Success is a curious test of character.
On the way to the top, a person must never forget who they were before they start thinking they have become somebody. Success is a curious test of character.
Read essayThematic essays
The person before the role
Work stops being only work the moment it begins to change the person.
Roles, results and obligations can easily cover what we were before them. These essays return attention to the person, their boundaries, relationships and right not to lose themselves.
Selected essays
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Learn to Say, “Enough Is Enough.”
There comes a moment when a person no longer knows whether they’re really doing too little or whether others have simply started expecting too much.
Read essayWhen We Stop Hearing Each Other
We have reached a point where employers no longer hear their employees, and employees no longer listen to their employers. Both sides speak. Both explain.
Read essayYou survived. But you haven't stopped surviving.
You survived. But you haven't stopped just surviving. There are years that teach a person not to expect much. They teach him to rely mostly on himself, to always have a backup plan,…
Read essayDo Not Lose Yourself While Working on Yourself
The endless search for a better version of ourselves can turn life into a construction site and make us forget that we already deserve peace.
Read essayWhy Has Arrogance Become the New Norm?
Arrogance is increasingly mistaken for strength while the culture of mutual respect slowly disappears.
Read essayI See Fewer and Fewer People
On a world in which we are more visible than ever, yet find it increasingly difficult to notice the person beside us.
Read essayWe must not become so successful in our roles that we stop recognising the person within us.