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Burnout: how to avoid it through self-consciousness

by Rui Andrés / July 16, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes I want to start by doing a disclaimer. I do not agree with the concept of work-life balance, mainly because it creates a mental division between what’s work and what’s life. We spend most of our daily hours getting work done. It’s a big part of our lives, and, as so, work should be integrated within our search for balance. I learned the hard way about the…

Mental Health Principles Psychology Shared Experiences

How I deal with anxiety in the workplace

by Carolina R. Rodrigues / March 12, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes Imagine the following scenario: you have been feeling nervous ever since you woke up and yet, somehow, you managed to get up, force-fed yourself, took a shower, dressed and went to work. You might think it was a victory in itself, but there you are, seating on the chair, feeling on the verge of a panic attack, freaking out about some deadline or merely struggling with a…

Innovation Opinion Psychology

Artificial Intelligence, Horror and Boomers

by Jorge Da Silva / February 20, 2020

Reading Time: 6 minutes Why is it that we as a species have such a deep fear for the A.I. uprising? More importantly, where does this fear stem from and what are its implications? All stories need an antagonist and this one is a particularly nebulous one: Artificial Intelligence. But what is it? Artificial intelligence (or A. I. as it is known among the hip crowd) is the concept of man-made intelligence… And…

Psychology Shared Experiences

How my hobby became a coping mechanism and later, a career

by Jorge Da Silva / December 13, 2019

Reading Time: 7 minutes Whenever I visit LinkedIn, Medium or any other site with an abundance of articles written by professionals for professionals, I get the feeling that a lot of them seem to purposely miss or ignore a very important point when it comes to your mental health and your workplace. Maybe I’ve been looking in the wrong places. Still, every morning I’m assaulted with notifications of articles like “7…

Psychology Shared Experiences

What if I Had…

by Francisco Ferreira / November 5, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes When something in our lives hasn’t gone as well as we expected, we often wonder if we could have done anything differently. What if I had said how I was feeling? What if I had prepared myself better? What if I had noticed earlier? What if I had studied more? What if I had taken the initiative? What if I had left home that night? What if…

Opinion Psychology

How to motivate yourself when you’re not motivated

by Carlota Gregório / September 23, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’re anything like me, you pass through phases. Sometimes you’re motivated, sometimes you’re not. Some people are able to separate what doesn’t motivate them, from everything else. But I can’t. Whenever something becomes more of a burden than a joy, I tend to get so frustrated that I let it affect other aspects of my life. After years of knowing and over-analyzing myself, I came to…

Principles Psychology Shared Experiences

The pattern of laziness and evolution

by Raquel Nascimento / August 8, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes From time to time, I tend to think I’m the laziest girl alive, and that I should be doing something about it. Instead, to run from the feeling of failure and underperforming, I watch TV (as some people watch series on Netflix). In other words, I run from my emotions and go the easy way. As this a pattern I’ve come to recognize through the years, I…

Psychology Shared Experiences

The time to fall

by Bernardo Santos / July 26, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Every one of us has that parent, or friend, or even at some point, were that kid, you know? That little kid, who loves to play, going outside, laugh, jump, smile, and that at some point falls and starts crying… And it hurts to see that little being, crying the hell out of him, doesn’t it? Tasting that knew experience: Pain… Living the fall To avoid that…

Principles Psychology Shared Experiences

Sharp Sword

by Rodrigo Sendas / July 11, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Let me tell you a story about me. Some years ago, I started going to the gym. You get there, you lift and push some weights and as a result, your muscles grow. It’s a simple process, but man… I think it’s beautiful and I felt totally in love with it. I just couldn’t wait to go back there again so I could lift more weight and…

Communication Psychology

Behind the (not so) new “powerful speeches”

by Bernardo Santos / February 8, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes A few months ago, when I was attending one of my university courses, I was challenged to write an article. It should be related in some way with “speech techniques” and “powerful speeches”. Around that time, coincidently or not, I had bought a book called “The 48 Laws of Power”, by Robert Greene. If you haven’t heard, it is a highly controversial – even immoral -, book.…

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