Sometimes my blogs are about intermittent fasting. Sometimes about the creation of new habits. Sometimes on personal growth. Sometimes about perspective. Sometimes it’s about marketing. Sometimes about decision making. Sometimes on relationships. Sometimes on leadership. Sometimes about progress But always if you look for the posts over the period of …
As 2020 is unfolding and I have had a 2 week holiday, I can now openly say that my new routine is working insanely good and I feel extremely well: mentally as well as physically. One of my goals for this year is to perform between 70% and 100%, instead …
As a kid I have learnt that new things are fun. You’d say great! – but there’s a downside. It’s that I have a harder time finishing things than starting new things. It leaves me with loose ends quite often. And I’ve greatly learnt ‘not to look’ at those loose …
We’re Marie Kondo’ing the attic at the moment, and doing this provides me with quite some learnings coming out of left field. When I was watching back old photo’s from a 10 year old (ancient) MicroSD-card (1GB haha), I discovered a photo with a book I’ve read in 2010. YouTube …
There’s space to manoeuver in every negotiation. Unless there’s not a match at all between budgets (money, time, space), let’s put those out of scope. Although there’s space to negotiate, there’s always the edges of possibility and will. Some stuff is just a bridge too far, we call that non-negotiable. …
When we recently went through security in Marsa Alam airport, all people were searched. Searching. That’s what happens in security at airports. Our – now two-minus-two-weeks – daughter made a comment on what she was seeing. “Mama, that man is stroking” I only just then realized that there’s a very …
First you think: I’ll manage that flight. 6 hours, what can happen in those hours?! On the plane, for 5 of the 6 hours you think: I’ll never do this again, it’s hell When landed, you think: It wasn’t that bad. Probably won’t do this again, but if there aren’t …
Everyone has a backbone system. It’s the behavior you display when stuff occurs ‘out of the ordinary’. I’ve noticed that when I come across a set-back in my life, I’m going to allow myself more ‘bad’ behavior like bad eating, less sleep, more coffee, more digital numbing (YouTube, social media) …
If out of your comfort zone is the new comfort zone, what is ever scary?
When I meditate for a minute on a day instead of none, you could call that minimum viable. You could also call that a shortcut to maintain a streak. Both are true. Whatever floats my boat. The difference between minimum viable and shortcuts is in my opinion the intention. A …