I’m always eager know how influence works. What are the things that make us say “yes”? How do we comply with a request? There are two reasons why this topic is interesting to me:

I want to be able to increase my influence.
I want to avoid being exploited by ill-intentioned people.

As it turned out, the [...]

Personal branding is essential if you want to succeed in life. Why? Because you need to win people’s attention to succeed and personal branding is the way to get it. Authors need to win the attention of potential readers to sell their books, freelancers need to win the attention of potential [...]

We have only limited resources, be it our time, money, or attention. So to get the most out of them, it’s important to invest your resources in only the most profitable places. The 80/20 principle can be very useful here. The principle says that for many events, 80% of the effects [...]

What do you have in mind when you hear the word “prosperity’? Many people associate it with being wealthy, and there is nothing wrong with that. But I believe prosperity is more than just being wealthy. Recently, I found a helpful concept on prosperity. C. Peter Wagner in his book The [...]

I love quotes since they are among the kinds of information which have the highest density of wisdom. Reading and pondering quotes can give you very high return on your time investment.
One important topic - I believe - is friendship. Friendship makes our life colorful and wonderful (see also 5 Reasons Why Relationships Should be Your Top Priority). So I [...]

How can we live a more fulfilling life? While there are things we can do which are more long-term in nature (such as the ones in 37 Lessons to Help You Live a Life that Matters), here I’d like to focus on practical things which we can do today.
As I wrote in my post [...]