Categorie: Reinier’s blog

Don’t compliment yourself for other people’s choices. Don’t hate other people for your own choices.

When I was meditation, Bernice called me from downstairs. And she called again, harder. … Instant frustration. There was a spider on the dresser. I had to immediately fix it. After all, spiders are life threatening here in The Netherlands (not…). I caught the spider, let it outside and when …

One day, someone decided that waiting on the phone requires a waiting music. No one asked me. They just appear automatically when I call certain numbers. Mostly customer service. Actually, always when I call customer service. Isn’t it time to rethink this? Selection menu’s, waiting music. How about this When …

When you let go of annoyance and frustration, you acknowledge having full control over things is an illusion. Doing this frees up your mind to actually change things.

In order to be a successful entrepreneur, one has to bet against the consensus and be right. Ray Dalio

The meat was done, all ingredients were in the pan and I changed the heat from no.9 to no.5 so it could braise. Then I left the pan with the stew for what it was to do something else. Planning to return in half an hour or an hour to …

The mother of all kids-distractions is YouTube. Of course it’s better than devoting your own attention to your kid. It’s better than play dough. Better than starting a movie on the TV and often it’s even a better distraction than food. YouTube is the perfect ‘innocent’ distraction for your kid. …

Nothing is special until someone believes so. And when enough people believe something is special, the thing is perceived special. We humans believe, when we have a story to believe in. A story about the value of something. A story about what something may mean for our social status, our …

It’s important to make a new plan, when the old one is obsolete. It’s easy to start making new plans when the old targets are getting out of reach. It’s important to recognize a dip when you see one. Now the decision is up to you. Do you make a …

Sometimes the solution to our problem is in the box we’re currently in. But hey, here’s what life taught me so far: Often it’s not.