Chiara Cokieng

New York City 1. Serendipity 2. Independent travel 3. Walking off the beaten path For almost 2 hours, I walked 2 miles from East Village to Wall Street in New York City. These are the times when you’re supposed to have epiphanies, discover the city’s secrets, and find

Designing your life so you’re spending it with high quality people (i.e. networking) is one of the most high-impact things you could be doing… But at no point in life did anybody teach us to network and seek people out intentionally. Instead, we’ve been trained to see

I used to think bad habits such as procrastination and not eating healthy are the consequences of a lack of will or discipline. But ever since I stopped accepting them at face value and started looking for the fear, I found them. Here’s 10 of the ‘bad habits’ I

My biggest breakthrough in copywriting and marketing. Here it is: Regardless of how many people I am writing to, there’s only one person on the receiving end. And… * She isn’t aware of how many people you are writing to. * She doesn’t like being a mere line item

Which is very rare. Sebastian suggested I track my time [http://sebastianmarshall.com/the-evolution-of-my-timehabitlife-tracking?_] so I can find out and optimize where it’s going. Here’s the theory: I’m guessing I’m spending 2 hours working on something, but the reality is I probably spent 1 hour and

Sending out an email and cc-ing Sebastian and Kai so they can help me improve my email outreach. Realizing I wasn’t doing as much work as I thought I was, and admitting it. Getting on a call with a friend’s friend, someone who generously offered to host me

I’ve always seen myself as brave. I used to be scared of the dark so I challenged myself to tiptoe our second floor every midnight until it no longer scared me. I knew quitting my comfortable corporate job was scary, so I said fuck it and quit it. I

When a couple says there’s no specific reason why they broke up, they think they’re unique. That commonly, there’s a reason why. But from what I’ve seen and heard, the reason is usually “just little things that build up.” And I think this is what “the

In 2013, I decided I need a change in my life. My job then — while rewarding in terms of money, travel, and prestige — wasn’t going anywhere. I discovered Location Rebel [http://www.locationrebel.com/]. Sean Ogle [http://www.seanogle.com/about] promised to teach me real skills that would

> Consider some complex issue in your studies or life. Instead of tackling it in its entirety, find one small element of it and solve that part completely. Understand the subissue and its solution backwards and forwards. Understand all its connections and implications. Consider this small piece from many points