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Why I stopped Believing in Personal Development

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Part 1: the naive student From 2007 till mid 2019, I listened to audio programs or video shows of the following motivational speakers: Brian Tracy Abraham-Hicks Larry Winget Tony Robbins Robert Kyosaki Eric Thomas I used to think those guys had massive success in their life and wanted to share their wisdom with the world through audio books. But then I looked nearer and I got disappointed. Here is what you can read about them in Wikipedia : Don’t you spot the common trait among them? I neither read nor heard of them having some big real-life achievements, besides scoring best-selling books or seminars. All of the mentioned above are either authors, speakers, seminar gurus or all of it. And by the way, over the years I realized they seem to have more or less the same stuff to teach. I had only ephemeral success with either one of them. Nothing permanent. I had even almost all of Tony Robbins material, from Personal Power to Get The Edge, and I did not have the drive to explore the...

Why Network Engineers Need Physical Exercise

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Seeing a network engineer with a big belly or rounded body is not rare. Also, I have seen network engineers who are skinny to the point I feel sorry for them. But, do you see often a physically fit network engineer? I doubt so. I don’t know why this does happen. There is no direct correlation between the two. On the opposite: a network engineer must be fit or at least do regular physical exercise. Why do I mean with physical exercise? Being a network engineer means to me a guy or a gal who, not only moves his/her neurons in the job, but also the body. I know how pathetic working on a regular office job looks like: sitting on a desk the whole day staring at the computer screen, writing Emails, typing fiercely to make people think we are serious on the task, scratching the head while formulating the best political answer for the Email, counting the hours after the midday meal, signing delivery papers from IT partners… I have been there and I hated it. You need to move more. He...