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Personal development, financial resilience and meaningful relationships - all this while coding or rambling about technology

chasing pigeons
Personal Development
#motivation, #personal story, #perspective

Chasing Pigeons, Motivation and Barking

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Watching a dog chase pigeons reveals fundamental truths about motivation—the pursuit itself generates energy, outcomes are secondary to the chase

are you logged in
Personal Development
#assess, #focus, #priorities

Are You Logged In Into The Right Area Of Your Life?

Last updated: December 2, 2025

We unconsciously stay logged into life areas that no longer serve us. Conscious authentication means choosing which domains deserve your active presence

express gratitude as a man
Relationships and Society
#gratitude, #how to, #list post

7 Ways To Express Gratitude As A Man

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Masculine gratitude differs from generic thankfulness. Seven authentic ways men can express appreciation without compromising strength or presence

the 10 rules of productivity
Business Productivity and Effectiveness
#do, #efficiency, #focus, #list post

The 10 Golden Rules Of Productivity

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Productivity frameworks proliferate but fundamentals remain constant. Ten timeless principles that work regardless of tools, trends, or circumstances

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Personal Development
#networking

Latest News, First Webinar And Call For Q&A

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Launching interactive webinars and Q&A sessions to deepen community engagement. Updates on projects, experiments, and what's coming next

follow your passion
Business Personal Development Success and Wellness
#entrepreneurship, #how to, #purpose

How To Follow Your Passion And Make A Living Out Of It

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Following passion without strategy creates poverty. Making living from passion requires bridging love for work with market value—here's the framework

2016 running calendar
Personal Development Running
#fitness, #planning, #training, #ultra-marathon

My 2016 Running Calendar

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Committing to races months ahead creates structured accountability. The 2016 running calendar mapped ambition against reality—here's what I learned

things I did in 2015
Personal Development
#personal story, #year review

The 2 Most Important Things I Did In 2015

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Years get measured by decisive actions, not accumulated days. Two decisions in 2015 shaped everything that followed—impact compounds over time

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Personal Development
#blog monetization, #blogging journey, #experiment

Help Me Help You

Last updated: December 13, 2025

Effective help requires clarity about what you actually need. Teaching people how to help you transforms good intentions into meaningful support

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Personal Development
#money, #series

[ Video ] Conversations With A Mysterious Partner – Money

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Money conversations reveal core beliefs about value, security, and freedom. Video dialogue exploring money's real function beyond mere transactions

life has no meaning
Personal Development
#meaning, #perspective, #wisdom

Life Has No Meaning. And That’s Why It’s So Wonderful

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Existential freedom emerges when you realize life has no inherent meaning. The absence of cosmic purpose creates space for personal meaning-making

digital tools
Digital Tools Personal Development
#apps, #tools

Digital Tools I Use – 9 Years Later

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Digital tool stacks evolve with changing needs. Nine years of experimentation reveals which tools survive and why most eventually get abandoned

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Personal Development
#motivation, #series

[ Video ] Conversations With A Mysterious Partner – Motivation

Last updated: December 3, 2025

As of today I'm starting a new experiment. I want to provide, apart from regular blog posts, videos.

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Personal Development Running
#fitness, #ultra-marathon

45 Kilometers For 45 Years

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Birthday runs create physical markers of time passing. Running one kilometer per year of life transforms aging from burden into celebration

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Personal Development
#consistency, #habits, #perspective

The Apple Pile And The Need For Consistency

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Consistency beats intensity every time. The apple pile metaphor reveals why daily small actions compound while sporadic heroics fade into nothing

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Personal Development Running
#personal story, #race reports, #ultra-marathon

The Story Of Transmaraton – 64 KM Ultramarathon

Last updated: December 2, 2025

64 kilometers through Transylvania tested preparation against reality. The Transmaraton race report chronicles what happens when theory meets mountain trails

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Personal Development Relationships and Society
#relationships, #values

Picking Up Chicks versus Attracting Meaningful Relationships

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Pickup tactics optimize for quantity over quality. Meaningful relationships require different strategies—attraction beats pursuit when building real connection

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Personal Development
#boundaries, #buddhism, #list post

The 3 Deadliest Traps Of The “Helping People Syndrome”

Last updated: December 2, 2025

Compulsive helping destroys helpers and those they try to help. Three psychological traps that turn good intentions into destructive codependency

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Personal Development
#fear, #stoicism

The Coiled Rope And The Snake

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Fear creates imagined dangers from harmless reality. The ancient Buddhist parable reveals how perception generates suffering from nothing

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Personal Development
#change, #fitness, #how to

Before and After – Or How To Lose Weight by Running

Last updated: December 3, 2025

Running changes bodies but transformation photographs miss the real story. Weight loss happens between photos—in daily decisions nobody sees

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