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Light Is the New Happy
A New Year's prompt for less baggage and more bliss
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Zoe Carada
Persistence Meets a Plot Twist
Mentatrix # 16. Learn from Cuno the Silent: When perseverance in silence costs more than it gives. Adapt your goals without losing sight of your true…
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Zoe Carada
From Brick to Bone
The fabric of life, the architecture of self. Buildings and humans share the dance of time. Explore how renovations, both structural and cosmetic, echo…
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Zoe Carada
The Art of Drawing the Line(s)
A travelling professional discovers the paradox of boundaries that can both separate and unify, from personal space to cultural landscapes.
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Zoe Carada
Spinning the Wheel of Nuance
Classical clarity revisited. Communicating well is not always down to clarity and precision. Beyond the conversation, relationship building often…
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Zoe Carada
Two and Two: How Much Do You Want It to Be?
Genres are good, but dynamiting them is better – when impact is what you’re looking for. Mapping alternatives is good, mixing and matching is healthier…
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Zoe Carada
From Suits to Souls
Leadership reinvented. A leadership event broke down traditional barriers and created space for human connection, reflection, and collective growth.
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Zoe Carada
There Is Life Beyond Self-Reflection
It’s a splendid, if murky evening in Merano, South Tyrol, in the middle of a luxuriant botanical garden, facing the mountains, basking in the southern…
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Zoe Carada
Let the Others Help, Said Superman
Mentatrix #14. On personal responsibility, often diluted through the bystander effect, from witnessing distress to defending principles.
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Zoe Carada
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Metaphors
We build with words the topography of our inner world, as we explore the physical world with our senses. Our metaphors, nicknames, roles are worth a…
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Zoe Carada
What Cuckoo Clocks Chime About Success
A success story of the cuckoo clocks in Black Forest guides us to reflect on our own quests, and what makes or breaks them.
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Zoe Carada
Versions of Goodbye
From the positive varnish to the bare truth. Learning to say I made a mistake might put out the shame or guilt, more than attributing it to fate, or…
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Zoe Carada
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