Fear in everyday life is not something to eliminate, it is something to manage. Letting it overwhelm you makes it grow, mastering it turns it into fuel. The same applies to Jung’s Shadow: not to be fought but integrated. For months my dreams have been confirming this, almost lucid from the inside. The common narrative asks us to keep everything in separate compartments.
Real wellbeing begins when we stop obeying it.
Fear: From Enemy to Fuel Read Post »
I failed Kant’s gate in a recent conversation, and that failure conditioned everything that followed. And yet something moved anyway. Because naming philosophical concepts strengthens and internalizes them.
Eight philosophers, one framework: not academic material, but tools for communicating better, understanding where you go wrong, and creating the conditions for certain Go stones to produce unexpected results.
When the Gate fails: Philosophy applied, Mistakes included Read Post »
Demotivation hits even those who pour their soul into what they do, fight the status quo, and truly believe. It is not weakness, it is physics. Without allies and without a system, even the most determined people hit kilometer 20 of the marathon already spent, the stadium nowhere in sight. But a system changes everything.
And certain Go stones, placed with patience, show their value when you least expect it.
Demotivation: The Silent Cost of Those Who Truly Believe Read Post »
AI kills creativity, technology destroys human connection. We hear it constantly, but are we sure? At the playground with my kids, iPhone in hand and Claude Code running, I was chatting with other parents and playing with Marco and Amelia. The technology was working for me, I was building everything else.
The real tool was never the hardware. It was thinking.
Technology Kills Human Connection. Are We Sure? Read Post »
Biases are hard to uproot, but progress is possible. Even when it comes from uncomfortable places. There’s a silent and costly pattern: those who see the problem and wait for someone else to act. The erosion continues, sandbags keep stacking downstream, and the price is always paid by someone.
But in Go, every stone counts, even the ones that look still.
When the Status Quo Becomes Complicity: The Hidden Cost of Waiting for Others to Act Read Post »
Children are the most powerful rhizome we can build. A young mind absorbs, shapes and evolves ideas with a speed we can’t imagine. But here lies the greatest challenge: how do we educate without limiting ourselves to the obvious? How do we verticalize our approach when every child is a different world? I’ve made mistakes. When I was tired I gave in to videos instead of dedicating myself to them. I got angry when I should have listened. I learned that small things make the difference: walking together, using silence instead of scolding, co-creating dialogues. I’m not a perfect father. But the effort is manageable, and it can give so much.
Children as Rhizome: The Most Complex Challenge Read Post »
Fatigue is often seen as negative, but it’s actually woven into daily life and part of the well-being experience.
After an intense two weeks of work and personal challenges, the author reflects on a weekend marked by a pleasant tiredness, one that allows space for ideas to emerge.
Rather than forcing productivity even in rest, embracing this gentle fatigue can create cognitive space for creativity and recovery.
Fatigue as Part of Well-Being Read Post »
The writer describes a day lived in “active presence”, fully experiencing the moment without frantic doing. Shifting away from the pressure to constantly act, he finds relaxation, insights, and renewed cognitive energy.
This awareness expands mental bandwidth, reduces intrusive thoughts, and enhances agency. Even small engagements like reading or playing become richer.
True well-being, he suggests, comes from mindful presence, not pressured productivity.
From Obsessive Doing to Active Presence Read Post »
Two mistakes this week. Dinner with Friends, board games. Taboo, game I love. Bad. Greta: ‘Strange, you usually do well.’ Friend smiling: ‘I was hoping we’d win, I had my ChatGPT on the team.’ Wasn’t just the headache. It was rigidity where lightness was needed. Let the mind go, live the moment with serenity. Not ‘don’t think, act’ from movies. Different. And the other mistake? Blog, excerpts. AI copy-paste without my eye. Result: telegraphic posts. My mantra: human at the center, AI tool. And then here the mistake. Both same problem: glass in the wrong box. Lightness boxed as ‘don’t think’. AI boxed as ‘does everything’. I saw, recognized. Now correcting. Right box.
Two mistakes, one lesson: when the glass is in the wrong box Read Post »
Well-being, not forced happiness. Christmas becomes obligation to be happy. Sky-high expectations, perfect gifts, lavish dinners, then inevitable down. Forced happiness is temporary peak followed by crash. I’ve never lived Christmas well, I admit it. Marco noticed and I’m sorry. Gift made thinking about person’s core becomes meaningful, but when it becomes work task it loses meaning. I lived Christmas as corporate project: Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day. Close everything by December 23rd, ready January 7th. Result? Maximum stress, short circuit. This year first step: made the forcings background noise, focused on happy children. Well-being allows happiness to emerge naturally. Without expectations that crush.
Well-being, not happiness: rethinking Christmas Read Post »
