It was an evening where I sat down at the end of the day. I had the laptop open and was doing some stuff for work in the living room on the bar, my girlfriend walked through the room smiling and the early evening sun was shining in. “Today was …
We’ve helped my mother in law to move last week. It wasn’t easy, wasn’t fun, and it was a mess. But we helped. We thought (she told us) everything was ready and we only had to move some big stuff. But we had to do everything. She was too opportunistic …
Doing something daily means showing up daily to do what is necessary to complete the task you’ve set. Most easy to accomplish this is setting a daily routine. The thing is, when the ‘routine’ falls apart for whatever reason, (it may be corona, as it was for me this time) …
If you see life as a martial art or a game, it’s easier to overcome obstacles and problems that get in your way. If you’re too close to the matter, take a step back and deal with your emotions. For example, ask help from someone calm. You need to control …
The dip, the remarkable book by Seth Godin, traches us about strategic quitting. Most people don’t quit the marathon at mile 2, but mile 22, when so much more effort is wasted and no result was achieved. Even so at 2. What you could take away is that you should …
“I’m not a reader”, something I often hear when I refer a book. But no one is ‘not a reader’. You just choose not to plan reading into your day. Let’s imagine you do. And you read 2 pages every day. And once a month you read 25 more. You’ll …
We can either tell our customers what our values are, by thoughtfully choosing them and naming them. Telling them what the result of our work is and why they want that. It’s the sell of something tengible and understandable. Another way of branding is tapping into an image of something …
As I’m exploring parenthood with a 2 year old and one coming up, every now and then I’m thinking about how I want to be a parent in order to add optimal value to the kids’ lives. Parents have multiple roles I believe, as for starters we’re supporters and coaches …
The goals you don’t score in the 90 minute game. You score them in the other countless minutes training the moves, sleeping and visualizing that goal.
Poker, stock markets, gambling, tennis and chess are examples of zero-sum games. In a zero-sum game the question is not whether to make a bet. We all know and see smart opportunities for bets. Structural winners in zero-sum games outperform in deciding when not to make a bet.