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Articles and ideas around personal growth, mobilizing your inner strength, becoming a better version of yourself

What Happens When You Test Your Voice Against a Machine?

What Happens When You Test Your Voice Against a Machine?

From my point of view, KostasCircle is a space where I explore ideas that matter to me. Based on the comments I receive, I feel it creates a meaningful connection with many of you—especially around topics like leadership, psychology, culture, ethics, and family.

Managing Cognitive Load in a World of Overflow

Managing Cognitive Load in a World of Overflow

The modern workplace — with its constant notifications, shifting priorities, and endless data — often demands more than we can give. And unlike physical exhaustion, cognitive overload is harder to detect until it’s too late.

Philomena

Philomena

Through the story what unfolds is not (only) a tale of personal loss and redemption, but a deeper exploration of human traits - Resilience, Empathy, Forgiveness - that I believe can resonate deeply with many people across cultures and generations.

Closing the Summer with Three Books, Three Worlds

Closing the Summer with Three Books, Three Worlds

At first glance, these three books couldn’t be more different: a true tragedy, a historical biography, and a speculative novel. And yet, when I put them together, they started speaking to one another — about leadership, about humanity, about how we live, and about why we do what we do.

Busted: The Myth of Being Busy

Busted: The Myth of Being Busy

To appear busy is to appear valuable. But when we peel back the layers, we often find that busyness is not a universal metric—it’s highly personal, based on our own operating system, comfort levels, and habits.

Balancing between Micromanaging and Letting Go

Balancing between Micromanaging and Letting Go

I’ve seen this tension surface in many forms—senior managers drowning in detail, leaders afraid to let go, or executives so distant that their teams feel abandoned.

Reboot Season: Resetting the Baseline Can Change Everything

Reboot Season: Resetting the Baseline Can Change Everything

Some of my key numbers — the ones I track, the ones I know matter — have slid below my own acceptable range. And that’s the thing: I’m not talking about anyone else’s standards here. I’m talking about mine.