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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Apr 9, 20214 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Mar 19, 20213 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Mar 12, 20215 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Feb 26, 20214 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Feb 10, 20216 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Jan 22, 20214 min read
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Weekly 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...
Marcus
Jan 4, 20214 min read
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Weekly Blog #48 - Quarantine... again
My wife and I returned to Shanghai on Monday. As you might or might not know, we've spent almost all of December in her hometown...
Marcus
Dec 30, 20203 min read
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Weekly Blog #47 - A mature personality...
Besides the fact that I swore to myself never to grow up and become an "adult", there are certain circumstances that require maturity and...
Marcus
Dec 14, 20207 min read
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Weekly Blog #46 - Home...
The past few weeks have been a constant up and down. We've been planning to go home for Christmas for quite some time. Especially over...
Marcus
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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Weekly Blog #45 - A few more thoughts on mental errors...
I have recently finished the book "The art of thinking clearly" by Rolf Dobelli. He's been collection 99 biases and fallacies with good...
Marcus
Nov 27, 20206 min read
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Weekly Blog #44 - Traditions
Over the past couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about Christmas. From the day I was born I've spent Christmas at home with my...
Marcus
Nov 20, 20204 min read
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Weekly Blog #43 - Predicting performance...
This weeks article is related to a certain field of my current studies: appraisal of aptitude and related performance measurement tools....
Marcus
Nov 11, 20204 min read
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Weekly Blog #42 - What holds us back in life...
This article is partially about rediscovering a mental state of focus and happiness that inspires me to do more of what I really want to....
Marcus
Nov 2, 20205 min read
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Weekly Blog #41 - The old capital of the South...
Even though we are limited in our abilities to roam freely, traveling is still one of the most important activities for me. Over the past...
Marcus
Oct 23, 20205 min read
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Weekly Blog #40 - How our mind plays tricks on us...
How confident do you feel about the quality of decisions and actions that you make and take on a daily basis if I told you that one of...
Marcus
Oct 15, 202010 min read
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Weekly Blog #39 - Working together... Part II
Over the past weeks I've worked with a small team to deliver the first examination task of my studies. In doing so, I rediscovered how...
Marcus
Oct 6, 20204 min read
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Weekly Blog #38 - Working together... Part I
I have not been working on a team in quite some time. One year and three months exactly. I didn't necessarily mean to change that looking...
Marcus
Sep 27, 20206 min read
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Weekly Blog #36 - On having a routine... Part II
This is the second part of sharing my thoughts on building, having and maintaining a routine. This part it about the "getting sh*t done"...
Marcus
Sep 10, 20206 min read
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Weekly Blog #35 - On having a routine... Part I
I haven't been exactly on time with my latest blog posts. I didn't skip any, there was one every week, but I haven't managed to write a...
Marcus
Sep 4, 20207 min read
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