The Impacter blog
Articles on focus, habits and running the business without it running you.
14 articles by Dr Yannick van Hierden. Pick the one that sounds most like your week.
March 2025
How to Calculate What Your Time Is Really Worth and Stop Selling It Too Cheap
Discover a 7-step framework to calculate your true hourly rate, close the income gap, and reclaim time for a meaningful, purpose-driven life.
March 2025
The 3-Step Flow State Formula: How to Work 2x Faster
Flow is the state where focus deepens and work feels easy. McKinsey found it lifts productivity up to 500%. Here is a 3-step way to get into it on purpose.
February 2025
Your Inner Voice: The Most Powerful Coach You'll Ever Have
Your inner voice determines success or failure. Learn to train it using modern science & ancient wisdom. Identify, reframe & act—make it your greatest ally.
February 2025
How Smart People Design Their Space to Make Success Automatic (Without Relying on Willpower or Fighting Old Habits)
The science-backed story of how changing your environment—not your willpower—makes good habits automatic and bad habits impossible.
October 2024
7 Habits Silently Destroying Your Mental Health
7 daily habits that quietly drain your mental performance, and how to fix each one. From phone scrolling to bottled-up emotions, real fixes for busy people.
October 2024
9 Traits of High-Impact Leaders: What Sets Them Apart
Master these 9 traits to elevate your leadership: autonomy, focus, calm, emotional intelligence, well-being, clarity, team investment, and respect for time.
September 2024
6 Harsh Truths You Need to Hear to Become Successful
Get unstuck with 6 hard truths most high performers miss, and turn the obstacles that slow you down into the things that move you forward.
May 2024
Want To Stop Sabotaging Yourself? Unlock The Secrets Of Self-Mastery With The Vedas' Chariot Analogy
Find out why gaining control over your mind is your secret weapon for personal growth.
April 2024
3 Lessons I Learned from 5,000 Hours of Meditation
Uncover the power of meditation to navigate life's challenges with greater ease and clarity
April 2024
3 Limiting Beliefs Preventing You From Becoming Disciplined
And 3 mindset shifts to turn discipline from a burden into a liberating force.
April 2024
Non-Negotiable Mindset
Why having clear, actionable rules for your life is the secret to consistent success.
March 2024
Transform Your Mindset in Just 21 Days: The No-Complaining Challenge
Discover the life-changing power of a simple yet transformative habit and unlock lasting positivity and resilience in your life.
February 2024
9 Ancient Virtues for Modern Fulfilment: A Blueprint for a Life of Significance
Discover nine timeless tools to inject modern life with authenticity, meaning and direction.
December 2023
5 compelling reasons why acts of service are the secret to success for today's leaders: Strengthen relationships, create a legacy, and achieve greater fulfilment
Explore 5 reasons why service leads to success in leadership, with insights from Gandhi's life and practical tips for everyday impact.