Stress Comes From Two Directions – So Should the Solution We often talk about stress as if it had a single cause. Either it is presented as a personal problem: “You just need to manage your time better, be more resilient, learn to relax.” Or as something entirely external: “It’s the system. The workload. The culture. There’s nothing you can do.” But reality is rarely that simple. Stress does not come from one place alone. It usually comes from two directions at the same time: external...

There’s a question that quietly follows many of us through life: “What am I supposed to do with my life?” It can feel heavy. Urgent. As if there were a right answer we should have figured out by now. But what if that’s the wrong question? What if your life isn’t something you figure out … but something you design ? From “figuring it out” to designing it Many of us were taught to approach life like a problem with a single correct solution: Choose the right studies Find the right job...

Life is not easy. Most of us would agree with that. And yet, despite its complexity, each of us seems to have been given something valuable: talents. I like to think of talents as the wild cards in a difficult card game. When you are playing cards, sometimes your hand is not great. But suddenly you notice that you have a few special cards, the kind that can change the game. Even if the rest of the hand is not perfect, those cards allow you to play differently. Talents are a bit like that....