The word authentic comes from the Greek αὐθέντης, authentês (“author, perpetrator”) with the suffix -ικός, -ikós, literally “of the author.” It should be understood by the initial question, are you your own author or a copy of someone else? It’s a question we all ask ourselves at some point. Are we living as an expression of our purest essence or…
+Category: Personal Excellence
Be Like Good Wine, Get Better As You Get Older
Essentially, you could say that there are two types of people: those who get better with time and those who get worse as the clock ticks down. How can we explain this difference? Why do they get better while others go downhill? Even if nature has spoiled you, that she has been generous with you, it is always up to…
+Becoming the man or woman of a new Renaissance
If there is an inspiring period in history, it is the Renaissance, which saw the resurgence of the glorious figures and visions of existence long forgotten from the ancient past. This episode of Western history constitutes in a way an idealization of the Ancients, erasing at the same time the defects that one did not wish to see (systemic slavery…
+6 ideas to improve your life today
Look at yourself from a distance Most of the time we think in automatic mode. Our brains are the result of many conditionings that go back to our childhood and the education we received. Beyond this conditioning, we tend to follow the same thought processes in order to act quickly. If efficiency is a valued value, it can also play…
+The importance of keeping a good reference of values
It’s not easy to avoid the comparison game when meeting friends or talking to colleagues at work. We are all in a race but we don’t want to cross the same finish line. It is commonly our values that guide our path and tell us which course to take. Values evolve over time and are influenced by various factors. In…
+Jean-Paul Belmondo : lessons of a life well lived
Jean-Paul Belmondo is gone and his disappearance leaves an abyssal chasm that it would seem vain to try to fill. More than an actor or a comedian, Jean-Paul Belmondo was a man. He is no longer here, but he will live forever, as long as our hearts continue to beat, we, the anonymous crowd that we are who loved him…
+The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
or how to overcome the obstacles that lead us to excellence Steven Pressfield is the author of more than a dozen books. He has worked throughout his career in various creative fields: novels, non-fiction, writing for film, etc. In the book “The War of Art”, he teaches us the lessons learned from decades of experience The work of the greatest…
+Overtaking The Master
In order to progress rapidly in a field, it is advisable to follow in the footsteps of masters who have excelled in that same field either because they have had incredible results or because they have managed to theorize and systematize the steps that led them to reach a certain degree of excellence. The follower’s complex One of the main…
+7 life lessons from Lionel Messi
Messi, a true soccer icon, has much more to teach us off the field. He owes his success primarily to a character and work ethic that make him unique as a person. The qualities he brought to the game of soccer are lessons we can learn from in our own lives and in areas beyond the game. The consistency…
+Accept The Pain, Accept The Lesson
It is easier to run away from the lesson than to accept the pain. Pain is rich in lessons, but few people want to attend its lessons. When we suffer a breakup, we throw ourselves at the first person we meet with the idea of quickly forgetting the aftermath of the breakup. This approach, we all had it one day,…
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