Mario Bekes

After 21 days of training in Thailand, I expected to leave knowing more about fitness.

Negotiating with My Alter Ego Fourteen days into a 21-day experiment in Thailand, I’m learning that most of us don’t abandon our goals dramatically.

There is something slightly ridiculous about travelling thousands of kilometres to one of the world’s most beautiful holiday destinations and then deliberately making your days harder.

My 21-Day Battle Plan Last night, on my fourth day in Thailand, I found myself in a situation that my 21-day training plan did not prepare me for.

What travelling alone from Sydney to Phuket taught me about fear, freedom and trusting yourself Introduction There is an ancient saying, traditionally attributed to the Chinese philosopher Laozi: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

Arriving in Australia without functional English eventually became one of my greatest professional advantages.

Your Own Platform That Never Sleeps The other day I was talking to a client about social media presence and why it’s important that every business urgently needs its own home on the internet—not just an apartment on someone else’s land.

How Zersetzung Changed Psychological Warfare Forever—and Why Its Methods Still Shape the Digital Age In the STASI Head Office I spent years in the maelstrom of war on the front lines, and it taught me one fundamental thing about the enemy: when they want…

Introduction A street thief steals a wallet.

Introduction Every day, millions of people voluntarily walk into an interrogation room.