The Journey to the High-Income Club What a journey it has been! When I entered university in 1990, Poland's GDP per capita (expressed in...

I spent the last nine years in Switzerland, and it is a significant amount of time. After such a period, the place becomes a part of you....

First Anniversary I published the first post of the Resilience Institute on September 24th, 2023, on Facebook and LinkedIn. It evolved...

Steve Jobs thoughts about legacy and the links of his thinking with resilience.

The question of knowing when to stop is a critical one in many aspects of life. Decision threshold can help to make it right.

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, 80 percent of the city was flooded. Central government vs Walmart approach.

Numbers That Matter: Simple Lessons for a Resilient Life!"  Every number tells a story, and in this series, I dive into how those stories...

How much is entertainment worth? Football match between France and Spain had a high financial weight. The highest paid athlete on the...

Memento mori is not about cultivating a fear of death, but rather about using the awareness of death for reflection on how we live.

Group Thinking: An Organisational Pathology Group thinking is an organisational pathology that can occur within any tightly knit group of...

Do you have a specific routine or a checklist to assess your readiness to work? How do you do this? I have been thinking about this a...

The Impact of Dietary Choices on Our Planet Did you know that the global meat industry is responsible for nearly 15% of all human-induced...

On Sunday, I participated, together with my Monika, in Wings for Life Run. The Wings for Life World Run is a running competition, which...

What does it take to become an expert? 10 thousand hours is a common threshold indicating the min effort to reach it.

The article "How AI Could Help Rebuild the Middle Class" by Professor David Autor made me think about unpredictable nature of complex...

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to think on your feet? Maybe it was a surprise client visit or a sudden change in the...

Short video from a wonderful paragliding trip with Magiclift in Panchgani, India, long after my first flight. Over the past few weeks, I...

Cognitive biases codex is a wonderful piece of work, which brings together all or perhaps most of cognitive biases of humans. If you...

I have been reading over the weekend a very insightful book: Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back. Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy provide...

Last year, the Polish national volleyball team won 29 from 31 official games, winning all important competitions in 2023: Men's Nations...