Relationships

Expect the Best or Get Used to Less — Frank Sonnenberg

Admin 2025-12-02 0 10 sec read

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies.

Admin

View More Posts

Previous Article Follow the Best Traders: Your Strategies in Action

Next Article 14 Ways to Stop Living in the Past

How Strong Are Your Moral Values?

How Strong Are Your Moral Values? – Frank Sonnenberg Online We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By using this […]

2026-01-20 0 10 sec read

Are You Always a Little Late for Everything?

Do you tend to arrive a few minutes early or fashionably late? You probably think it doesn’t make a difference. Who cares if a meeting […]

2024-10-15 0 4 min read

An Extraordinarily Beautiful Night – Steve Pavlina

On December 1st, 2023, I took some magic mushrooms two hours before a Depeche Mode concert (from their Memento Mori tour). I created a new […]

2024-02-13 0 3 min read

Where Does Confidence Come From? — Frank Sonnenberg

What does someone gain by being an athlete who loses a game but still receives a trophy, a student who receives failing marks but still […]

2024-07-09 0 4 min read

{"prefetch":[{"source":"document","where":{"and":[{"href_matches":"/Resources/*"},{"not":{"href_matches":["/Resources/wp-*.php","/Resources/wp-admin/*","/Resources/wp-content/uploads/*","/Resources/wp-content/*","/Resources/wp-content/plugins/*","/Resources/wp-content/themes/news-24x7/*","/Resources/wp-content/themes/bizberg/*","/Resources/*\\?(.+)"]}},{"not":{"selector_matches":"a[rel~=\"nofollow\"]"}},{"not":{"selector_matches":".no-prefetch, .no-prefetch a"}}]},"eagerness":"conservative"}]} <div class="cky-overlay cky-hide"></div><div class="cky-btn-revisit-wrapper cky-revisit-hide" data-cky-tag="revisit-consent" data-tooltip="Consent Preferences" style="background-color:#0056A7"> <button class="cky-btn-revisit" aria-label="Consent Preferences"> <img src="http://parmaks.com/Resources/wp-content/plugins/cookie-law-info/lite/frontend/images/revisit.svg" alt="Revisit consent button"> </button></div><div class="cky-consent-container cky-hide" tabindex="0"> <div class="cky-consent-bar" data-cky-tag="notice" style="background-color:#FFFFFF;border-color:#F4F4F4"> <div class="cky-notice"> <p class="cky-title" role="heading" aria-level="2" data-cky-tag="title" style="color:#212121">We value your privacy</p><div class="cky-notice-group"> <div class="cky-notice-des" data-cky-tag="description" style="color:#212121"> <p>We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalised ads or content, and analyse our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies.</p> </div><div class="cky-notice-btn-wrapper" data-cky-tag="notice-buttons"> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-customize" aria-label="Customise" aria-haspopup="true" aria-controls="ckyPreferenceCenter" data-cky-tag="settings-button" style="color:#1863DC;background-color:transparent;border-color:#1863DC">Customise</button> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-reject" aria-label="Reject All" data-cky-tag="reject-button" style="color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1863DC;border-color:#1863DC">Reject All</button> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-accept" aria-label="Accept All" data-cky-tag="accept-button" style="color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1863DC;border-color:#1863DC">Accept All</button> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="cky-modal" tabindex="0"> <div class="cky-preference-center" id="ckyPreferenceCenter" data-cky-tag="detail" style="color:#212121;background-color:#FFFFFF;border-color:#F4F4F4"> <div class="cky-preference-header"> <span class="cky-preference-title" role="heading" aria-level="2" data-cky-tag="detail-title" style="color:#212121">Customise Consent Preferences</span> <button class="cky-btn-close" aria-label="Close" data-cky-tag="detail-close"> <img src="http://parmaks.com/Resources/wp-content/plugins/cookie-law-info/lite/frontend/images/close.svg" alt=""> </button> </div><div class="cky-preference-body-wrapper"> <div class="cky-preference-content-wrapper" data-cky-tag="detail-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.</p><p>The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. </p><p>We also use third-party cookies that help us analyse how you use this website, store your preferences, and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you. These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent.</p><p>You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience.