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Why LinkedIn makes you miserable

Reminder to everyone (including myself) who is going through their career: LinkedIn is not reality. I find myself going through LinkedIn and looking at other people’s profiles from time to time. And it makes me feel self-conscious. It makes me feel like I haven’t done anything with my life so far. That everyone else is […]

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Insecure overachievers and choosing “the right” job

When it comes to our careers, making choices is difficult. It’s especially difficult to figure out what the “right” choice is. Mostly because there is probably no such thing as a “right” choice. It is not always better to be a consultant rather than a software developer. Or to work for Company A vs Company […]

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Identity and bar stools

The last month or so has been difficult. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve been doing alright and there’s no need to worry – I’m just working through some stuff. Ever since I quit my previous job (about a month ago), I’ve been feeling… off. A bit jittery. I quit without knowing my next step, figuring […]

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Solitude deprivation and stillness

A little over a year ago, I read the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. It’s an amazing book and it’s main takeaway is this: Make sure that you are using your technology and not letting it use you. In other words: If a piece of technology is not the single best way to achieve […]

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Chasing success and The Law of 7

These last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot of about success and how you define it. This process has been helped on by books like The Inside-Out Revolution and Stilness is the Key. Both of which can be warmly recommended. One thing I’ve slowly but surely begun to understand is: Success (in itself) isn’t […]

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Believing (in) yourself

Believing in yourself sounds like a positive thing. To me, it brings a mental picture of a motivational speaker shouting out “BELIEVE IN YOURSELF” with thousands of people nodding their heads and clapping their hands ecstatically as if it’s the best thing they ever heard. And yes, believing in ourselves is usually a good thing. […]