Why do top performers love pain?

Last month I visited Odessa which really is an awesome city. And to sweeten the trip, my parents in law booked my wife and me a daily 90 minute Thai massage. These daily treatments were a true highlight for us. But at the same time,  I noticed something very strange:...

Why is it so hard to be happy and successful?

Really I watched A Star Is Born, with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. I really loved this film! Let me share with you why: It was touching to see how the main character, Jackson Maine was this super successful pop star, famous, rich who had huge audiences and lived the...

How to go from being an amateur to becoming an unstoppable professional

I just got back from Wimbledon, probably the most known and traditional tennis event in the world. I had lots of meetings, watched some world class tennis and enjoyed to reconnect with the entire tennis industry. However, one thing I love doing during Grand Slam...

The Science of Positive Thinking: How Positive Thoughts Build Your Skills, Boost Your Health

Positive thinking sounds useful on the surface. (Most of us would prefer to be positive rather than negative.) But "positive thinking" is also a soft and fluffy term that is easy to dismiss. In the real world, it rarely carries the same weight as words like "work...

How to stop messing up….

I'm a huge sports fan, and especially a big tennis fan. Ever since I was a kid I admired players like Boris Becker and John McEnroe. Then I turned my passion into my profession and became one of the youngest sports agents who represented some of the best tennis...

Day 13: Daily Questions

I used to have a fetish for journals! You know, the ones with lots of questions, habits, and accountability tools. Every time I would find a new journal, I would order it and feel so excited. I was sure that now I would crack the code of productivity. When I would...

How to triple your level of motivation

Have you ever looked back and wished you had started with the pursuit of a goal, say 5 or 10 years ago? What if you had triple the motivation to do accomplish that task, do you think you would have started it?  If you are like me, your answer is probably, YES! So what...

Day 1: Your 24 hour News Diet

In a study by the School of Cognitive & Computing Science, University of Sussex, a group was shown 14-min TV clips showing clips of negative clips from the news.The researchers wanted to see how watching disturbing news would affect the viewers' mood.Guess what...

The biggest moment of my life

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results”.- Albert Einstein I can’t describe the feelings that raced through my body as I was walking towards my girlfriend. This would be the last time she would be my fiancée, as she was...

Never Single Again!

This was initially going to be the name of my first book which will be out in December. I am now working on a new name, but the topic of the book will remain the same, and reflects the subject I enjoy exploring most, namely: how do people achieve breakthrough's? For...

The Connection between Friends and Success. – And Why They Matter?

"If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas." - Proverb If success is what you really want, then ask these questions to yourself: Who are the people you are surrounding yourself with? Are they helping you achieving your life goals? The reason why these...

My first 2 weeks as a second-time dad!

Learning from past mistakes and overcoming three main challenges to stay productive and disciplined even while everything else at home seems to be falling upside down! How time flies! Two weeks ago, my wife started getting her first serious contractions. Every few...

How human are you?

As a huge animal lover, I used to get quite upset when people asked me not to treat my puppy like a human being. After all, to me he was like a true friend. However, over time, I started thinking what makes us human, and different from the world of animals, and to...

Day 8: Reconnect with old friends

I have always had mixed feelings about people who neglect their close friends, once they enter a relationship or get married...  ...until I got married myself (and especially ever since I have kids). Suddenly, I realize that as our life changes, and as we take on more...

The Mindful Traveller or how to enjoy your trips no matter how stressful they are

My wife and me have just arrived to New York, one of the busiest and hectic cities in the world. Although I think NY is a cool city, its crazy lifestyle excites me too much and this is why it is so important for me to slow down from time to time and simply relax....

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Taking on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Memories from Shenzhen

See our pictures from Shenzhen, China. you can also watch the Shenzhen Scene Set and Highlight. Click here https://app.aframe.com/links/2f27e9fe1b5feb3f5d5f09b83277dce8

Introducing the habit of “Time Out’s”

A research in New Zealand tested the ability of self control amongst over one thousand young kids, and then followed them throughout their lives. The result was clear. The better their self control during their childhood years, the better they did in their 30’s in all...

My Wimbledon Hero

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”.- Andy Warhol There have been many exciting matches in Wimbledon, but to me, there is only one true fairy tale; It is the story of the 26 year old Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky. For...

Why our brain is like an Ice Cube

It is a common mistake to assume that gradual change will only engender incremental results. My experience has shown me that what may seem difficult at first, will at some point transform into massive results. This will be a key topic in my upcoming book ( more about...

Day 5: Prioritize Sleep

Today, I wanted to take a 20-minute nap. Instead, I woke up 2 hours later, feeling grumpy and tired. I felt lousy most of the day, started arguing with my wife about the most stupid things and kept losing my patience with my kids- all things I do not feel very proud...

Do you want to live longer?

“If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase long life, beauty, happiness, strength.” - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C. Most people dream to have a long and healthy life. Of course, there...

How good are your intuitions?

We have all heard that we have conscious and unconscious thoughts. Nobel Prize winner uses the metaphor of two systems he calls System 1 and System 2, whereby System 1 is responsible for the more automated and intuitive thought processes (invisible thoughts), and...

Find the love of your life with these tips

Finding love can seem so brutally difficult to many. This is especially frustrating as most of us believe at some level that we are worthy of love.  To add salt to the wound, it becomes even more painful when we see so many others flourishing in with their partners....

Day 6: Enjoy Your Food (without over-eating)

When I was 11, I watched a movie with my brother where people were eating insects. I screamed: "Wow, that is so disgusting, how can they do that?" Then my brother told me something that changed the way I saw food: He responded: "We humans eat cows, chickens and all...

Why our brain is like an Ice Cube

It is a common mistake to assume that gradual change will only engender incremental results. My experience has shown me that what may seem difficult at first, will at some point transform into massive results. This will be a key topic in my upcoming book ( more about...

How To Wake Up By 5 Am Easily And Effortlessly!

Do you know this feeling of hearing the sound of your alarm go off, and you think the world is going to crash onto your head. You stretch your arm, somehow manage to get hold of your phone and switch the snooze button, before falling asleep again. And then you finally...

How do you make money from 5 dollars?

To me, a real entrepreneurial mindset comes from the belief that we can create opportunities from every problem, even if this means generating money with hardly any seed money or time. With this in mind, I want to challenge you: How would you try and earn as much...

The one daily practice that will make you more focused than ever before…

In a study published in 2010, which was conducted in Dunedin, New Zealand, researchers followed kids between the ages of four and eight and tested them thoroughly on cognitive control.  The researchers then tracked the participants down when they were in their 30’s...

My Wimbledon Hero

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself”.- Andy Warhol There have been many exciting matches in Wimbledon, but to me, there is only one true fairy tale; It is the story of the 26 year old Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky. For...

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