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My Mindpower by Paola Knecht

The Armored Man

Feb 18, 2022
1 min

The Armored Man

Photo by Jerome Dominici on Pexels.com I have seen you in front of a mirrow, Armored Man why are you so afraid? Why do you move so rigidly? I try to look into your eyes, but you don’t want to look at me, you see me and lower your sight; Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid of what you will see through my eyes? I guess you are, Armored Man. You will see yourself, reflected. The other day I tried to talk to you, but you rolled your eyes and walked away; You don’t want to listen

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Expressing Your Uniqueness… The Challenge Of The Century

Nov 30, 2021
3 min

Expressing Your Uniqueness… The Challenge Of The Century

Photo by Ben Mack on Pexels.com I still feel the Hype of this promising rhetoric, that has been sold to us by our “society” in the last decades-express your uniqueness, be yourself! Do not let others define your own desires. But, for some reason, it seems to me that the more we push this story, the less “authentic” we become. Just take a look at the social media- everybody wants to look the same. Everybody wants to go to the same holiday destinations; wear the same clothes; l

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On The Road To Transformation

Oct 23, 2021
2 min

On The Road To Transformation

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Many people believe transformation means chaos and uncertainty, but actually, the real transformation comes from a source of stillness. On my usual jogging trail in my beloved forest, I couldn’t stop admiring the wonderful stream of autumn colors- the colors of transformation: The once summer bright green dominating the trees scenery being transformed into different shadows of yellow, orange and reddish… it happened so subtle but at the same tim

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Women And Career: Can We Have It All?

Oct 8, 2021
7 min

Women And Career: Can We Have It All?

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com I confess I used to have a romantic idea about my role of being a woman. When I was a young girl, I loved to play with dolls. I dressed them, fed them and made stories about their lives and whereabouts of their days. I took quite intuitively my role of mother and main caregiver of my “sons and daughters”. I must have been around five years old by then. At that time, I was not really conscious about the fact that me as a girl, a female, h

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Parasitic Ideas that are Killing our Common Sense

Jul 12, 2021
9 min

Parasitic Ideas that are Killing our Common Sense

Photo by Rosemary Ketchum on Pexels.com The other day I was listening to one of the recent speeches of the newly appointed President Joe Biden. He was doing a speech in an event in Tulsa commemorating the 100th anniversary of the “massacre” that happened in the city where 300 African Americans were killed. One of the highlights of his speech was the following statement: “The most lethal threat to the US are the white supremacists”. Wow. Very strong accusation to be made by a

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The Subtle Art of Dealing with People

Apr 28, 2021
3 min

The Subtle Art of Dealing with People

“A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall” I don´t remember who said that brilliant phrase, but I have treasured it in my mind for more years that I can remember. Many people believe that to be successful in life, especially on the business arena, you have to be assertive, aggressive and intimidating, to get people do what you want. You have to raise your voice, command things and make pressure to make things go your way… A person that is nice, friendly and so

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I’d rather be crazy….

Apr 12, 2021
4 min

I’d rather be crazy….

Photo by Nina Uhlu00edkovu00e1 on Pexels.com and happy, than being normal and boring. That was the thought that crossed my mind while I passed by a bus stop and observed how people were looking at me in a sort of disbelief: It was snowing, minus two degrees, very early in the morning and this lady is running and smiling like crazy in her jogger pants, with just a small sweater and no wearing any hand-gloves, no mask, no scarf. I passed them, feeling like a flake of snow, all

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Declutter Your Mind…Declutter Your Life

Mar 24, 2021
5 min

Declutter Your Mind…Declutter Your Life

Photo by: Paola K; Kyoto, Japan I’m sitting right now in my favorite place in the living room: At my writing desk, gazing at the wonderful forest that happen to be right in front of my house. I took a small break to observe my surroundings: I like to see my living space tidy, clean, organized… nothing should be out of place. That gives me a good feeling, you know? Like a feeling that things are going well. Disclaimer: You don´t want to see the same living space I am describi

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¿Qué Hay Detrás de la Igualdad?

Mar 10, 2021
6 min

¿Qué Hay Detrás de la Igualdad?

