Posts by DrSalonen
How does an author find interesting topics to write about?
I am sitting in a tram in Helsinki, the sun is shining and I have a bunch of Russian tourists around me on their way to downtown Helsinki (city-center). Observing the environment, wondering how I can transform this environment to my new upcoming book is what I am thinking about. Businesspeople such as me have…
Read MoreHow do you cope with jeglag?
My business takes me on long trips with considerable time difference between home and destination. Yesterday I arrived to Helsinki that is +8 hours from Helsinki. With a travel of 16-17 hours and the hours that you have to stay up when arriving to Finland, you are looking at almost 30 hours of staying awake.…
Read MoreMy weekend reads and the topics: Brian Tracy, Howard Gardner, Tal Ben-Chakar, Wayne W. Dyer and Craig Ferguson
What a beautiful weekend, my decisions a week ago has now freed me to work on my book, do some reading and build the “story board” that I have in my head. When I was around 30, I run into the motivational speaker and author Brian Tracy as I read a book from the Finnish Jari…
Read MoreThe decision has been made: My Amazon Kindle DX is on it way
I gave up. I have two Amazon Kindles already, the first generation as well as the new generation Amazon Kindle. I have bought more than 300 books on these, and when you add the books that I bougth on my Sony Reader device (which I no longer use), we are talking about considerable amount of…
Read MoreExpat or immigrant: Is your employer bullying you in the recession?
Living in Dallas with lots of Finns has been a good thing, as some of the traditions that we carry in our lives can still be practiced with your native friends. We have a Finnish motorcycle club; we have a golf club, Finnish language school, Finnish American Business Guild and many other things. Business cycles…
Read MoreLiving as a parent in international business: identifying balance between travel, family and hobbies
My son Sebastian started his high school this fall in a brand new high school Byron Nelson in Trophy Club, Texas. Yesterday, I had to drive to the school to get him registered for driving lessons as he is turning 15 in October. I arrived early to the school and had 30 minutes to reflect…
Read MoreUsing Amazon Kindle as foundation for my book project
I have to say that my Amazon Kindle has become my source of inspiration and source for information for my new upcoming book from Talentum. I have bought tens of books the past months and I can get to them anywhere, anytime without having to carry anything else besides my Kindle. I am considering buying…
Read MoreDo you know when to give up even if you do not know if it is the right time?
I am sure that many of you work on things that you believe in, and at some point in time you have to decide that the right thing is to “let it go”. A good friend of mine gave me advice and told me that “Petri, a friend of mine told me that sometimes you need…
Read MoreHow to handle the tiredness after a week of travel?
I have noticed that the older I get, the more I am impacted of a hard traveling week and if you add time difference to this, you have a combination that is hard to deal with. I was in Seattle/Redmond this week, left early morning on Monday and came back home on Friday midnight. The…
Read MoreBook review of Sonja Lyubomirsky’s “The How of Happiness”
I run into this book when doing research for my own upcoming book. I wanted to know what happiness was based on and this book had lots of recommendations in Amazon.com so I decided to go with the flow. I was not dissapointed. It explained to me perfectly how happiness is constructed, based on empirical…
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