The other day my mom killed her home telephone line, without notice before. I always call that line when I can’t reach her by cellphone, which is 8 out of 10 calls. I called her this evening and I know she always appreciates when I call. But, no surprise, she …
A marketer writes a message to a broad audience on Facebook. Sets the specific audience interests, location target, age, gender. Great landing page. Only time is in between of a successful converting campaign. But is it? A message to a broad audience is never as interesting for the one person …
Ray Dalio’s book Principles is about principles that define your life. If you know your principles, you know yourself, and if you define your principles, you can optimize. Principles is the last book I bought. And I’m a regular book buyer. What’s funny is that when I buy a book, …
Positivity can come down to one sentence. The opposite of disappointment. The best way to become disappointed is to set goals and expectations that are out of your aim.
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 …