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How to set goals you'll actually achieve: The 5-step approach that changed everything for me

How to set goals you'll actually achieve: The 5-step approach that changed everything for me

Xorlali Opel · 7 min read

There is some great goal-setting advice out there and being an overachiever at times, let's just say I've tried lots of these goal...

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How to improve your focus: what a poem and neuroscience taught me

How to improve your focus: what a poem and neuroscience taught me

Xorlali Opel · 7 min read

Invictus by William Ernest Henley was one of my unexpected anchors in 2025. It still is, and it might be yours too. I first came across this...

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How to build confidence when you're anxious: 4 science-backed ways that actually work

How to build confidence when you're anxious: 4 science-backed ways that actually work

Xorlali Opel · 7 min read

If you have big dreams but you are a highly anxious person, you need to hear this. You are capable of doing hard and uncertain things and n...

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Nothing is more creative nor destructive than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

— Dan Brown