Category Archives: Personal Development

Contains personal development related material in the broadest sense.

Inspiring figures of history: Jozef Gabčík

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Slovakia during the 2nd World War
  3. Operation Anthropoid
    1. Exiles
    2. Prelude
    3. Preparations
    4. Assassination
  4. Facing the death
  5. Epilogue
  6. References

1. Introduction

During the apex of the pandemic a few months ago a remote family member passed away quietly in a nursing home where she had been living in her last years. She was well over ninety, and due to the circumstances at that time only a very small … read more

Organizational gossip

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Motivation for gossip
  3. Targets of gossip
  4. Conclusion
  5. References

1. Introduction

A crucial trait of a competent engineer is his observation capability.

This is not necessarily confined to technical systems and non-living objects but covers human behavior as well.

You don’t do very well in your career when you aren’t capable of comprehending human psychology to some extent, as a matter of fact, and aren’t a good … read more

Comfort zone crusher: Col du Tourmalet

Table of contents

  1. Prologue
  2. The Pyrenees
  3. Col du Tourmalet
  4. Hunt for the Col
  5. Epilogue

1. Prologue

I am on around 1300 meters altitude and the snow is glittering in the early afternoon sun.

It is the beginning of December, but I am wearing a simple cotton T-shirt while standing at the roadside ditch, my hands on the handlebar of my MTB.

As I was climbing up this mountain half an … read more