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Be who you want to be

Stop relying on personality tests and start shaping your identity   Myers-Briggs, 16personalities, Big Five, the odd Buzzfeed “Which Disney character are you?” test… A lot of us — me definitely included — have at some point tried to figure out who we are. Either for ourselves, for someone else, or for a job. Personality tests are a fun way to engage with yourself and then get a nicely written result about your personality type. You might say: Oh yeah, sounds like me. And why wouldn’t it? You just answered a bunch of questions that led to that result. When

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freedomxx September 28, 2021 No Comments

Feel awkward… then still do it!

Telling yourself positive affirmations is pretty weird and extremely effective Photo by Magdalena Smolnicka on Unsplash ************************************************************* Standing in front of the mirror: Is anyone at home?•No.•Good.•Okay, let’s try one.•“I show up and let myself being seen.”•Giggles.•Try one more!•“I am good enough!”•Smiling. ************************************************************* Have you ever tried affirmations? These positive sentences you are supposed to tell yourself? Are you suspicious they are simply another weird self-help gimmick!? Or, similar to me, you just have a hard time taking yourself seriously while saying good stuff about yourself? And then, how often do I catch myself thinking:“That was stupid.” • “I

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freedomxx August 10, 2021 No Comments

How to Increase your Chance at Change

… or how to make a lasting New Year’s resolution for 2021    This blog post should probably start with the question of: Who do you want to be? In a perfect world, in which you had all resources – time, money, whatever it may be – how would you live your life? How would you BE in that life? What would you want to change? And then the next question is: What do you really want to achieve by that? What’s your ultimate goal? Let’s say, you wanted to start exercising more. What’s your

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Carolin Stoffels December 10, 2020 No Comments

How to Set Goals the Smart Way

“We don’t want your distance from the goal crush you” Jordan Peterson Obviously people have difficulty to set goals and execute them. We know you can’t arrive a place if you don’t start moving towards a direction. Well executed goal setting is fulfilling and will increase your confidence, make you achieve future goals easier. The more you achieve, the more you will be likely to achieve. But why it doesn’t work for most people? A few reasons why goal setting is not working for you: You are not defining it in detail Too hard or

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freedomxx April 14, 2020 No Comments