Leadership & Mindset
The mind is powerful quote
"The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Buddha
Live in the present quote
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." Buddha
Quote about harmony
"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay." - Sallust
Quote about Success
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley
6 justifications holding back your self-improvement
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“1944”] Image by Quinn Dombrowski used under Creative Commons License [/caption] Anytime we try to undertake change that is uncomfortable, our psyche tries to find "reasonable" justifications why we shouldn't do it. Some call these loopholes, some call them excuses and some call them false justifications. Regardless of what you call them, they are real. The purpose of creating this list is just to create awareness about them so you can catch yourself using them the next time.
Every project manager should be performing a pre-mortem
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“2500”] Image by StockMonkeys.com [/caption] As a business leader, I have participated in and managed hundreds of post-mortem reviews for projects and deals. It is a sound strategy to identify the elements that failed or that could be optimized/ “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana But what if you could gain all of the benefits of this activity before the initiative fails thus potentially saving it? A pre-mortem (or premortem) basically is a role playing game where participants assume the project has already failed and then determine why it failed and how failure could have been prevented.
Quote about peace and joy
"Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity." Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddha Quote
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." - Buddha
Make the world a better place
<img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/2a913aecb5.jpg" alt=""> be the reason the world is a better place today - Edward Kiledjian
Quote about pride
pain is temporary, pride is forever. Give life all all that you have and never give up.
Quote about motivation and habit
motivation gets you started, habit keeps you going. - Edward Kiledjian
Quote about life
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
Quote from Aristotle Onassis
“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.” — Aristotle Onassis
6 Tips to beat stress now
Whether you talk to a teenage or a 95 year old grandmother, everyone has "valid" reasons to stress out. Why Stress? Stress is a survival mechanism developed over thousands of years of human evolution. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors were stressed when they were being chased by a lion on the Serengeti. In today's modern world, you probably aren't being chased by a lion but any stress you experienced is still treated the same way by your body.
Going Paperless Part 1 - Reducing your paper exposure
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“634”] Image by Joybot under creative commons license [/caption] A couple of years ago, I made the switch (personally) from a paper filling system to an all electronic document management system. There are a bunch of benefits by going digital that include: free up lots of space make finding information faster and easier easily transferring or sharing information I want to help you go paperless and the best way for me to do this is to slowly break-up different tips and recommendations over a series of articles.
Daydreaming - the untold secret to success
When I was in elementary school, teacher actively discouraged daydreaming. They refereed to it as a "lack of attention" and a "waste of time". As we got older, we kept these negative beliefs about daydreaming which may adversely impact our intelligence and overall mental well-being. Thinkers from the past have often defined daydreaming as a gateway to unconscious processing. It is a way to engage your subconscious mind (or other than conscious mind) to tackle all kinds of problem through improved creativity.
The secret to living healthy to 100 years old
Sure there are lots of 50 year old "gurus" peddling all kinds of exercises, products and cremes but there's no one more reliable for this type of information than an actual 100 year old person. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/a132b69d17.jpg" alt=""> Meet Dorothy Howe, a 100 year old lady who shared her 2 secrets to having a long and healthy life. Long because she made it to 100 and healthy because "'I’m still alive and I can lift my elbows - it’s great.