Categorie: Reinier’s blog

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” And it’s this only true for stock picking? Where do you look when everyone’s looking to the right? It’s up to you to decide.

I used to believe that positivity is this important value to strive for. That positivity brings you further in life. That the art of being positive is one of the things you have under control even if you have no control at all. But what I discovered is this. Positivity …

When four cars drive up to an equivalent crossroad at exact the same time. Who’s first? Since all the drivers arrived at exact the same time, none of them has the right to go first, simply because they have to give priority to one of the other cars. Every car …

In times like this we have the opportunity to be humble and stand still. What hasn’t changed? What things have value and what is overvalued? We will still need food. We will still buy clothes, eventually. We will still go and travel, eventually. We can make change in this ghetto, …

What’s better, much work or quality work? I think the answer is easy. What matters is showing up consistently, with attention, empathy and bravery. If you show up that way every day, the body of work will build with the quality you need for the people you seek to serve.

Although we treat it that way, it’s never that things are equally important. Some things are more important for a tomorrow, a next week, a next month. Other things are more important for a next year, next 3, 10 or 100 years. What matters is that we actively distinguish, make …

Is a non-economical problem. Hyperinflation is a sociological problem. Trust and belief are the core of every system. That goes for religion and politics, but for economics as well. Some things are not as predictable as we think, so that leaves me with a thought: what are you going to …

Imagine. You just think something, while you were daydreaming at the office and staring at your screen. What you think is REALLY important. It’s a potential game changer. But then at your screen, something else draws your attention. And just in a split second of shifted focus, the important thought …

It’s in the hard times that we get creative. We human’s are not so good at making it hard for ourselves in the easy times. Because we have other things to do. Because we don’t like pain, rather seek pleasure (in degrees). Because we like distraction. You know what’s another …

It’s our moments of struggle that define us.