Goran Yerkovich
The Obstacle is the Way
In 2017 I took some time off from the corporate world to begin working on Goran 2.0, which is when this website started. I was burnt out...
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Career Advice
Career Advice takes some of the best and most underrated approaches to improving any career. This advice is designed to help you move forward, no matter if you are entry level, middle management, executive C-level, or searching for that next big career change. Learn how you can improve your career trajectory, and get paid what you're truly worth. Start finding the opportunities right for you.
Goran Yerkovich
- Jun 18, 2022
- 3 min
Why Setting Goals is the Worst Approach to Take? Top 6 Reasons to Focus on Skills. A True Story
There are moments in life which are hard to escape. Like when someone almost half your age gives you advice on how to do something...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome to The Authentic You Podcast Launching Monday July 26th!
Hi everyone, some exciting news to share! After months of preparation The Authentic You Podcast is almost here and will be launching...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
All That We Are Is The Result of What we Have Thought.
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." I love this quote...because it reminds us that anything is possible. As long has...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Have You Been Mislabeled In Life? 3 Lessons to Help You Stop Caring What Other People Think
A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I bought a new pair of Nike Zoom running shoes. Now, the act of me buying a new pair of...
Goran Yerkovich
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Great Organizer: What’s Your Life Purpose? Warning: Not Knowing Might Mean a Shorter Life.
“I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of...
Goran Yerkovich
- Feb 12, 2021
- 7 min
The Biggest Blunders In My Life, Philosophy, Purpose, And Knowing You'll Get it Right
In this article I'm going right to the conclusion for those with busy schedules: Here's the thing about asking THE RIGHT questions when...
Goran Yerkovich
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Biggest Career Mistake to Avoid: The Pitfalls of Using Money As a Motivator
Do you, or your company use money as a motivator? Is money the only reason you keep doing what you do? Even if you hate your job? As per...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Giving Space, Parking Egos, & How To Grow Old Together - Podcast Interview
Hi Everyone, A few days ago I had the opportunity and privilege to sit down for a virtual chat with Relationship Coach Neha Sonney out of...
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Embrace Your Achilles' heel, and You'll Never Lose Again
When I was about 5 years old, at home with my sister, it seemed I could never turn down a challenge, even if I knew it wouldn't be fair....
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 23, 2020
- 2 min
10 Ways To Stop Giving Away Your Power
Personal Worth: You let someone else tell you what you are worth, by believing what they say. Know that you are capable of many incredible
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
How Do You Increase Remote Work Productivity? Eat Your Frogs First
How did your morning start today? Do you feel anxious about all the tasks on your plate? How many of those tasks have you put off for a...
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Who Wins the 2020 US Presidential Election? This Professor Picked the Winner for the Past 4 Decades
As published in the New York Times, American Professor Allan Lichtman was one of the few forecasters who predicted Mr. Trump’s victory in 20
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
The $100 Race: Privilege, Class, Social Inequalities Explained - Racism, Immigrants, & Broken Homes
Have you heard of the $100 Race? It's a short 4 min video that sums up Privilege, Class, Social Inequalities. But if you're an immigrate to
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
3 Ways Technology is Killing Remote Work Productivity and Increasing Your Stress?
Holy shades of Elvis Batman, what went wrong here!? Your superhero team of amazing employees are all using different applications for diffe
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 7, 2020
- 4 min
What Are the Top 10 Biggest Career Mistakes to Avoid in Life? COVID-19 Focus
1. Failing to Know What Matters Most in 2020: The world is dealing with a global pandemic.
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Will Remote Office Work Extend Past the Pandemic?
Will Remote Office Work Extend Past the Pandemic?
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Who Should I Promote? How to Sabotage a Good Thing: When Managers Promote the Wrong People
There is a paradox to promotion managers still don't understand. And it starts with a few questions to find where you fit in this scenario:
Goran Yerkovich
- May 7, 2020
- 8 min
Before Game of Thrones, Croatia Invented Quarantine + 10 Under Utilized Tactics To Host a Meeting
This may come as a big surprise to some of you, but back in the 14th Century Croatia invented quarantine, when a merchant vessel from China
Goran Yerkovich
- May 5, 2020
- 6 min
Tony Soprano & How to Take a Compliment: A Practical Guide To Not Come Across as Socially Stunted
Is it just me, or do people not know how to take a compliment?
