Snooze says: ‘not yet’. It doesn’t say: it’s not for me. Neither does it say: it’s not important. Snooze says: ‘ not yet’. Snoozing has an endless potential. But it has one pitfall. When snoozing becomes an activity, ‘not yet’ becomes ‘ not now’. ‘Not yet’ is an opportunity. ‘Not …
You may change the direction of your boat. You might even decide to change your entire boat. But, you’re going to have a pretty hard time changing the sea.
Steve Jobs’s vision on creating an organization that changes the status quo is to let ideas always win over hierarchy. Create an organization where ideas win. Such a simple message, and who would disagree? Why would hierarchy win over ideas, ever? But is the status quo that we live in …
This week we’ve started the online marketing traineeship. A workshop for people who want to be an online marketer, but just don’t know how. Yet. This is the year that I wrote down that amongst the greatest joy I get from ‘lighting a fire in people’. And then taking a …
From an early age on, we learn that when we fall down; we need to stand up. And when we stand up, in time culture teaches us that it’s better not to fall down. Falling down is a mistake. Wrong. If you dare to fall, you recognize your ability to …
Doing something you have never done is hard. And the thing is, what you’re about to do; no one ever has done it. Because no one has walked your unique path. So it’s all up to you. On the other side of a leap is always the reward; joy… pride… …
Life is not what crosses your eyes, ears, nor other senses. It’s what your brain makes of it. Life is not what you see in the mirror, it’s what you believe you see. 100% of your experience is formed by how you think about it. It’s time to take note …
In The Netherlands we celebrate Sint Maarten yearly in October. Halloween (it’s comparable) always existed, but never hit mainstream until the last years. It’s growing in popularity yearly here now. Becoming a cultural thing. And just as with every cultural thing there’s a time and place for it to emerge …
Gratitude, value, appreciation, sharing, ownership. Accepting where you are and looking ahead. Sometimes it feels like all wise mentors of the current and the past are trying to push us in the same direction. It’s the direction of looking at yourself for happiness and going the extra mile for the …
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. There’s so much to say for going together. But alongside the arguments for helping each other, there’s also the argument of joy. If you honour your hard wired nature to be together, life will …