The Artur Kunz Blog

"Forget about goals, focus on systems instead", that is a line from the international bestseller Atomic Habits written by James Clear. If you don't know him, James Clear is a self-improvement blogger  with great articles. If you want to improve yourself I recommend you to check it out. His book Atomic Habits promises "an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones". If that is your goal then his book will help you. Those of you, that are not familiar with the concept of habits, might wonder what "forget about goals" and "focus on systems" is all about. Those are fundamentals that are explained in the first chapter really well. I will try to give you a short explanation, so you can understand why people including me are so fascinated by habits. James Clear defines a habit as "a routine or practice performed regularly; an automatic response to a specific situation." You probably already knew that but did you knew th...

You will need to hold a speech. Maybe you know it because you have to hold a presentation tomorrow or you maybe don't know it, yet. Sooner or later you will need to hold a speech or a presentation or just need to convince your best friend, that pickles are better on a sandwich than fresh cucumbers. Whatever it is you need to speak about, you might wonder where to start. This blog post is here to help you out. It won't tell you all the cool stuff you can put into your presentation, it will help you make a presentation where you can put cool stuff in. Step 1: Collect Data Before you can talk about something you need to know the stuff you are talking about. You don't need to be an expert when you attempt to write a speech, but you should be familiar with the topic when you hold it. You don't want your friend to surprise with a fact about pickles, you didn't know before. In the time of the internet, this is quite easy. Just google the word and open up all results on...

Before I started this blog and opened my profile von Twitter, I was convinced that I had couldn't possibly fit another project in my schedule. No way. Well, here we are. How did it happen? I will tell you, but first, let me explain the situation before I started so you understand the mentality shift. Maybe you know the phrase "do good and talk about it". Before I started, I already had one personal project I dedicated most of my time on. It is a job searching platform for voluntary work. So I did good, a lot, but I rarely talked about it. On the one hand, I wanted to progress with my project as fast as possible, on the other hand, there are advantages to building a community on social media. First of all, on the internet attention is power. Whatever project you want to start, it will have more success if you can generate more attention. Second of all, finishing a project is great, but the next step is deploying and advertising your result and that comes back to generati...

I started to use social media with other intent than to entertain myself around two weeks ago after listening to Gary Vee telling me I should do it for a month. I didn't really have a strategy, so I just started, which is an absolutely valid strategy: Just start simple and adjust on the way. The more you walk the clearer the path becomes. Ten minutes ago a sudden inspiration hit me. In Germany, we say "Geistesblitz", which is "Mindlightning" translated literally. Since you are probably not here to learn German words, let me explain the five-step strategy. Every step consists of asking on a specific question. Who do I act as online? I don't mean faking something, just setting a focus. Your profile should always represent what you really are, but you don't have to show all of your personality. Confusing? Here is a Venn diagram to make that point clearer: Your focus is just a part of your profile and your profile is just a part of your personality...