Tag: improve

I became a Ruby on Rails and React contributor and you can too

December 10, 2017 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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I am really grateful that I have managed to contribute to a few open source projects, including the ones that I currently use on a regular basis: Ruby on Rails and React. My contributions are very minor fixes, and suggestions, and may not be that much worthy of the praise, but I want to use this article to inspire you to go and make your own contributions as well.

One of my core values is contribution and helping others. That’s one of the reasons why I love to write articles, and also contribute back to the very projects that I have benefitted from over the years.

Although major frameworks that are largely used have gone through tons of reviews and careful analysis over the years, there is always room for improvement or addition. This means that you are not only able to fix bugs, or improve something that is already implemented, but you can also implement new features as well. Continue reading

30 Day Challenge: Journaling

October 30, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

Journaling can help an individual record the events that have happened in life, collect ideas, solve problems and make decisions. It has been mentioned repeatedly from a lot of authors of self-help books and articles as a very powerful tool for one’s change. One great article that I have read today has made me consider to make journaling as a daily routine. To help me with that, I am starting a new 30 day challenge, starting from tomorrow. Continue reading

Minimize context switching to improve the quality of the work that you do

July 10, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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In a podcast interview, the famous author and professor Cal Newport while talking about the Deep Work, he mentioned among other things that people should strive to minimize the number of context switches from one task to another, because this way we are able to save a lot of time and attention that can be invested in valuable things. Continue reading

You haven’t decided until you take action

November 22, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

There are times in our lives when we will motivated and inspired to decide about something, but usually we do not follow through that decision. This is a clear sign of a self-sabotage type of behavior that we should not have it. If you do not possess this type of behavior, such that you are very committed to pursue and act according to your decision then you might not need to continue reading this article. I want to remind myself and to tell you about this insight that can have a considerable impact in your life: Whenever you decide about something, do not leave the scene of decision without taking an action about it. Continue reading

Change your behaviors by changing your environment

November 22, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

One of the best ways of changing yourself is by changing your behaviors. You are simply a sum of all the existing behaviors that you have, and whenever you are able to change them, you will be able to change yourself. Changing your behaviors can look like a complex task, but it should not be. There are a lot of suggestions and ways that are said to be effective to help you change. One of the most effective way of making the change very easy is by changing your environment. Continue reading

Another important reason to write down your goals

September 20, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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If you are like me, you already have been hearing a lot of reasons that were mentioned to convince you to have goals, because you should have at least something to aim at, something can inspire you to take action. You do not simply enter in your car and drive 10 kilometers without having any idea about the destination that you are going to. Similarly, this should also serve as a reminder about the importance of having goals that are clear and that are also specifically defined, so that you know whether you achieved them or not. Continue reading

A real example on how a busy person read 20-30 books for a few months

August 16, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 2 Comments

A couple of days ago, a person that I know told me something that surprised me and once again inspired me to believe about the tremendous impact that little acts can have. Only during the year 2015, he has read around 20-30 books despite having a full time job and also having family responsibilities and having to travel about 2 hours each day to go and come back from the workplace. Continue reading