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Self-development and fulfillment

54 articles on personal growth: habits, self-sabotage, goals, choices, boundaries, confidence, the people around you, rest, and finding your calling.

Alexander Volchek
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10 Subtle Habits That Are Ruining Your Life Without You Noticing

Today we will break down a list of habits that lead to personal degradation and hinder development. It’s very important to know them, because this knowledge can scale you up many times, and by applying at least half of the points — even dozens of times.

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2 Simple Steps to Become Truly Confident

When we talk about a person's confidence, it's important to understand: true confidence is directly tied to the ability to genuinely know and perceive oneself.

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2 things I wish I’d known before 30

— Let’s imagine a situation. You’ve turned 50, and you suddenly think: “If I had known at 35 what I know now, my life could have turned out completely differently — brighter, deeper, more consciously.”

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4 Habits That Undermine Your Fulfillment and Success

I always say: every person is capable of scaling dozens or even hundreds of times. Absolutely everyone. Because true growth and scaling is not the number in your bank account, not grades on an exam, and not the number of diplomas. It is an internal process.

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A 5-Minute Practice for 10x Growth

Today, we’re discussing a practice that leads a person toward truly expansive development. It’s a practice that enables someone to grow and evolve many times over. Tenfold, in fact. It’s certain to give you that 10x.

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A Time of Great Opportunities: The Secret of New Year’s Energy

Let’s talk about a very important period—the energy of the New Year. Every year, people find themselves in the transitional period from December to January, and the New Year naturally carries weight.

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Accept the relentless passage of time

A person lives in a very interesting way: in a state of constant hustle, running, and uncertainty about today and tomorrow. They run forward, thinking that there will be a point when they can stop.

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Are you afraid of money and avoiding it? Here’s what’s really happening to you

The main mistake in attitude toward money. How to relate to money the right way so it’s always there.

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At least don't lie to yourself: "What will people say?”

There’s a deep issue that bothers almost everyone throughout life: What will people say if I take certain actions? What will my parents, friends, spouse, colleagues, partners, or even strangers think? What about someone I’ve never met in my life?

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Can a Squirrel Become an Eagle? Being a True Student and Teacher (How to Believe That I Can)

— When you begin learning from a strong person, it can feel as though a squirrel is learning from an eagle. We are all different, but in that situation the squirrel realizes it will never be able to fly like that. That is certain. How do you deal with this?

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Don’t quit if these signs appear: dealing with annoying colleagues, bosses, and company growth

People go to work every day, whether they like it or not, they work. At some point, a person might feel that they definitely want to quit. There are certain reasons and events they rely on.

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Here's What I Learned from Hiring and Firing 1000 People

Today, we're going to talk about how to hire an employee correctly, what to agree on with them, and how to choose them.

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How can you assert your boundaries and respond to negativity?

Very often a person encounters negativity aimed at them that is genuinely unfounded. We’re not talking about constructive feedback here, but about remarks that are critical, harsh, sometimes bordering on bullying.

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How Place of Residence Determines Success

The key question is what drives the person himself: his inner impulses, states, and the desire to compare himself with other regions.

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How to Become Better in a Week: 7 Practices and Methods Based on Rudolf Steiner's Teachings

Today I want to share seven daily practices that a person can follow for their entire life. It's amazing how we constantly search for new practices, texts, meditations, or exercises that help us truly move forward and develop.

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How to Find Balance Between Work and Personal Life? Once and for All

The first thing you need to do is start treating any events happening equally, to accept that they all have the same importance and priority.

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How to Find Faith in Yourself When the World Is Falling Apart?

— How do you believe in yourself when everything is collapsing? How do you tell the difference between a single failure and a systemic loss of faith in yourself?

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How to Find the One True Calling You Were Born For?

A person can spend 10–15, even 20 years doing something, and they might be good at it: they advance in their career, earn well, and receive social recognition. Yet, deep down, they still feel like it’s not “the one.”

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How to Make Decisions from Confidence and Strength in Any Situation

Today, we’ll discuss the most important skill for a person in the 21st century. This is the skill that leads to real expansion, growth, a fulfilling life, and the ability to live each moment with strength and confidence.

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How to Feel Better and Better Every Year

The question “How do you feel better year after year?” worries pretty much everyone. There’s always this thought in your head that something better is coming—a kind of hope for the future.

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How to Plan and Achieve Goals, Even When the Whole World Is Against You

So, what is your goal in the actions you are doing right now? Do you know the real goal behind these actions?

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How to Reach a New Level in Life?

The best state a person can experience in terms of growth and genuine expansion is the state of living a full and harmonious life. This state is characterized by one’s ability to make consistently right decisions and to act based on personal inner impulses.

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How to Set Goals So You Can Achieve Them: A Strategic Approach to Life

Many people try to change their entire life with quick, immediate solutions. Very few are able to grasp cause-and-effect relationships and think about what will happen in 5, 10, 20, or even 30 years.

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How to stop living in a state of “not having enough money”

There is one state that unites poor and wealthy people alike — the state of constantly feeling that they don’t have enough money.

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How to Review Your Year

Every day is your life, and that is where true value lies.

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