At my first salary review ever – in one of the jobs right after university, my very bold ’23-year-old self’ asked the CEO to double my salary. In one year, I transitioned from an assistant position to being a manager, taking care of a few projects. In my youthful confidence, I thought that asking for […]

Often, I get asked, why the name Selftalk? And to be sincere, there have been moments when I questioned it myself! But, I chose to stick with it, and here's why: Self-talk as a scientific concept comes from sports performance psychology. And, even if it’s very close to instantly being perceived as shallow self-affirmations. It's so much more than that!

When there's a mismatch between what you say you want and what you do, it's because we hold hidden intentions. And by hidden intentions, I don't mean anything sneaky, but rather things that operate on an subconscious level.

In August 2021, I did one of those 10-day silent meditation retreats known as Vipassana. After 7 days of talking only to myself, I concluded it was now or never to test a startup idea I had a few months earlier.