Blog
A collection of thoughts, stories, and findings on all things entrepreneurial, from the minds of the AVP team.
We eat food, but we don’t taste it. We drink coffee while running. Anxiety and laxity of the brain lead to the monkey mind: the mind jumping from thought to thought without our control. We lose our focus and our peace. Meditation is the answer to calming the monkey mind, but it's not always easy to get stared. Lidia and Poudel, the teaching crew of Good Life Engine, provide insights and exercises to get you going.
30 May 2024
Time management is an integral part of the Good Life Engine course. The topic is so important that sometimes it feels like it should be a whole course on its own. It probably wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that most people working or studying (or both) live in a constant feeling of time famine. But where is it coming from?
18 Apr 2024
Good Life Engine teacher Lidia participated in an Inner Development Goals Summit and understood better than before that people are too disconnected now. To feel good, to do well, to make a change, we need to reconnect. We need to accept that we're social creatures and that we need others to stay healthy.
23 Nov 2023
Art Thinking is a process of applying artistic thinking to view a broader range of challenges. During Aurora Paris, the Aalto Ventures Program study trip to Paris, our students had the unique opportunity to attend Improbable: An Art Thinking workshop at ESCP. There, they were introduced to the 6 Ds of Art Thinking and learned how to apply them in entrepreneurship.
There is a plethora of books, podcasts, videos, courses, and apps about self-help, but people are still looking for more and more. Why? That’s a very good question and one that Lidia Rauramo, teacher of Good Life Engine, will try to answer in this post.
29 Sep 2023
You have the right to experience a full range of emotions. What you then do with these emotions is your choice. No one has the right to forbid you to be happy or sad. By differentiating yourself from your emotions and letting them go, you can function better without letting them pile up inside.
24 Aug 2023