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The Cost of Ambition

📖 10 Book Recommendations from 2024 (and 2023)

Hi Lovely People, Welcome to 2025! I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing holiday season. I know I had the time to be with my friends, family, to take some naps, and to eat to the point where my calorie count is now for sure net positive not only

📖 15 Book Recommendations from 2022

📖 15 Book Recommendations from 2022

Hi, I hope you had a relaxing Xmas and New Year. Getting some time to disconnect, and being together with family and friends is important. As we move into the next year, I would like to share some books with you from 2022. The same way as last year, I

🧠 How do we think? (Book review: A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins)

🧠 How do we think? (Book review: A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins)

How does the brain work? How do we think? What is intelligence? We, humans, have been thinking about this forever. Since Aristotle and Plato, the origin of intelligence has been a riddle. Despite our efforts to create or improve intelligence, we are still far from reaching the level of the

🤝 What I Learned About Salary Negotiations

🤝 What I Learned About Salary Negotiations

I recently got my first permanent job offer. After several internships, I was glad to transition into a permanent role. However, with this big step, I faced an unexpected challenge. I had the opportunity to negotiate my salary. This was a new experience for me. I had imposter syndrome kicking

📚 15 Book Recommendations from 2021

📚 15 Book Recommendations from 2021

Hi, I hope you had a happy Christmas. I hope you had a relaxing break, and you’re getting all the time you need to disconnect and recharge. As the end of the year approaches, I wanted to do one more thing. Reading has been an essential habit for me

📚 Learnings on my Dissertation - How to Write a Top-notch Essay

📚 Learnings on my Dissertation - How to Write a Top-notch Essay

I recently submitted the final dissertation for my Master's programme. I’m gonna be honest. It was a long and dreadful experience. Dissertations and essays are always hard. I think no matter who you talk to the challenge is universal. Writing is a long and painful. Especially when

⚽ EURO 2020 - Learnings and Stories

⚽ EURO 2020 - Learnings and Stories

I loved this year’s European Championship. After a year full of lockdowns, sickness and pain, it was such a joy to see people come together, watch football and celebrate their nations. Football has not been the same without the fans, and EURO 2020 was a great way to watch

👨‍🎓 A Guide for Freshers - My Learnings on University

👨‍🎓 A Guide for Freshers - My Learnings on University

My bachelor's degree was a mess. I was performing below the average of the class. I was stressed and generally unhappy about my studies. I was so done I decided to took a gap year to get some work experience before committing to further studies. Two years later,

🏫 My Teaching Principles

🏫 My Teaching Principles

We all remember a teacher who was just perfect. The teacher who was a joy to listen to, who was exceptionally smart and inspired us to learn. I had a teacher like that as well. He taught Biology. And guess what? He was part of the reason why I chose

👟 Run, run and keep running! (Book review: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight)

👟 Run, run and keep running! (Book review: Shoe Dog by Phil Knight)

👟 What is Shoe Dog? It's a business book. It's a biography. It's a memoir. Shoe Dog is all of the above, but none of them fully. But you know what it is? To me, it felt like sitting down next to Uncle Phil near

🤝My Learnings on Networking

🤝My Learnings on Networking

I hate the word ‘networking’ 🤬. It sets a selfish objective: you want to get something for yourself from this other person. It implies a transaction. You “sell yourself” and the other person provides you something in return (usually a job offer). It creates a false objective to demonstrate to the

🔥 mRNA Vaccines: The New Hope

🔥 mRNA Vaccines: The New Hope

💉 Vaccination is one of the greatest achievements in medical science Since Edward Jenner’s first experiments with his 13-year-old son, vaccines effectively tackled cholera, tetanus, tuberculosis and many other contagious diseases. These efforts did not only treat infections. As these illnesses affected newborns, it gave the chance for millions of

📝 The First Post: To Answer Why

📝 The First Post: To Answer Why

Everything starts with a single idea. Ideas are the sparks for our actions to change and grow. Great ideas are priceless, maybe the most valuable asset we have today. The purpose of this blog is simple: to improve my relationship with ideas on four dimensions: 1) To develop ideas by