Author Archives: Erik Unger

My Notes From: Simon Sinek – Start With WHY

Posted on 2011/05/08 by Erik Unger

I have made it a habit to take notes every time I hear or read something important. Writing and structuring the new information helps me to learn it and also to remember it better when I come back to it … Continue reading →

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Modelling Success – The “How am I thinking?” Checklist

Posted on 2010/12/31 by Erik Unger

I’ve found this checklist in the book The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz and thought it’s a gem I should share: The “How am I thinking?” Checklist: When I worry: Would an important person worry about this? … Continue reading →

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The Most Important Things in Life Are Not Urgent

Posted on 2010/12/03 by Erik Unger

If we take the things we want or have to do and apply the dimension urgency and importance, we’ll end up with the following combinations: Not Urgent & Not Important Urgent & Not Important Urgent & Important Not Urgent & … Continue reading →

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STARTup Live Vienna #4

Posted on 2010/10/23 by Erik Unger

Here my Storify collection of social media updates around STARTup Live Vienna #4.

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The Strangest Secret

Posted on 2010/10/16 by Erik Unger

One of my all time favorite personal development audios: “The Strangest Secret” by Earl Nightingale. I hear it about once every month – yes, it’s that good Enjoy: TheStrangestSecret.mp3

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Attitude – The only thing holding us back

Posted on 2010/07/22 by Erik Unger

The following gave me to think: Dimitar Sasselov: How we found hundreds of Earth-like planets | Video on TED.com First Direct Photo of Alien Planet Finally Confirmed Latest estimation: 100 million earth like planets in the visible universe Age of … Continue reading →

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Why Am I Writing a Personal Blog?

Posted on 2010/06/08 by Erik Unger

I don’t want to discuss this question on the level of social media visibility and self marketing. While reading the book The Breakthrough Experience by Dr. John Demartini I found a much deeper, philosophical reason why it might be a … Continue reading →

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Working On My Daily Habits

Posted on 2010/06/08 by Erik Unger

One of the most important but also hardest parts in personal development is establishing good habits. Why habits? Many things you want to implement need some degree of self discipline. By most people, self discipline is seen as the wholly … Continue reading →

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