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#72 - What Makes a Good Career?
If you work 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, for 40 years, your career will last approximately 80,000 hours.
Pawel Pietruszewski
7 days ago4 min read
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#70 - Stoicism and the Art of Resilience: Lessons from Marcus Aurelius
I like to read Meditations of Marcus Aurelius from time to time and I wish it would become a regular, maybe an annual habit. Each reading...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Mar 74 min read
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#67 - Generational Change as a Driver for Progress
Does a community need generational change to progress from one stage of development to another? After an article about innovation...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Feb 32 min read
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#65 - Let's have some resilient fun: Can Shopping Become an Adventure?
"Let's have some resilient fun" shows some important topics in a more relaxed and joyful way. After all, humour is quoted as a desirable...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 223 min read
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#64 - Living in a World of Sound
Izabela Dłużyk was born blind in 1989, and despite all odds, she made it to the BBC 100 Women List in 2023. Over the weekend, I read an...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 162 min read
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#62 - Resilient New Year
How was your 2024, great, good, bad? Year-end is, for many of us, the time when we look back at our goals, evaluate, make New Year’s...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jan 23 min read
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#61 - What is the Relation Between Wealth and Happiness?
More evidence and perspectives are emerging that challenge the 20th-century growth-driven economy.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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#60 - Less Can Be More: Medicine and Longevity
I changed my family doctor a while ago, and the new one happened to be much more reserved when it came to proposing tests, prescribing...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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#59 - The Mindset of the Long Distance Runner
What drives success, whether in writing, running, or life's broader pursuits? Is it talent, consistency, perseverance, or perhaps...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Dec 4, 20245 min read
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#55 - Can Networking Impact your Resilience?
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a lecture and workshop led by Grzegorz Turniak, the legend of networking in Poland, at...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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#51 - Sweden's and Switzerland's approach to innovation
Different Routes to Success Last week I was writing about Switzerland  in the resilience context. I had later a chat with a friend who...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 9, 20245 min read
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#50 - What Did I Learn in Switzerland?
I spent the last nine years in Switzerland, and it is a significant amount of time. After such a period, the place becomes a part of you....
Pawel Pietruszewski
Oct 2, 20246 min read
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#49 - First Anniversary
First Anniversary I published the first post of the Resilience Institute on September 24th, 2023, on Facebook and LinkedIn. It evolved...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Sep 24, 20244 min read
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#48 - Let's have some resilient fun: When Technically Correct Isn't Useful
"Let's have some resilient fun" shows some important topics in a more relaxed and joyful way. After all, humour is quoted as a desirable...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Sep 18, 20243 min read
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#47 Crafting a Lasting Legacy: Steve Jobs' Blueprint for Resilience
Steve Jobs thoughts about legacy and the links of his thinking with resilience.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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#46 - Resilience & Flying - Decision Thresholds
The question of knowing when to stop is a critical one in many aspects of life.
Decision threshold can help to make it right.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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#44 - What is Information?
Numbers That Matter: Simple Lessons for a Resilient Life!" Â Every number tells a story, and in this series, I dive into how those stories...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Aug 22, 20243 min read
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#43 - Let's have some resilient fun: Are you the best?
"Let's have some resilient fun" is a new theme on Resilience Institute Blog aimed at showing some important topics in a more relaxed and...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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#42 - In the Land of Simone Biles - No Mistakes Allowed
Can you bounce back from a mistake? In sports, the answer often depends on the arena. In basketball, the highest field goal percentage...
Pawel Pietruszewski
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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#40 - Resilience in Flight - ownership
How would you define ownership? In aviation it is very simple - the ultimate owner on every flight is the pilot in command.
Pawel Pietruszewski
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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