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A-Rules: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
Comparing yourself to others can sometimes bring joy or consolation when you discover that you excel in something. However, more often it leads to disappointment and frustration. There will always be those who have achieved more, who are richer, more attractive, or luckier than you, who are less sick and whose lives seem to be going better. Unfair? Possibly. But the world is full of injustice, regardless of whether we want it or not.
Every person is unique. It’s better to find yourself and your path in life, understand your nature, and realize your own potential. In other words, maximize what you can achieve without looking at the achievements or shortcomings of others. For some, the path to greatness or accomplishment lies through music or politics, while another may find happiness in the work of a rural teacher or running their own restaurant. Of course, everyone can compare themselves to themselves: to who they were yesterday, a year or ten years ago, or to who they see themselves in fifteen years, or to their ideal “Self”. This can turn out to be a useful exercise. At the same time, such comparisons also have certain drawbacks, because a person is constantly changing and is never exactly who they were before.

My workshops at the Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth
Conducted two training workshops (“Teamwork and Leadership Skills” and “Effective Negotiation”) at the Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth in Tashkent. It’s nice to receive such a good feedback:



The British-Uzbek Society: History
Please find attached my photos.
Conversation with Dr. Sherzod Muminov
Just published my conversation with Dr. Sherzod Muminov, an Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia. We talked about history, research, teaching, language, AI and other interesting topics:
Never late?
It’s never too late if it’s not too late.

Science and Common Sense
More and more specialists now consider it more important not the number of years lived (#longevity), but the number of years lived in good health. However, most ordinary people had understood this long before scientists.

University Fencing Clubs
When I am in foreign universities, I try to visit fencing clubs and fence. It is gratifying that #fencing is becoming more and more popular in many #universities around the world.
In the photo: a few years ago I was at the McGill University Fencing Club in Montreal, Canada.

My favorite activities
Writing, reading, conducting training and sports are traditionally my favorite activities. Recently, another one has appeared: running a YouTube channel(s).


Digital Diplomacy of the Central Asian Countries
My chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy, edited by Corneliu Bjola and Ilan Manor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 491-510).