</p> </div><div class="cky-accordion-wrapper" data-cky-tag="detail-categories"> <div class="cky-accordion" id="ckyDetailCategorynecessary"> <div class="cky-accordion-item"> <div class="cky-accordion-chevron"><i class="cky-chevron-right"></i></div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-wrapper"> <div class="cky-accordion-header"><button class="cky-accordion-btn" aria-label="Necessary" data-cky-tag="detail-category-title" style="color:#212121">Necessary</button><span class="cky-always-active">Always Active</span> <div class="cky-switch" data-cky-tag="detail-category-toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="ckySwitchnecessary"></div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-des" data-cky-tag="detail-category-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-body"> <div class="cky-audit-table" data-cky-tag="audit-table" style="color:#212121;background-color:#f4f4f4;border-color:#ebebeb"><p class="cky-empty-cookies-text">No cookies to display.</p></div> </div> </div><div class="cky-accordion" id="ckyDetailCategoryfunctional"> <div class="cky-accordion-item"> <div class="cky-accordion-chevron"><i class="cky-chevron-right"></i></div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-wrapper"> <div class="cky-accordion-header"><button class="cky-accordion-btn" aria-label="Functional" data-cky-tag="detail-category-title" style="color:#212121">Functional</button><span class="cky-always-active">Always Active</span> <div class="cky-switch" data-cky-tag="detail-category-toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="ckySwitchfunctional"></div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-des" data-cky-tag="detail-category-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-body"> <div class="cky-audit-table" data-cky-tag="audit-table" style="color:#212121;background-color:#f4f4f4;border-color:#ebebeb"><p class="cky-empty-cookies-text">No cookies to display.</p></div> </div> </div><div class="cky-accordion" id="ckyDetailCategoryanalytics"> <div class="cky-accordion-item"> <div class="cky-accordion-chevron"><i class="cky-chevron-right"></i></div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-wrapper"> <div class="cky-accordion-header"><button class="cky-accordion-btn" aria-label="Analytics" data-cky-tag="detail-category-title" style="color:#212121">Analytics</button><span class="cky-always-active">Always Active</span> <div class="cky-switch" data-cky-tag="detail-category-toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="ckySwitchanalytics"></div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-des" data-cky-tag="detail-category-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-body"> <div class="cky-audit-table" data-cky-tag="audit-table" style="color:#212121;background-color:#f4f4f4;border-color:#ebebeb"><p class="cky-empty-cookies-text">No cookies to display.</p></div> </div> </div><div class="cky-accordion" id="ckyDetailCategoryperformance"> <div class="cky-accordion-item"> <div class="cky-accordion-chevron"><i class="cky-chevron-right"></i></div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-wrapper"> <div class="cky-accordion-header"><button class="cky-accordion-btn" aria-label="Performance" data-cky-tag="detail-category-title" style="color:#212121">Performance</button><span class="cky-always-active">Always Active</span> <div class="cky-switch" data-cky-tag="detail-category-toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="ckySwitchperformance"></div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-des" data-cky-tag="detail-category-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-body"> <div class="cky-audit-table" data-cky-tag="audit-table" style="color:#212121;background-color:#f4f4f4;border-color:#ebebeb"><p class="cky-empty-cookies-text">No cookies to display.</p></div> </div> </div><div class="cky-accordion" id="ckyDetailCategoryadvertisement"> <div class="cky-accordion-item"> <div class="cky-accordion-chevron"><i class="cky-chevron-right"></i></div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-wrapper"> <div class="cky-accordion-header"><button class="cky-accordion-btn" aria-label="Advertisement" data-cky-tag="detail-category-title" style="color:#212121">Advertisement</button><span class="cky-always-active">Always Active</span> <div class="cky-switch" data-cky-tag="detail-category-toggle"><input type="checkbox" id="ckySwitchadvertisement"></div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-header-des" data-cky-tag="detail-category-description" style="color:#212121"> <p>Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="cky-accordion-body"> <div class="cky-audit-table" data-cky-tag="audit-table" style="color:#212121;background-color:#f4f4f4;border-color:#ebebeb"><p class="cky-empty-cookies-text">No cookies to display.