István Darabán István Darabán

How the Dynamics of Team Sports Mirror the Game of Life

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The structure, hierarchy, and personal growth inherent in team sports—especially basketball—serve as a powerful analogy for navigating the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities of life itself.

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István Darabán István Darabán

Why Self-Cynicism Is Insidious

Self-cynicism, as a defense mechanism that hides behind sarcasm, over-justification, and moralization, prevents us from facing our potential.

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A selection of my published work:

  • Both neuroscience and psychotherapy agree that you can change your mental framework as the Stoic Marcus Aurelius described.

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  • Seneca and Friedrich Nietzsche had little in common in terms of their philosophical beliefs. However, both said that there is wisdom in learning to laugh at yourself and the problems that life throws your way.

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  • In a village in Romania, residents maintain a centuries-old carnival tradition called farsang to mark winter’s death.

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  • Scientists have shed more light on the origins of wine in a large study that found grapevines were first domesticated in two regions simultaneously around 11,000 years ago.

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