Chiara Cokieng
@chiaracokieng.bsky.social
Here to make friends and build my coaching & membership business in public • Founder & Coach @ Brave New Path • I help immigrants build thriving careers in Europe.
Biz: bravenewpath.com/love
Personal: chiaracokieng.com
📍 Filipino living in Berlin
Biz: bravenewpath.com/love
Personal: chiaracokieng.com
📍 Filipino living in Berlin
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Chiara Cokieng
@chiaracokieng.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Things are happening for the participants in the Gen Propel Accelerator!
I'll try to share at least 1 thing a day in this thread.
If not 1/day, then at least 1/week. 🧵
I'll try to share at least 1 thing a day in this thread.
If not 1/day, then at least 1/week. 🧵
I love this much more nuanced approach to focus vs experimentation
When should you myopically stick with your plan, and when should you take a detour to make some extra money or explore another avenue?
I've navigated this with a conditional 'yes’:
I've navigated this with a conditional 'yes’:
Never say “no,” but rarely say “yes.”
“Focus” requires saying “no” to most things, but there’s a way to do it that allows you to say “yes” exactly when it matters most.
longform.asmartbear.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I love this much more nuanced approach to focus vs experimentation
How do people play games on iPhone?
You're forced to watch a 30-60s ad every 3mins or something.
I pay to make them go away but it's not always possible.
You're forced to watch a 30-60s ad every 3mins or something.
I pay to make them go away but it's not always possible.
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How do people play games on iPhone?
You're forced to watch a 30-60s ad every 3mins or something.
I pay to make them go away but it's not always possible.
You're forced to watch a 30-60s ad every 3mins or something.
I pay to make them go away but it's not always possible.
I'm not often on YouTube. Is everything 'Give me X minutes, and..." these days?
- Give me 7 minutes and I'll eliminate your self-doubt forever
- Give me 12 minutes, you'll get ahead of 97% of people
- Give me 9min, and I'll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
- Give me 7 minutes and I'll eliminate your self-doubt forever
- Give me 12 minutes, you'll get ahead of 97% of people
- Give me 9min, and I'll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm not often on YouTube. Is everything 'Give me X minutes, and..." these days?
- Give me 7 minutes and I'll eliminate your self-doubt forever
- Give me 12 minutes, you'll get ahead of 97% of people
- Give me 9min, and I'll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
- Give me 7 minutes and I'll eliminate your self-doubt forever
- Give me 12 minutes, you'll get ahead of 97% of people
- Give me 9min, and I'll improve your storytelling skills by 176%
Eagerly waiting for my 90cmx60cm whiteboard, which I bought to do a Personal Kanban.
I thought it "didn't work" for me because I tried it many times via Trello.
But I think doing it IRL is a game changer.
Prototype this week:
I thought it "didn't work" for me because I tried it many times via Trello.
But I think doing it IRL is a game changer.
Prototype this week:
August 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Eagerly waiting for my 90cmx60cm whiteboard, which I bought to do a Personal Kanban.
I thought it "didn't work" for me because I tried it many times via Trello.
But I think doing it IRL is a game changer.
Prototype this week:
I thought it "didn't work" for me because I tried it many times via Trello.
But I think doing it IRL is a game changer.
Prototype this week:
Do people really type em dashes in real life? I do two dashes like this -- but didn't know how to type out an em dash until I asked perplexity how to just now
August 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Do people really type em dashes in real life? I do two dashes like this -- but didn't know how to type out an em dash until I asked perplexity how to just now
So... I just published my first post on Substack.
I miss the Blogger/LiveJournal days open.substack.com/pub/chiaraco...
I miss the Blogger/LiveJournal days open.substack.com/pub/chiaraco...
I miss the Blogger/LiveJournal days
99% of life is not profound.
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So... I just published my first post on Substack.
I miss the Blogger/LiveJournal days open.substack.com/pub/chiaraco...
I miss the Blogger/LiveJournal days open.substack.com/pub/chiaraco...
I also miss Google Reader RSS man I think I am just getting old
August 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I also miss Google Reader RSS man I think I am just getting old
I miss the days bingeing on the blogs of Chris Guillebeau, Sebastian Marshall, Steve Kamb...