</p></div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="cky-footer-wrapper"> <span class="cky-footer-shadow"></span> <div class="cky-prefrence-btn-wrapper" data-cky-tag="detail-buttons"> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-reject" aria-label="Reject All" data-cky-tag="detail-reject-button" style="color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1863DC;border-color:#1863DC"> Reject All </button> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-preferences" aria-label="Save My Preferences" data-cky-tag="detail-save-button" style="color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1863DC;border-color:#1863DC"> Save My Preferences </button> <button class="cky-btn cky-btn-accept" aria-label="Accept All" data-cky-tag="detail-accept-button" style="color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1863DC;border-color:#1863DC"> Accept All </button> </div></div></div></div> (()=>{var e=window.koko_analytics,s=["utm_source","utm_medium","utm_campaign"],d=/bot|crawl|spider|seo|lighthouse|facebookexternalhit|preview|prerender|headless|phantom|scrapy|python|curl|wget|go-http|okhttp|node-fetch|axios|java\/|libwww|http[-_]?client|monitor|uptime|pingdom|statuscake|validator|scanner/i;function u(){let t={},n=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),c=new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.substring(1));return s.forEach(a=>{let o=n.get(a)||c.get(a);o&&(t[a]=o)}),t}function h(t,n){if(typeof navigator.sendBeacon=="function"){navigator.sendBeacon(t,n);return}fetch(t,{method:"POST",body:n,keepalive:!0,credentials:"same-origin"}).catch(()=>{})}e.trackPageview=function(t,n){if(d.test(navigator.userAgent)||window._phantom||window.__nightmare||window.navigator.webdriver||window.Cypress){console.debug("Koko Analytics: Ignoring call to trackPageview because user agent is a bot or this is a headless browser.");return}h(e.url,new URLSearchParams({action:"koko_analytics_collect",pa:t,po:n,r:document.referrer.indexOf(e.site_url)==0?"":document.referrer,m:e.use_cookie?"c":e.method[0],...u()}))};function r(){e.trackPageview(e.path,e.post_id)}function i(){e.autotracked||(r(),e.autotracked=!0)}document.prerendering?document.addEventListener("prerenderingchange",i,{once:!0}):document.visibilityState==="hidden"||document.visibilityState==="prerender"?document.addEventListener("visibilitychange",()=>{document.visibilityState==="visible"&&i()}):i();window.addEventListener("pageshow",t=>{t.persisted&&r()});})(); var bizberg_object = {"admin_bar_status":"","slider_loop":"1","slider_speed":"3","autoplay_delay":"6","slider_grab_n_slider":"1","header_menu_color_hover":"#000","header_menu_color_hover_sticky":"#2962ff","is_transparent_header":"false","primary_header_layout":"center","slide_in_animation":"1","sticky_header_status":"false","sticky_sidebar_margin_top_status":"30","sticky_sidebar_margin_bottom_status":"10","sticky_sidebar_status":"","rtl":""}; //# sourceURL=bizberg-custom-js-extra {"baseUrl":"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https://parmaks.com/Resources/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=7.1"}} /*! This file is auto-generated */ var e="script#wp-emoji-settings",t=document.querySelector(e);if(!(t instanceof HTMLScriptElement))throw new Error("Element missing: "+e);const r=JSON.parse(t.text),s=(window._wpemojiSettings=r,"wpEmojiSettingsSupports"),o=["flag","emoji"];function i(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(s,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function c(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data);e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0);const r=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data);return t.every((e,t)=>e===r[t])}function p(e,t){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var n=e.getImageData(16,16,1,1);for(let e=0;e<n.data.length;e++)if(0!==n.data[e])return!1;return!0}function u(e,t,n,r){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf6","\ud83c\udde8\u200b\ud83c\uddf6")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!r(e,"\ud83e\u1fac8")}return!1}function f(e,t,n,r){let a;const s=(a="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):document.createElement("canvas")).getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(s.textBaseline="top",s.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(e=>{o[e]=t(s,e,n,r)}),o}function a(e){var t=document.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,document.head.appendChild(t)}r.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},new Promise(t=>{let n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(s));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(o),u.toString(),c.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"});const a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=e=>{i(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}i(n=f(o,u,c,p))}t(n)}).then(e=>{for(const n in e)r.supports[n]=e[n],r.supports.everything=r.supports.everything&&r.supports[n],"flag"!==n&&(r.supports.everythingExceptFlag=r.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&r.supports[n]);var t;r.supports.everythingExceptFlag=r.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!r.supports.flag,r.supports.everything||((t=r.source||{}).concatemoji?a(t.concatemoji):t.wpemoji&&t.twemoji&&(a(t.twemoji),a(t.wpemoji)))}); //# sourceURL=https://parmaks.com/Resources/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js