Yani Diagne

Cybersecurity & Analytics Graduate LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yanidiagne/

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Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong Path (And What to Do Instead)

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been in places I just didn’t belong. Nothing clicked. Not the people. Not the work. Not the energy. Sometimes I thought I was the problem. Other times, I blamed everyone else. Turns out… I just didn’t understand myself.

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Why You Keep Forgetting Life-Changing Ideas - And How to Fix It in 2 Clicks

We’ve all experienced random flashes of great ideas.  Ideas that give us random bursts of energy. Ideas on what we could actually do with our life. Ideas that give us clarity — a sense of direction. If you’re like me, then the most you’ve done with that piece

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What Happens When You Stop Reacting to Life — And Start Creating

I used to wake up already disconnected. Going to a job I didn’t care about. Doing tasks I didn’t choose to do. Living a life that didn’t feel like mine. Why? Because I was living life in reaction- not creation. And honestly, most of us do. We

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A New Perspective on Talent And What It Really Takes to Succeed

I used to consume endless content. Books, Courses, Videos... all in the name of “preparation”. Somehow nothing ever changed. I just couldn’t get myself to act.  “I’m growing so much”, I said, but my outputs with 22 years were the same as with 25. 0. After countless contemplation

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Fitness

For years I tried to lose my stubborn belly fat. But somehow I always found a way to manipulate myself, relapse when I was making progress or straight up ignoring the pain. And all of a sudden, summer was just around the corner...oh oh. Ahh summer... the time when

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Se non fai una decisione per te stesso, un altro lo farà

Ho appena ascoltato a un podcast, nel quello la persona ha detto che se non fai una decisione, i tuoi simili lo faranno.  E infatti, questo adagno è vero. Mi ricordo quando ho finito la scuola, e non volevo fare niente. Veramente niente. La sensazione che la scuola, questo periodo

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Cosa pensi della psicologia?

My Version  Ho avuto una conversazione con la mia professoressa sul argomento “Psicologia”. Secondo me, è un settore incredibilmente interessante e mi ha aiuto tanto nella mia vita, sopratutto per quanto riguarda mio modo di pensare. Pertanto, ero sconvolto quando mia professoressa mi ha detto che per lei, la Psicologia

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Per quanto tempo hai imparato l’italiano e come va?

Please read the description of the "Italian Essay" Section before continuing! My Version Allora, Ho comminciato l’anno scorso in luglio. Prima, aveva l’imaginazione di comminciare a imparare l’italiano perché .. ci sono molte ragioni. Al mio lavoro, molte persone ne avevano parlato e pensavo che sarebbe

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Der Zufall von Freundschaft

Reisen bringt vieles mit sich. Erfahrung, Abenteuer, aber vor allem die menschlischen Begegnungen haben es in sich. An den unerwartesten Orten können sich die ungewöhnlichsten Freundschaften entwickeln, von denen man zuvor keinerlei Vorstellung hatte. Sagen wir du bist in einem Umfeld in dem du dich wirklich niemals sehen würdest.  Sagen

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Harnessing the Power of Problems

Yesterday I came across a concept, that might not strike you at first, but when you invest some more thinking into it, it can have a huge outcome on how you perceive your current problems. So what really is a problem? In the dictionary it says: A matter or situation

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3 Things That Will Change Your Life When Entering the Workforce

Entering your 20's is exciting. You start to go to college, you might even travel and you are at that age where high school, wasn't that long ago. Now I'm almost 24 and I will not accept that I graduated high school back in

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A Piece of Wisdom for Anyone in their 20's

I think anyone in their 20s is going through a special change of mind and all the input we’re consuming from all sorts of sources, be it YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms, can help us in our pursuits, but unfortunately, it also can get us confused so easily. I

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My Journey to the CompTIA Security+ Certification - Do's and Don'ts

I finally got it. The thought of getting the certification is always much easier than actually putting in the work I must say. I planned to do the certification for a while now. To give you a brief background, I finished my Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity & Analytics

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The Solution May Sound Simple. So Why Can't You Achieve It?

Progress is hard. Over time you think you’ve figured it out, and BOOM. You realize you didn't. Not even close. And that is an omnipresent cycle. It will always show up again at some point, if I could give this phenomenon a description it would be the

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Why Europeans Can Have a Hard Time Adjusting in the US

After living in the South of the US for almost 3 years, I came across many different nationalities with different perspectives about the country. I observed a pattern between the variations in experiences, expectations, and requirements of students coming from South America and Europe. To give you a brief background,

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Understanding the Impact of Your Upbringing And "Freedom" of Choice

Remember when you were younger and your parents told you to do things this way or that way and you weren't alright with it at all? Now you look back on countless moments and begin to understand why they did that or why they were right to yell

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Why It's Easier to Keep Going Than to Stop and Restart

This seems like a quote we've all heard before, and I think most of us would agree. Yet, we still fall back into old patterns and find ourselves at the very beginning of our pursuit. It refers to anything In life. Especially when it comes to habits, the

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Experiencing College Life in the USA - 4 Big Culture Shocks - Part 2

Recently, I published the first part of this series. This is part 2 of the biggest culture shocks of being a college student in the U.S. over the past three years. Let's get into it. Sports are a Religion So especially in the South, American Football is

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What Happens if I Sign a Document Digitally? Where Does My Signature Go? - Server Signing Infrastructure Made Easy

You’ve probably signed a document on your laptop before. The world is changing fast and all of a sudden you find yourself signing a confidential document on your phone?! The other day I even had to sign my Job Offer digitally. How do they even know it's

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Experiencing College Life in the USA - 4 Big Culture Shocks - Part 1

Studying in the USA is associated with a lot of euphoria. Seeing how it's going down in movies: The biggest parties, athletes are like celebrities on campus, always some crazy events going on, the best campus lifestyle... Life over there looked so much more fun and exciting. At

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Getting Overwhelmed With Ideas and Don't Know Where to Start? Here Is What You Can Do

Every person, especially in his early 20s, has many desires and does not know how to fulfill them. We set goals and fail. Then we jump on to the next goal and it just seems to be a never-ending cycle.   But we find a source of inspiration such as YouTube

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Here Is Some Advice so That You Don't Quit Reading Again

Reading is freedom. The excitement you get when you come across a new concept or idea that you've never thought about is like someone taking your hand and showing you a whole other dimension. I'm not talking about fantasy books, although they have incredible value as

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5 Quick Lessons That Can Either Make or Break Your Goals

It helped me. It can help you. Applying these lessons to my life has freed up so much space in my life and allowed me to focus on the things that really do me good. You've probably heard it before. “You are the sum of the five people

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5 Brilliant Pieces of Advice to Make You Enjoy Running Again

Running is a love-hate relationship. There are days you feel so hyped up to go for a run and then there are days where you just cannot get yourself moving. Even if you do manage to put yourself out there and start running, it's a struggle. You might

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A Simple Hack to Benefit From Any of Your Problems

If you try to apply the concept I'm going to tell you now, your problems won't be problems anymore. They will be a small sensation. A sensation in which you can find an opportunity that will benefit you. So what is the hack? Well, it'