Candles

It’s not that candles shine more light than halogen lamps or are better than LED. It’s certainly not safer. It’s not more money efficient. Neither is it more time efficient to get done. So why do we still use this format of lighting? Probably because they give us a cosy …

Shortcuts

When you cut the corner in a Formula 1 qualification, there’s a monitor that detects you have cut a corner. Your lap time will be deleted, as the impact that it made: Let’s say pole position is taken from you. When you cut corners in the race, you get a …

Coincidence

February 21st of 2019, my life changed. Bestselling author Seth Godin decided to publish a podcast named “Publish yourself”, that I listened to. On this day I started to write a book I wanted to write for a couple of years already. Had I not listened to that podcast… Today, …

A personal tagline

Many people talk about becoming a personal brand. Only few realize they have to become a brand. Becoming a brand, amongst others, requires having a set of strong values and consistently behaving accordingly, even if it seems like no one is watching. And don’t forget the tagline. Every great brand …

Latte art

There’s this State of the art new, but cosy, coffee store in the city centre of my hometown. When I was there with a friend today we ordered our coffees. The Grande piston machine hisses, buzzes and the sound of steam are familiar. My friends Latte was receiving a wonderful …

How will this end?

When we start things, that’s the moment to think about how it will end. A relationship will end in either death or separation. A start-up will end up a scale-up, or a grown-up. Projects end up being terminated either because of success or failure. Jumping ends with falling down. When …

Fear, ego

“If there’s no enemy within, no outside enemy can do harm.” I have learnt this from a podcast that I listened to this week. This idea, it’s already moving me forward. It works as follows: if you are not okay with something you did or do, you need to start …