Auteur: reinier

As we’re orienting for a school for our daughter, today I visited a primary school. Kids have laptops from first grade. What I found encouraging for my vision on the scholar system today, is to see that this school focuses on skills that would help anyone in any age at …

I rewatched TRON, as Disney+ is now live in the Netherlands. Near the end of the movie there’s a scene where someone from earth says “it looks like the sun coming up.” Next moment someone from a parallel universe says “wow, I wonder what that would be like.”. In that …

If you ever had an occupation in theatre or any other creative field of work, you know duct tape. It’s your friend. It’s not sexy. It’s not pretty. It’s not cheap. Not everyone has it. However, it is very good at sticking. Duct tape does not just do what’s promised. …

In the midst of publishing a book, I have learnt this. Writing a book is art. Publishing a book is work. It’s a matter of continuously showing up and doing the hard work that is to be done. Publishing by the way, is a metaphor for everything in life that …

Last weekend I have been picking apples with the family. There’s an apple farm close by, and we went there. When we were done and going to pay, I noticed that the apples were cheaper than at the supermarket. Since this is all unsprayed and therefore more expensive to create, …

Have you ever noticed that if you read a book it’s never ideal to write in it? Unless it’s a ring binder of course. But ring binders are ugly books. Until this year I didn’t know that it’s possible to have a beautiful book that you can write in. But …

Our reality is created by the stuff we consume. What we choose to watch, read and listen to. Fake is a reality. You can stop watching, reading and listening. You can question everything you watch, read and listen to. Did you ever hear of a news diet? Have you considered …

You know too much when you see it. And too soon as well. Too often. Too little. Don’t wait for others to see. Act now.

If we take the first hour off, we skip a meeting, a task, something that was planned. Time doesn’t come back. Was that occupation effective use of time anyway? Taking the first hour off is not only relaxing, moreover it points us in interesting directions. Because if we take the …