC’s (my employer) getaway; my wife started a new job and she was away from home between 10 am and 7:20 pm (she is one huge distraction when…

Aka: How to Change Your Unhelpful Thinking about Consistency? — My friends nicknamed me Mr. Consistency. Clearly, they thought I possess this trait at an extraordinary level. However, there is nothing extraordinary about my consistency. It is mundane, even boring. It is not so difficult at all. Most think consistency is hard, difficult, impossible, tough, unstable, untenable, and unsustainable. Most…

(And on any other writing platform…) — I’ve just reached the threshold of 5,000 monthly reads on Medium. This happened after my 2-year hiatus on Medium. The increase in views and reads wasn’t gradual at all — there was a single tipping point, which generated most of the traffic. I can hardly attribute it to my efforts…

Works for every area of life — The easiest way to become aware of the performance of anything is to track it. To progress in any given area, simply begin to track the essential metrics. You don’t have to decide that you’ll be mindful about it. Once you start tracking, you’ll put your attention into it, and…