MarcusFeb 96 minWeekly Blog #78 - Giving way too many f*cks..."Your problem?" - that's the question I was faced with a couple of days ago when I made a somewhat contemptuous gesture towards a small...
MarcusFeb 25 minWeekly Blog #77 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood... To start this off, let me make a cheeky statement: Most people, me included, do not listen with the intent to understand - they listen...
MarcusJan 176 minWeekly Blog #76 - Kindness and compassion...As mentioned in my previous blog I planned on spending more time studying different topics in the field of positive psychology. Some of...
MarcusJan 106 minWeekly Blog #75 - Happiness... There are certain fields in psychology that interest me more than others. Up to this point I was fascinated by psychopathology,...
MarcusJan 35 minWeekly Blog #74 - A new year... breath and sleepI feel like I've just written a blog about New Year and quarantine... but it's been 365 days already. There might be some truth to what...
MarcusDec 12, 20214 minWeekly Blog #73 - Home... and peace of mindLast Saturday my wife and I arrived in her hometown of Naantali. We have been looking forward to a longer vacation for some time now...
MarcusNov 30, 20214 minWeekly Blog #72 - Existential dreads... or 'how to unlearn fear'I am not an expert on anxieties or depression. I believe that I have anxieties as everyone else does. Sometimes I'm aware of them, most...
MarcusNov 22, 20214 minWeekly Blog #71 - Why thinking 'efficiency' with people doesn't work... This week's blog is about one of the toughest lessons I had to learn as a consultant: thinking 'efficiency' with people doesn't work. Let...
MarcusNov 13, 20215 minWeekly Blog #70 - "You're Good. Get better. Stop asking for things!"Don Draper - Mad Men... I am not a native English speaker. This could be a reason why the term "delaying gratification" seems rather...
MarcusNov 11, 20215 minWeekly Blog #69 - "Is the world better because your company is in it?"This is a rather thought provoking question. I borrowed it from an article published recently in the Harvard Business Review (Issue...