42: Keep the radio running

Keep the radio running

Keep the radio running

In my daily quest to find metaphors and analogies that express moving forward and making progress pursuing your dreams, I found radio to be an excellent example.

If you don’t get your butt moved, the radio won’t play. It’s like these mobile radios that work by transforming kinetic energy into electricity, for example when you rotate the handle a few times the radio plays for a while. If you rotate longer, the radio plays longer. Read More

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41: How To Sell (Yourself) Without Feeling Awkward

How To Sell (Yourself) Without Feeling Awkward

How To Sell (Yourself) Without Feeling Awkward

I have no idea how to sell myself. I’m bad at it. Something tells me I shouldn’t sell myself. It’s cheap. I’m not cheap. However, reading around the internet I found these tips to be useful, reasonable and common sense when you want to learn selling yourself.

Why selling is important

You always sell. On a date with a stranger, in a presentation in school, reciting a poem, communicating a new idea to your team or asking your boss for a raise at your day job. Many areas need selling, also your own product or service. Here’s a recipe for selling (yourself) without a weird feeling.

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40: Lessons learnt in week 8

Friday is learning day. In fact, like every day. But today I will sum up the #weekdaykickoff 🌊 lessons for this week. Let’s jump straight into them.

First thing when you get up, last thing before you sleep

In order to guarantee you’re on the rail to success, happiness and enlightenment (find a word that you like best), ask “How can I serve the world best?” as the first question after you woke up. Do it every day. And before you go to bed, you ask yourself “How did I serve the world best today?“.

Both questions make sure that what you’re doing is meaningful and helps others or the environment.

You’re hungry

You want more because you’re hungry. And because you’re hungry you want more. It’s very easy. If you step into a feeling of comfort, make sure you escape it as soon as possible because it kills your desire for more – in a gentle and pleasant way so that you like it, I admit. But also Zuckerberg is inviting you into his space while looking funny and nice, but wanting to sell you as the product. Be aware of that.

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