Boiled Frog Syndrome, Tall Poppy Effect, Pollyanna Syndrome: learn three major cognitive biases
Three common cognitive biases can affect both our personal and professional lives. These biases are the Boiled Grog Syndrome, the Tall...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Mar 11, 202313 min read
HSP Highly Sensitive Person - what is their uniqueness?
The term Highly Sensitive Person HSP was first coined by psychologist Elaine Aron (1996), who herself is a person with high sensitivity...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Jan 13, 20234 min read
Loneliness in the crowd. How do you feel about yourself?
Each of us is looking for a recipe for a happy life. We are watching the world. We talk to people. We read books.
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Ryszard Skarbek
Sep 13, 20222 min read
Ahimsa - do not cause unnecessary suffering
Do you know Ahimsa? The Buddhist root of the Non-Violent Communication method?
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Ryszard Skarbek
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Renoir - the pain passes and the beauty stays
When Renoir hardly left his home in the last years of his life, Matisse visited him daily. An inspiring story about the victory of...
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Ryszard Skarbek
May 3, 202214 min read
Franz Kafka: biography, doll story, fun facts, quotes, and sayings
At the age of 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who had never married and had no children of his own, was walking in a park in Berlin.
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Ryszard Skarbek
Apr 26, 20223 min read
The parable of the man in the swamp. Wise support coaching
A man had a misfortune - he fell into the swamp and began to sob with a sense of hopelessness. Good people came ...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Feb 2, 20223 min read
The parable of hammering the nails. Words are of great importance
Once upon a time, there was a boy with a bad character. His father gave him a sack of nails and asked him to hammer in one each time he...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Nov 21, 20214 min read
Keanu Reeves about life. Learn his life philosophy and quotes
Sometimes I go out and hear people talking about unimportant things. Then I know why I leave so rarely.
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Ryszard Skarbek
Aug 29, 20215 min read
Imposter syndrome - how to deal with it
You work hard to get recognized at work. You have the constant feeling that you are not getting things done well enough. As if you are...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Aug 27, 20214 min read
Self-esteem Coaching. Money - how much are YOU worth?
Are we sure that with full conviction and without anxiety we can say that having a lot of money is a great thing?
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Ryszard Skarbek
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Shake it off! About a donkey that could not be buried alive
One day a donkey fell into a dry well. The animal whined miserably for hours while its owner, a farmer, tried to figure out how to help him.
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Ryszard Skarbek
Jul 14, 20215 min read
Assertiveness at work
Shelle Rose Charvet in her book Words That Change Minds describes the "Dogs and Cats" model at work ...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Jun 19, 20215 min read
Human personal development – ep. 2
At each new level of development, you begin to see what you were immersed in on the previous level. At the first few levels of development..
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Ryszard Skarbek
Jun 11, 20214 min read
Byron Katie – who would you be without your story?
Nobody knows how to "force" yourself to relax, but anyone can learn to question a thought that causes tension ...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Jun 9, 20215 min read
Endurance Coaching. How much can you take?
Life has pressed me down lately. It hit the ground. Hold down. There are times when it is falling apart on all fronts. And so it is now...
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Ryszard Skarbek
May 16, 20214 min read
Human personal development – ep. 1
Throughout their lives, all people go through various levels of personal development. Some are only able to wade through a few of them...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Mar 30, 20217 min read
Where are you hiding your personal shadow? - ep. 1
Working with many people, I have found that almost every sense of human unhappiness has to do with repressed and orphaned aspects of oneself
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Ryszard Skarbek
Nov 22, 20208 min read
Fritz Perls: a short biography, and quotes
Fritz Perls (1893-1970) is without doubt one of the greatest psychotherapists in history. Raised by an autocratic, strict father...
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Ryszard Skarbek
Nov 14, 20204 min read
Why do we need Life Values? – ep. 3
It is no coincidence that VALUES are one of the first threads that appeared on this blog ...
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