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Perfectionism3
Andreas Vlach

Perfectionism rarely creates perfection. You procrastinate because you’re terrified of falling short. You abandon projects because they don’t live up

Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break77
Andreas Vlach

When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move. When you r

Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag

Stop assuming that people are mad at you. Stop attempting to read people's minds. Stop trying to manage the thoughts and emotions of others. Let peopl

Joy2
Andreas Vlach

I will set aside for a moment the question of whether machines, LLMs specifically, can think or reason or use language in a manner that corresponds to

The machine cannot make us yield our ground. It is true that other humans can turn the machine against us, but that is a different problem. Here, I si

How to Survive AI37
Andreas Vlach

If there is some thing that you are meant to do, who the hell cares if there is a machine that can be made to do it just as well or even better? It is

Perhaps we’ve been too caught up with the question of human exceptionalism: what is it exactly that makes us special as a species? This is not necessa

I will set aside for a moment the question of whether machines, LLMs specifically, can think or reason or use language in a manner that corresponds to

The machine cannot make us yield our ground. It is true that other humans can turn the machine against us, but that is a different problem. Here, I si

Conditio humana25
Andreas Vlach

Perhaps we’ve been too caught up with the question of human exceptionalism: what is it exactly that makes us special as a species? This is not necessa

I will set aside for a moment the question of whether machines, LLMs specifically, can think or reason or use language in a manner that corresponds to

Our Times67
Andreas Vlach

humans don’t have fixed identities. we’re constantly testing. trying different versions of ourselves. seeing what gets rewarded. adjusting based on fe

I feel like there’s something so soulless about our culture—something deeply, deeply missing in people’s experience of life, a kind of superficiality.

Perhaps we’ve been too caught up with the question of human exceptionalism: what is it exactly that makes us special as a species? This is not necessa

relationship with self90
Supritha S

The way to find what that emotional blind spot is is to ask yourself: “If I couldn’t feel judgement at this moment, what emotion would I have to feel?

Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag

Stop assuming that people are mad at you. Stop attempting to read people's minds. Stop trying to manage the thoughts and emotions of others. Let peopl

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. – Simone Weil In 1989, when I was selected as the ne

Life Hacks10
Andreas Vlach

, "And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two th

Stop focusing on results. Focus on your habits. 27 studies: Behaviour change goals are 3x more effective than outcome goals. Why? Your brain doesn’t

I finally discovered the only reliable liberation from suffering: not trying to get rid of the problem.

adhd19
Andreas Vlach

ADHD at 45 is understanding that every Monday morning you spent "getting organized" instead of working wasn't avoidance. Your brain needed to reconst

Selfcare10
Andreas Vlach

Whatever emotion you try to avoid, you end up inviting into your life - in the exact way you try to avoid it.

spd1
Andreas Vlach

Als die Bürger in Rheinland-Pfalz von Infratest Dimap zu ihren Ansichten über die SPD gefragt wurden, gaben 62 Prozent der Leute dort an, man wisse im

Letting go4
Andreas Vlach

Everything changes, everything moves, everything evolves, everything flies and goes away. —Frida Kahlo

Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imag

dude computers are actually so fucking insane when you really think about it. we literally figured out how to write some fake-ass rules called code an

Denksportzentrum6
Andreas Vlach

Schachvereine als Antwort auf eine post-pandemische Gesellschaft Seit 2020 sind Angststörungen weltweit um 25% gestiegen. Soziale Isolation hat Spuren

Daher hat die Schachjugend völlig Recht, wenn sie im oben genannten Artikel darauf hinweist, dass "die Vereine viele Schachspieler:innen nicht erreich

Die renommierte spanische Tageszeitung „El País“ brachte es auf den Punkt, welche Bedeutung das Schachspiel für die heutige Gesellschaft hat. Sie tite

"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, no

Training1
Andreas Vlach

"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, no

Raising sons, being man2
Andreas Vlach

Sehr viel. Toxische Männlichkeit ist ja nicht nur für Frauen und Kinder zerstörerisch, sondern sie schadet auch den Männern. Sie führt unter anderem z

"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, no

what is Social Media doing to us?239
Jerod Morris

We all know we’re overstimulated and want to stop, but we can’t. We use app blockers, throw our phones away, and build rigid routines. But none of it

humans don’t have fixed identities. we’re constantly testing. trying different versions of ourselves. seeing what gets rewarded. adjusting based on fe

I feel like there’s something so soulless about our culture—something deeply, deeply missing in people’s experience of life, a kind of superficiality.

SG Trier3
Andreas Vlach

Vielleicht ist es eine Idee eine Arete für den Verein zu machen und das dann auch für Sitzungen und Reviews zu nutzen.

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Resistance3
Andreas Vlach

And I increasingly think our job, maybe our method of rebellion, is to be people who care, who have taste, who like and share and look for good things

If you look at the world, basically after the industrial revolution we could set a certain course for the information age, or AI age. We are moving so

The way to find what that emotional blind spot is is to ask yourself: “If I couldn’t feel judgement at this moment, what emotion would I have to feel?

Anxiety16
Andreas Vlach

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

Most of our self–doubt comes from comparing our messy inner world to everyone else’s polished exterior. You know your whole chaotic inner life. You o

When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move. When you r

Optical Illusion1
Andreas Vlach