The difference between a task manager and a backlog is that we think a task manager provides us with structure in our planning and acting. Few task managers do, because it’s not the tool that provides us. It’s the process around it. A backlog is really reeeeally low maintenance, a …
We human beings adapt to new situations very rapidly. Even though we like to dispute that. For a week now or little 2 year old daughter is sleeping through the night again. After weeks of broken nights. For a couple of days now I notice this. Only to notice today …
Entrepreneurship isn’t something I do because I want to earn big money. It’s a journey of freedom, learning and solving interesting problems. I have figured out that making smart moves is one of the things I have a big impact on. Enforcing smart moves requires us to take the long …
There’s enough shortcuts to be taken. Always. But don’t try to find all shortcuts by yourself. The pro’s are the people that multiply your investment in them. By challenging you to think (different). By taking work from your hands, replacing it with more valuable work. By doing their craft, what …
Iedereen kent wel CTRL+C > CTRL+V, kopiëren en plakken, maar veel mensen weten niet dat er zó veel meer sneltoetsen zijn. In deze episode zoom ik in: Wat zijn sneltoetsen, waarom heb je ze nodig, waarom wil je ze gebruiken en hoe kan je het toepassen in je dagelijkse leven? …
Once we commit ourselves to run, we often forget to check where we’re going. To me, checking weekly helps a lot. And what helps even more is creating time to check, since I know that I often forget to check. Checking is more important than running. Note to self: stop …
It’s easy to quit, and the decision is fairly easy as well. It’s hard not to give up, also the decision is quite hard. Today as well as yesterday I have heard two stories describing a situation where people didn’t do something they wanted to do in the (far) future. …
It’s worth mentioning that we humans try to live intentional lives, while the majority of our life is decided by coincidence. If we accept the coincidental nature of the universe, it would reduce tremendous amounts of speed we think we want. If we live purposeful lives, what we do is …
Says I see you, I know what you’re going through, I support you, it’s okay and it’s going to be fine all at the same time. Relating to other people’s journey with compassion is one of the best tools we have to take people on our shoulders and lift them …
We so often tell ourselves that it’s the conditions that matter. Whether that video is in 4K or the length of our video is right. Or that hair we check in the mirror. That frame that takes ages to get insta-perfect. Things that matter never need picture perfect. They need …