Compliments should be easy. And yet they seem hard. Why is that?
Goran Yerkovich
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
Back to the Future, Michael J Fox, and How Not To Completely Miss The Point
Do you find most of your conversations end up somewhere in the past?
Or do you constantly think about the future?
Or are you celebrating y
Goran Yerkovich
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
7 Essential Job Skills During a Pandemic: How to Show Your Value & Stay Employed.
"I'm not sure if I'll have a job next week. There might be more job cuts. They're only keeping certain workers. Essential workers..."
Goran Yerkovich
- Mar 25, 2020
- 7 min
Need a Beer? Welcome to Tapped Events! Pop-up Tap Bar & Mobile Bartending: Inspired Interview
Need a break from all that crazy COVID-19 news? How about an uplifting real life story from someone who decided to leave the rat race and f
Goran Yerkovich
- Mar 7, 2020
- 4 min
How to Get Promoted, The Secret of My Success, and Why Sponsors Matter
Disappointed you didn’t get that job promotion? Did someone under qualified get it instead? Wondering how to finally move up in your...
Goran Yerkovich
- Dec 7, 2019
- 7 min
5 Lessons I Learned from My Father: Personal Growth, Overcoming Trauma, and How to Say I Love You
On his 75th birthday this year my father quietly spoke three words I’d been waiting to hear all my life. Words I thought he’d never say....
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
Education + Experience = Wisdom & Why It Matters
I was recently asked a question that struck me as missing the foundations of what wisdom really was and how wisdom, inside each of us, is...
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 1, 2019
- 4 min
What is Sober October?
Wow look at all those beautiful, confident and happy people in this photograph? Look how they're all getting along with each other without
Goran Yerkovich
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
How Important is Empathy?
History was made yesterday. A great lesson was sent to us all. But the lesson has nothing to do with aces, backstrokes or unforced errors,
Goran Yerkovich
- Sep 3, 2019
- 3 min
The Real Value of Hard Work, Especially When You Hate Your Job
Have you ever had a job you hated or at least, really disliked? If so, welcome to about 99.9999 of us. For those who have never hate their
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 14, 2019
- 5 min
21 Ways to Overcome one of the Most Terrifying things we will ever have to do!
What scares you the most in life? For some it might not be flying a plane, or doing back breaking labour. No the answer might be the...
Goran Yerkovich
- Apr 13, 2019
- 5 min
What is Happiness?
While in my final year of university, during a business strategy senior level class, a profound moment was given to all the students....
Goran Yerkovich
- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
What is the single most important factor in reaching your goals?
Scientific research into the study of those who reach their goals verses those who do not has revealed the single most important factor. ...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jan 27, 2019
- 3 min
The Marshmallow Test and how High IQ does not Predetermine Success
The marshmallow test was an ingenious study conducted by scientists in the 1960’s with four-year-olds at a preschool on the campus of...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jan 17, 2019
- 6 min
Toilet Roll Paper, Home Depot Visit, and A Story of Lost Dreams
This true story is a lesson to keep moving towards your dreams and goals, or face regrets that haunt you, for the rest of your life. ...
Goran Yerkovich
- Dec 24, 2018
- 3 min
Top 10 Ways To Get Smarter Today
What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? And why does it matter? How important is experience in our personal journey through...
Goran Yerkovich
- Dec 23, 2018
- 5 min
What can I do to improve my personal growth? The Power of Internal Dialogue
According to 2018 statistics from the World Health Organization it’s estimated over 300 million people suffer from Depression worldwide...
Goran Yerkovich
- Dec 16, 2018
- 4 min
Mr Rogers Most Valuable Lesson in Life
Just one year before his death, Mr. Fred Rogers, host of the long running and celebrated children's TV show “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood,”...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 28, 2018
- 5 min
Are you a Slave to your Job? The Hell of Serra Pelada
In January 1979 a local farmer, Genésio Ferreira da Silva, discovered he was sitting on one of largest deposits of gold in the world. At...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 24, 2018
- 3 min
Top 10 Habits that Changed my Life
Spoiler alert: This top 10 list DOES NOT include the habit of eating chips before bed. Nor was it buying a step counting watch! Not even...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 17, 2018
- 2 min
What are the Hardest Truths of Life?
