Category: Happiness
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There is no such thing as teaching. But you can, and should, help people learn
A few months ago I took the challenge to teach deep, technical troubleshooting to anyone who’s interested. So far in my team, only the folks with some coding background worked on complex technical stuff. Nobody ever taught us to troubleshoot, we kinda learned it as a side effect of coding, and trying to fix our…
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What if the goal was to let go of goals? – How facing the meaninglessness helped me get out of my own way.
Imagine three things you want to achieve or accomplish, three things that would cause you to thrive. It could be this week, this month, or this year… At the very least, this seems like a harmless exercise… Even if it won’t help you achieve any goals, the worst possible outcome is to stay where you…
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Would you sign up for voluntary brainwashing? Well, maybe you should.
Have you ever understood something rationally, but felt emotionally paralysed deep down inside and not quite ready to make a move? You’re not alone. There were decisions I’d been putting off for months, even though I knew what’s the right thing to do. One of them was leaving my corporate job and applying for a…
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Is your drive to perfection holding you back?
– This moon is shit – said someone at a party last night. – It’s not even an accurate representation of the terrain. – Yeah, I see what you mean. – I said. – That’s 3D printing with a light inside, so they had to add an extra layer for the basins to make them dark,…
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Forget New Year’s resolutions. Let’s relax, stay present, and enjoy the ride instead.
If I were to judge 2017 by the resolutions I made in the first week, I should probably consider it a failure. Last year, I gave up on ambitious New Year plans and committed myself to just 3 basic things – cooking, blogging, and working out. It turns out, New Year’s resolutions are another thing I…
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Are you HIGH on EXISTENCE? How I found my community made in Cosmos.
Excuse me, Sir, do you have a spare moment to discuss the meaning of the Universe? It may sound funny, but I’d rather talk about that, than about politics, TV shows, or sports. For the most of my life I was seriously involved in religious communities, and a big part of who I am now was…
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The Ultimate Happiness Engineer Starter Pack
So you just found out that Happiness Engineering is an actual job. You always thought customer support is all about scary call centers, but then you met some folks who do this and have fun. You might have heard some stories that sounded too good to be true, and then became jealous when they turned…
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The tree that grew on a rock
There’s at least few of them on every hiking trail in the world. The heroic trees that grow in places where no trees should ever grow. You can see all odds are against them, but for some crazy reason they keep on surviving. On a bare rock. 300 feet above the ground. On the shaded…
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Post-communist minimalism – what if we stopped chasing things before we have it all?
Joshua from Becoming Minimalist just posted an excellent article on what he learned about minimalism on his trip to Poland. It strongly resonates with me, not just because it’s about my home country. After decades of extreme scarcity, minimalism seems quite abstract for most Polish people. At the same time, we need it much more…
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Automattic and the perfect work/love balance
Two years ago my friend told me he works for the best company in the world, and that I should totally apply. All the things he mentioned – extreme trust and openness for discussion, fully distributed environment that lets you work from anywhere in the world, a complete disregard for job titles, or unlimited vacation…
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