It’s the end of the week 1 and already the end of the day. Best time to wrap up and see what you learnt this week.

If you start something, you continue it. If you have problems continuing your thing, pretend to be someone who is able to continue. This is a very good psychological trick that actors obviously use a lot. It can be someone close to you or the superstar you admire a lot. Just don’t forget that it’s still you who is acting, not that star of a probably fictitious reality.

You also learnt that you can test your social power, the impact you have on people by just observing their reactions when you act in a certain way. Equally, pay close attention to how other people impact you. Learn through observation. Read More

When you don’t like things in your life, things that piss you off, you have three options::

1. Keep complaining like a baby
2. Accept it like a man
3. Change it like a hero

In a business perspective you being an entrepreneur you have to face an occasionally even stronger reality where you need to adapt fast and make quick decisions. A short video by Gary Vaynerchuk expresses the adaptation to reality very direct and understandable.

You basically need to put yourself into, what I call, hunger mode. You want to be wanting more because you’re hungry for more, not satisfied with the status quo and totally not with how your life is.

Being comfortable, similar to the scene of the popular movie „Wall-E“ where people sit in their chair, receive food, become fat and immobile is one of the horror scenarios.

All that is only valid if you are hero, not the one who accepts, not the one who cries. You’re the one who changes. And change starts with being productive. One of the easiest ways to be productive is get your ass move out of the chair, every day.

The take-away from today: You decide how to deal with problems and challenges – personal and professional. At the end of the day, you want to ask yourself: Did I give everything today to achieve what I wanted or was I being too soft and unwilling? Be honest to yourself because if you’re not the cycle of lying to yourself will just continue.

Honesty starts with yourself. Have a good day.

This was episode 4 of the #weekdaykickoff. Every Monday-Friday morning. Colombian time.

I’m a bit doubtful whether I have really grown in the last 15 years. And how could I actually tell?

Out of my own observation I find it more adequate to say that around 14-16 I had my first reset or blackout because I can’t remember what really happened. In a more drastic fashion “the lost years” is an even more adequate name. It felt I was thrown back and all the personal growth that happened before was suddenly gone.

After, the years of growth followed. I finished college, alternative military service, my apprenticeship as a salesman, two relationships and my studies of Int’l Media and Computing about 3 years ago.

This is when I had my last reset, although it was more like a soft reset – less dramatic because I can remember things pretty well. Also, the reset in terms of lacking growth happened during my studies: I felt I was becoming literally stupid during those years. So, the reset showed up as an on-going progress making me dumber and less capable with every year of studying. Yet, I didn’t quit my studies because what I start I finish.

Today, I’m 32, again in a phase of growth both personally and professionally, and unwilling to let a next reset happen. Maybe it’s inevitable. You never know. I just know that becoming aware of your change, your own phases and cycles is crucial for your personal development.

The take-away from today: Don’t expect to grow every day, in every moment. Life is so full of surprises that you can face patterns of growth-reset-restart-growth-reset-restart-etc., meaning you will sometimes have to start again and can feel like stupid. To prevent that, keep record of your achievements – daily. Write them down. Your growth will thank you.

Enjoy your day of growth today.

This was episode 3 of the #weekdaykickoff. Every Monday-Friday morning. Colombian time.