The group was noisy, and nobody was listening. Someone looked into their phone, others split into groups and discussed the latest events happening in the world. — Who can tell me what do I have here?—she finally asked, as though holding a pinch of salt, but with her fingers looking upward. — A hair?—said someone. — Air—said someone else. — Fingers?—answered the third person. — I have your attention—said she. Read more

Today’s article is a repost from Medium that I wrote 3 years ago. It is still relevant today, and I subscribe under each lesson. There are more lessons learned since I wrote the original piece, but I’ll leave those for a separate post. Enjoy! Today is the day. The day that feels so unreal and distant, that you don’t even think about it. Until you turn 29. Then, on that day, you realize the next year you’ll be 30. Read more

Small tasks are often mundane, insignificant, and dull. We spend the biggest part of our time doing them and wish we could have more time to spend on some big and important things. Read more

Words are powerful, and the way we use them can have a tremendous impact on the people who hear us speaking. But it is not only negative words that can harm us. Sometimes even the use of positive words can have a totally unexpected effect on people. Read more

Have you ever thought about how we navigate and perceive the world around us? In How People Learn — The Brain Basics, I have described the basic principles of brain functioning. But as powerful as it is, our brain is a black box that relies on various sensory systems to get information from the outside world for processing. Read more

The human brain is a marvel of biological engineering. It allowed us to accumulate and pass on the knowledge of many prior generations throughout millennia, resulting in a civilization that went into space, taught computers to see and speak, and that continually discovers and investigates the laws of the Universe. Read more

Have you ever thought about how people learn? What happens inside your brain when you learn some new information or practice a novel skill? And is there a way to enhance the outcomes of learning? This article is the first in the series on “How People Learn,” in which I invite you to embark on a journey toward a better understanding of the most sophisticated construct in the Universe—the human brain. Read more

Take a moment to think about when the next important event in your life will be? Next week? Next month? Maybe next year? External events have distinct, clear boundaries: project deadlines, exams, graduation, wedding, vacations, etc. Read more

Previously I defined The Pyramid Of Mastery—a model that describes the aspects of what does being an Expert mean. But a model without some specific examples of how it applies to the real world doesn’t really mean anything. Therefore, in this post, I will provide an example of what does it mean to master the Software Engineering domain. To narrow things down a bit, let’s focus on Software Engineering in Web Development. Read more

Think about yourself one year ago as of now. Are you different? How? Are you more or less healthy? Are you more or less wealthy? Are you more or less proficient at what you do? Is your relationship with your spouse/partner better or worse? Now take a moment and think when did those changes happen? Is there a specific day during which all those changes have occurred? Several days? Read more