August 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I miss the days bingeing on the blogs of Chris Guillebeau, Sebastian Marshall, Steve Kamb...
I'm now getting a physical vomit reaction to ChatGPT-sounding posts.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm now getting a physical vomit reaction to ChatGPT-sounding posts.
Sooo goodreads changed their logo
July 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sooo goodreads changed their logo
3 things I am LOVING these days:
1. UpNote - notes app
2. Rosebud - AI journal app
3. The Science of Stuck - book; particularly the chapter on procrastination being a (small-t) trauma response, discovering somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory...
1. UpNote - notes app
2. Rosebud - AI journal app
3. The Science of Stuck - book; particularly the chapter on procrastination being a (small-t) trauma response, discovering somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory...
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
3 things I am LOVING these days:
1. UpNote - notes app
2. Rosebud - AI journal app
3. The Science of Stuck - book; particularly the chapter on procrastination being a (small-t) trauma response, discovering somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory...
1. UpNote - notes app
2. Rosebud - AI journal app
3. The Science of Stuck - book; particularly the chapter on procrastination being a (small-t) trauma response, discovering somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory...
I'm looking for something but I don't know what
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm looking for something but I don't know what
Permission to be messy, discipline to build on the mess
July 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Permission to be messy, discipline to build on the mess
Stare into the abyss and make a choice
June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Stare into the abyss and make a choice
My most persistent problem has always been how to create a program that creates results. How to design, how to iterate, what to track, etc. Either I'm stupid, or no one has cracked it.
June 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My most persistent problem has always been how to create a program that creates results. How to design, how to iterate, what to track, etc. Either I'm stupid, or no one has cracked it.
Clearly, my process for personal budgeting is too complicated.
Using YNAB, the numbers somehow don't reconcile, but I am finally able to consistently stick to my budget...
Using YNAB, the numbers somehow don't reconcile, but I am finally able to consistently stick to my budget...
June 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Clearly, my process for personal budgeting is too complicated.
Using YNAB, the numbers somehow don't reconcile, but I am finally able to consistently stick to my budget...
Using YNAB, the numbers somehow don't reconcile, but I am finally able to consistently stick to my budget...
oh google docs has an esignature thing now
May 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
oh google docs has an esignature thing now
Reposted by Chiara Cokieng
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
I noticed that job seekers who've been searching for a long time have been deciding to freelance.
And freelancers who've been freelancing have been deciding to get back to a job.
Both think the other path is easier.
I think it's just hard for everyone these days.
And freelancers who've been freelancing have been deciding to get back to a job.
Both think the other path is easier.
I think it's just hard for everyone these days.
May 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I noticed that job seekers who've been searching for a long time have been deciding to freelance.
And freelancers who've been freelancing have been deciding to get back to a job.
Both think the other path is easier.
I think it's just hard for everyone these days.
And freelancers who've been freelancing have been deciding to get back to a job.
Both think the other path is easier.
I think it's just hard for everyone these days.
In a world of social media and ChatGPT, the bottleneck is not finding the answer (everyone is quick to give you all the answers in the world), but instead asking the right question.
April 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In a world of social media and ChatGPT, the bottleneck is not finding the answer (everyone is quick to give you all the answers in the world), but instead asking the right question.
Proverbs are so underrated when it comes to remembering wisdom in the heat of the moment.
We had a fridge magnet with the "Don't Quit" poem which I passed through everyday as a kid.
Now "rest if you must but don't you quit" is burned into my brain. Super helpful.
We had a fridge magnet with the "Don't Quit" poem which I passed through everyday as a kid.
Now "rest if you must but don't you quit" is burned into my brain. Super helpful.
April 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Proverbs are so underrated when it comes to remembering wisdom in the heat of the moment.
We had a fridge magnet with the "Don't Quit" poem which I passed through everyday as a kid.
Now "rest if you must but don't you quit" is burned into my brain. Super helpful.
We had a fridge magnet with the "Don't Quit" poem which I passed through everyday as a kid.
Now "rest if you must but don't you quit" is burned into my brain. Super helpful.
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I want to build a business that gets paid for delivering real value - not because someone fell for a dark pattern or felt trapped by a contract.
April 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I want to build a business that gets paid for delivering real value - not because someone fell for a dark pattern or felt trapped by a contract.