Setting goals can help you become successful, but they can also prevent you from achieving your full potential. Goals can be a powerful driving force – as you’ve probably heard ad nauseam. What may be more surprising is that they can also be a significant limiting factor. Beware!

There is a strong relationship between the language you speak, the words you know, and your ability to think. There are theories claiming that if a word or concept does not exist in your language, you will not be able to grasp the concept entirely! Could this possibly be true? And if so, can we break this tie?

It’s that time of the year again: the calendar changes “significantly” (we get one full new digit after all!) and suddenly we feel the urge to make a dramatic change, to finally start moving, to face our most dreaded challenges. Yet this is inevitably the first step towards an almost unavoidable failure. Why you ask? Let’s take a closer look…

The famous and brilliant philosopher Seneca claimed that “it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult”. This is without a doubt a beautiful and very inspiring quote, but is it also true?