My journey with Toastmasters began with an Icebreaker speech in which I had 4 to 6minutes to present myself. *Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network.In simple words: a friendly, supportive place to face your fear of public speaking and discover and fine-tune your…
Tools for Success
I like to experiment. I like to improve things. That's why I always try new things, new approaches and new tools to solve the existing problems.
Here I share my learnings so you don't have to suffer to find the answers.
Spring Cleaning of The Mind
I’m a big fan of Mari Kondo and the KonMari method for decluttering. I have done it numerous times with my clothes, books, and other material possessions. The moment has come – I run out of things to declutter! 😳 So, why not apply the method to the mental clutter? Here’s a simple checklist for…
The Power of the 3 Core Values
I found my top 3 core values and I can’t wait to share the learnings! The End Stuckness & Overwhelm NOW! workshop by the amazing Nora Nagy brought me to a deep realization. The title is all-promising and too-good-to-be-true but please bear with me. I did a similar exercise with my first life coach back…
How To Get the Most out of the Books you Read: Interview with Mehmet Baha
Books fascinate me. I get lost and I find myself in the new worlds and perspectives they create. I upgrade my operating system through books. Unfortunately very often the effect they have on me is short-lived. The never-ending incoming input of daily life overrides even the biggest aha-moments. I wanted to find a way to…
The Key to a Magical, Meaningful Life
What makes people engage with other people? What makes people move, lead, inspire, encourage, influence, touch, relate, attract to a cause, warm up, spark a fire in, approach, connect to, adore, shake up, transform, teach, awake, love other people? I was quietly munching on this question in my mind, observing the world around me, when…
Creating My Empowerment Ritual
Now that I have defined my two goals and I dropped the search for a BIG life purpose out of the way, I am ready to pick the tools I want to work with. Here are the first two: Life Coaching which I previously wrote about and my Empowerment Ritual. As one of the first…
How Life Coaching Helps You Achieve Your Goals
I am going through my third cycle of life coaching and I got inspired to share my experiences. What is Life Coaching? Life coaching is the process of helping people identify and achieve personal goals through developing skills and attitudes that lead to self-empowerment. – Wikipedia Common Misconceptions Life coaching is therapy Yes, there are many…
2018 Reads – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A friend inspired me to take a closer look at what I read. After reading a book, he writes a short summary of the main learnings, ideas and favorite quotes from the book. He sets a calendar reminder to review the summary after a month. He reviews his initial summary once he had the chance…
Salary Negotiation: 6 Real-Life Tips How to Get What You Want
A few weeks back I attended an event organized by the BERlean IN circle in Berlin around the topic of salary negotiation. From salary negotiation and payrises to dealing with and overcoming pay gaps – money plays a big (and sometimes difficult) role in our work life. How open should we be about our salaries? This…
On Expanding Your Consciousness and The Mentors in Life
The world is vast, limitless and abundant. It is, it really is. But we see only what’s around us, our little social bubble. For some of us, it’s bigger, for some – it stays forever a little, cosy bubble. Unexpected events often throw us out of our comfort zone. Isn’t going out of your mother’s…