Photo by Sora Shimazaki on Pexels.com Creo que no ha habido una palabra que más conflicto cause en la historia de nuestra humanidad como el término “igualdad”. Para muchos, la igualdad significa el fin último de las relaciones humanas; en la religión y en la política, el sueño de la igualdad se ha manejado durante siglos, como una forma de ilusionar a las masas a que eso es a lo que debemos aspirar y por lo que debemos “luchar”. Siempre me pareció muy curioso que por ejemplo,

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The Myth of Work-Life Balance

Feb 25, 2021
5 min

The Myth of Work-Life Balance

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Ohh yes! come to me, work-life balance. The mantra we hear over and over again. Everybody that has corporate, industrious kind of job, knows that this is some sort of aspiring living style… a promised land of balance, prosperity and well-being. Where does this idea came from? Although it appears to be New Age, the reality is that it is a concept that already was used as back as in the late 1800s. At the time, this movement was main

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La Belleza está en lo Pequeño

Feb 14, 2021
4 min

La Belleza está en lo Pequeño

En un mundo que está obsesionado con el crecimiento indiscriminado y la acumulación material, yo me mantengo en la creencia fiel de que menos, es más. No seré la voz más popular, pero soy una voz de todas formas. Hace unos días, leí en un artículo de economía acerca de los países “ganadores” y “perdedores” que ha dejado la pandemia del “Covid” y las predicciones sobre crecimiento para el 2021. El artículo señalaba a China como el gran ganador, por mantener a los supuestos con

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Find Your Own Truth

Jan 29, 2021
4 min

Find Your Own Truth

Photo by James Wheeler on Pexels.com I am not a believer of mainstream truths. Of course, with the exception of the irrefutable laws of nature, which, are not human made; and most likely are wrongly interpreted by us. I don’t believe in universal remedies. I don’t believe that we can standardize human affairs. Specially in business, this seems like it’s been an obsession for many decades. We have overall what I call institutional “vectors”; different areas of our society wher

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Does Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy Have Anything in Common?

Jan 7, 2021
5 min

Does Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy Have Anything in Common?

Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com We all have heard about the “new normal”. New normal, has many interpretations and it is widely spoken everywhere. It seems to be like the new mantra. But do we really know what does it mean for us? Beyond the question of health… Is it now the “new normal” that we will be more socially (physically) apart than before? Is it the “new normal” to forget office life and embrace the new home office modality? Is it the “new normal” to attend onl

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Reflexiones de Año Nuevo: En Busca del Sentido

Dec 30, 2020
4 min

Reflexiones de Año Nuevo: En Busca del Sentido

Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Pexels.com “Es difícil encontrar la felicidad en uno mismo, pero es imposible encontrarla en cualquier otro lugar”- Arthur Schopenhauer Este año está por terminar. Como es costumbre ya, me gusta reflexionar sobre lo que este año trajo a nuestras vidas, cuáles son las lecciones que nos deja para seguir creciendo. Está más que claro que no fue un año común para la humanidad. Cosas que nos parecían totalmente normal en nuestra forma de vivir en socied

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The Power of Self-Discipline

Nov 17, 2020
3 min

The Power of Self-Discipline

Photo by Suliman Sallehi on Pexels.com It´s not a secret. Self-discipline takes patience and courage. Truth being told, the majority of us do not like to work very hard. We expect that life should happen exactly the way we want it, with not much effort from our side. That´s why most of the people remain average. When I say average, I mean, they aim at little and stay with little. They are afraid to dream big, not only because they don´t think they can accomplish it, but also

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Networking: ¿Parte de la Solución o Parte del Problema?

Oct 20, 2020
6 min

Networking: ¿Parte de la Solución o Parte del Problema?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Esta es definitivamente la era del Networking. Casi todas nuestras actividades diarias están relacionadas de una manera u otra con diferentes tipos de “Networks” o redes. Gracias a nuestra forma modernizada de vivir, ahora dependemos de redes de suministro sofisticadas para satisfacer hasta nuestras necesidades más básicas. Todavía a finales del siglo XVIII, los humanos nos organizábamos en pequeñas comunidades. La familia era el núcleo y ésta f

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Sep 28, 2020
7 min

What is Wrong with our Educational System?

Photo by Dids on Pexels.com Some time ago, I read a phrase by Jake Tapper that left me thinking about how our human nature is perceived these days: “Mean is easy. Mean is lazy. Mean is self-satisfied and slothful. You know what really takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful”. Why is it that being mean comes easier on us tan being kind? Where did we lost the way? Or has it always been this way for us? Judging by our history, which is full of human tragedy- wa

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