It all started with my recent liver problems. Besides I wrote a lot from other people doing this successfully and fruitfully. So I decided to do that too at least for a week and then see what happens and if this will help me to feel better.

There are many people fighting with their bad habits but drinking coffee is not considered as dangerous at least until you drink it more than three pints a day.

Besides, I personally don’t consider it as dangerous. And I know for sure that I won’t quit it forever (I don’t want to). But I really want to exclude it from my daily pleasures until my stomach and liver will feel themselves better.

And why don’t make it public. I confessed to my wife and… you. I think that’s enough. So I start my miserable coffee-free life today.

Oh, you’re thinking: what’s so important about what this guy drinks or not? Well… maybe you should consider doing this with me or changing something else that you are doing daily.

I will miss my coffee doses (especially morning ones) even it will last only for a week. But desire to change things that become predictable and therefore less interesting and …

Alright, everything is changing and always on the move. Sooner or later this day will come again. The day before your new start-up. No matter what kind of start-up it will be: business, non profit project or a big vacation, there will always be things to sort out before everything will go crazy.

I’ve found that it’s much easier to have fun in any kind of teamwork if I do these five things at least the day before.

1. Hold yourself from implementing

One of my biggest temptations is always to start doing important preparations before the first team meeting. Actually there’s nothing bad in it. But it often happened that team decided we don’t need it or need it different.

So I stopped doing estimated important work beforehand to avoid doing something useless.

2. Write down everything you think

When you wait for a big event to come you’re often so excited and full of adrenaline that your brain starts popping with ideas like popcorn bag in microwave. And trust me, you’d better write down those ideas right away because in a few hours you will not be able to express them clearly …

There’s always place for fun, rest and… of course food. One of great activities that can always calm you down and restore your mood is sushi cooking.

You don’t need to be a master of this craft. Just a couple of easy recipes that can be found on the Internet and you’re set. Your goal is to have fun and do something new, not to prove that you’re a super cook.

And where is cooking there soon will be eating. To someone it can be even more important part.

So, anyone have a hard week? Grab this video or any other of hundreds on You Tube, do some shopping and indulge yourself! Your evening needs to be great, not dull!

I’m sorry to make you upset but if you have no problems at all then probably nobody will show interest in you. Why? Because you’re able to bring something valuable into people’s lives just a bit better than a dead man.

But don’t worry. As far as I know there’s no person in the world who have no problems. I’m just trying to say something that you may have not thought about earlier.

Everyone have problems. But not much people think their problems may be less of a curse and much more of a blessing.

As you can see from famous people’s lives it’s not the problem that defines your life course it’s the man himself who turns everything he gets into what he wants.

Those people who feel good about their lives are often have lots of problems. And many of them go through really big life disasters.

Any problem or tragedy can make something unbearable or impossible. But our body and mind have proved themselves to be often way beyond known (or desired?) limits.

So I can say it is only you who …

It’s 4 am. I come to the windows to see who’s that walking down the street at that time when there’s -22 degrees Celsius outside. An old man drags a bogie with bags and a jerrycan. He’s in a hurry because it’s really cold out there. But he can’t move fast with his cargo. He minces pulling his bogie as hard as he can and disappears around the corner.

When you see such scenes you can not withstand to compare yourself to people you have seen. I look at the old man and think I’m a happy person here in a warm room of my newly rebuilt house. I have everything I need and I have people who love me. That’s why I’m looking outside a window from my cosy room instead of walking down the street in a freezing wind at 4 am.

And what about this man? It’s obvious why this old rascal is out there at night. Not because he wants to build a new house and not because he wants to be successful. If you asked him he would probably tell you that he just wants to live. That’s why he is …