You may not want to hear this but it's something you should probably hear soon. No it has nothing to do with luck, fate, or destiny. But...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 15, 2018
- 2 min
What are life's top 10 beautiful truths?
If you live to 80 years old that means you’ll just have 29,200 days to live. From sex to sunsets and everything in between, here’s our...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 12, 2018
- 2 min
What's the best piece of advice anyone has ever given you?
What is the one piece of advice you wish you could share with the world? The one thing that you wish someone would have told you years...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 11, 2018
- 5 min
How Do You Take Back Your Life? It Starts By Realizing One Important Idea
The surprising thing about life is we have more power and control than we realize. We have a choice in how we live our lives. But it can...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 8, 2018
- 4 min
What is your ultimate revenge?
One of the best moments of revenge I’ve ever experienced happened when I was working at eBay as a Customer Service Rep. My boss that had...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 4, 2018
- 3 min
The Amazing Psychology and Secrets of Body Language
Your body is giving out signals. Whether you like it or not. Nonverbal communication is one of the strongest indicators of how someone...
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 2, 2018
- 3 min
How to Become Immortal: How One Classical Story Can How Us How to Live a Truly Wealthy Life
The EPIC of Gilgamesh, written on stone tables in 2100 BC, is a timeless Sumarian tale showing its readers that immortality is...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 30, 2018
- 2 min
Top 6 Ways to Get Through the Dark Days: How to Get Through the Hard Times? Motivational Video
It takes faith, strength, and guts to work towards your goals. You have to dig deep and keep going if you're to make your dreams a...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 28, 2018
- 2 min
Do You Live In the Present or the Past? How Losing Touch With the Moment Can Be Bad For Your Health
Are you always living somewhere where you are not? Do you live in the moment or do you spend your days worrying about the future? Are...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 24, 2018
- 4 min
How do I make a career change?
We are in drivers seat of our own destinies. And understanding HOW to make a career change is one of the most important ways to change...
Goran Yerkovich
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
What Are The Best Ways to Reduce Your Shyness? The Inspired Guide to Show Your Authentic You
Being shy is a perfectly normal thing. And I think it’s important we all understand that to start. This may surprise most people, but as...
Goran Yerkovich
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Race & Privilege: The New Profound Identity Shift Taking Hold
In the United States, unchecked consequences due to race and privilege continue to boil over. But while they do, a transformative...
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min
Why We Fight & Social Media AI's
Science has shown us that if you place different species of red and black ants together in a jar, they will go about their lives peacefully,
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
The $100 Race: Privilege, Class, Social Inequalities Explained - Racism, Immigrants, & Broken Homes
Have you heard of the $100 Race? It's a short 4 min video that sums up Privilege, Class, Social Inequalities. But if you're an immigrate to
Goran Yerkovich
- Oct 7, 2020
- 4 min
What Are the Top 10 Biggest Career Mistakes to Avoid in Life? COVID-19 Focus
1. Failing to Know What Matters Most in 2020: The world is dealing with a global pandemic.
Goran Yerkovich
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Who Should I Promote? How to Sabotage a Good Thing: When Managers Promote the Wrong People
There is a paradox to promotion managers still don't understand. And it starts with a few questions to find where you fit in this scenario:
Goran Yerkovich
- May 6, 2020
- 4 min
Are You A Great Storyteller? Stephen King's 10 Easy Steps to Storytelling To Die For
Once upon a time I was a horrible storyteller, until one day, I met a mysterious man with thick framed glasses in a long black trench coat
Goran Yerkovich
- May 5, 2020
- 6 min
Tony Soprano & How to Take a Compliment: A Practical Guide To Not Come Across as Socially Stunted
Is it just me, or do people not know how to take a compliment?
Compliments should be easy. And yet they seem hard. Why is that?