MarcusMay 16, 20215 minWeekly Blog #58 - Another travelogue...There are a few places in China that are "must visits". Xi'an, Shangri-La, The Great Wall, etc... One of these places is called...
MarcusApr 28, 20214 minWeekly Blog #57 - Deductive vs. inductive reasoning...First of all I want to apologize for not posting as regularly as I used to. Most of all I think that I have to apologize to myself since...
MarcusApr 9, 20214 minWeekly Blog #56 - (Psychological) Safety first...Last week I've started working on my master thesis in behavioral psychology. During the weeks prior to that I have been trying to figure...
MarcusMar 19, 20213 minWeekly Blog #55 - Halftime in Shanghai...It's been a while since I took a moment and contemplated about life in the big City. With over 25 million people and probably as many...
MarcusMar 12, 20215 minWeekly Blog #54 - Let your thoughts die instead of you...The purpose of thinking is to let your thoughts die instead of you. Are you a quiet thinker or do you formulate and clarify your thoughts...
MarcusFeb 26, 20214 minWeekly Blog #53 - The Facade of Ordinariness... The essence of great stories and novels lie beyond the facade of ordinariness. Nobody ever said that, so I might as well claim this...
MarcusFeb 10, 20216 minWeekly Blog #52 - Life negotiations...I'd like to share a few more insights that I've gathered from several lectures on success and motivation. This is a sort-of-kind-of...
MarcusFeb 5, 20217 min(Bi-)Weekly Blog #51 - A transcript of success...This week's article is a rough transcript of a lecture on success held by Jordan B. Peterson, professor of psychology at the University...
MarcusJan 22, 20214 minWeekly Blog #50 - Opinions do (not) matter...Being one of those people who really think their opinion matters can be a pain in the a** sometimes. Recently, I've realized that there...
MarcusJan 4, 20214 minWeekly Blog #49 - Managing expectations...First of all: we are back at our apartment here in Shanghai. We got picked up this morning from the hotel and are now facing another...