The world belongs to those who, before others, make different choices. Now, to choose is already a way of thinking. To live ahead of one’s time is first to learn to think differently. To get ahead, you must read what others do not read, go where they do not go, and speak with those to whom nobody speaks. To Anticipate…
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The Problem With Wanting To Be Rich First: When The Means Become The End You have no doubt already heard a friend promise to devote themselves to others, but only once their own fortune is secured. This is a misleading line of reasoning, because it forgets that the path transforms the traveler. Your intermediate actions will profoundly reshape you, to…
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There is an invisible weight that sometimes overwhelms us when we wake up in the morning. This heaviness of the soul, which prevents us from seeing the brightness of the day, can become such a burdensome load that it makes us forget the very meaning of life. Life is a challenge; it is up to you to rise to it…
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The culturally dominant vision of love is based on the idea of a romantic encounter, marked by love at first sight and passion. Yet wherever this vision has prevailed, the marital bond has weakened: countries that have embraced it have seen their divorce rates soar to dizzying levels—over 80% in Spain and over 90% in Portugal, according to some sources.…
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Our memory deceives us: we think we know, yet time and distance shape our recollections, idealizing people, eras, and places. This cognitive bias—natural and almost necessary—sweetens the past to make the present bearable. But when it comes to the past, an uncompromising realism is required: your decisions will become more effective, freed from the grip of emotion in favor of…
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There are many ways to confront our inner demons. Some people manage to overcome them, but end up hurting others in the process. Others, by contrast, face their struggles without becoming a burden to their loved ones or to the people around them. Sometimes we learn how to cope the hard way — by suffering even more — and sometimes…
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When you look closely at the lives of the people most admired—movie stars, athletes, public figures—you start to see that many of them live inside a beautifully decorated cage. The things most of us take for granted—going to the grocery store, walking down the street unnoticed, owning our time—are luxuries they can no longer enjoy. Fame gives them visibility, but…
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Some things are timeless, while others change with every generation. It is therefore pointless, or even dangerous, to trust elders blindly when making all our life choices. The worldview of the generations that came before us evolves, but never as fast as the world we live in. While it is true that human psychology and the laws of physics or…
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It isn’t easy to be yourself, and the workplace is the first place where this reality becomes evident. We are compelled to play a role in order to hold a position, to defend a brand image that is not necessarily our own—the company’s image. This performance is exhausting because it deprives us of the time during which our authenticity could…
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What prevents us from being happy is feeling like victims of our environment and interpreting the ups and downs of everyday life as obstacles to our well-being or our happiness. In itself, this perspective is quite reactive: we respond positively or negatively to what we experience each day. In short, our happiness is largely conditioned by what surrounds us: misadventures…
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