Finishing first in a championship. Losing weight. Meeting the deadline. Reaching the turnover goal. Finishing the painting. They are all hard puzzles to solve. Require time, devotion, talent. They all come with joy at the finish. They all come with pain in the process. It’s not only the joy at …
There’s always more perspective. The more you know, the less you know. True wisdom is in the middle. Between right and wrong. Egoism and selflessness. Rich and poor. Occupied and free. If you think you have balanced the scale, you will probably find out that again there’s more to balance. …
For a week now I’m intentionally saying goodbye to something in my life on a daily basis. In order to make space for new things. When I committed, I thought this was mainly about my geographical-, and time-‘space‘ (mainly my calendar). But I discovered that it’s about my physical ‘space’ …
Everything after waking up is. Today is the start of a new month, a great moment to make better decisions!
My stomach ached for the last week. Quite bad. So oftentimes we realize we have something going on. We engage and connect with the feeling. Pity ourselves. More self-pity. But on Thursday it was gone! And I only noticed Thursday night. What wasn’t there (ache) was there for the whole …
You can cheer someone on, make them feel seen. You can facilitate, help them to be seen. You can empower, make sure they see themselves and automatically be seen. What can you do to step up your game to lift other people up today?
Your phone knows. How many time do you spend at Instagram per week? Let’s take a low-ball average and say 3 hours. Thats 156 hours a year. And what amount of that time could’ve been directed to your work that matters? Or interacting with people that matter? Or learning a …
Statistically it’s becoming a ‘pandemic’. Still, the chance that you die from Corona is far less than that you die from heart disease. With 2707 deaths thus far and 23 countries infected in just a couple months, chances are you are impressed. And now that Italy was infected and shuts …
Phishing isn’t a good idea, although it’s still very effective. But make a great product instead. If you want to lose weight and still be lighter in 5 years, don’t diet. Change your beliefs. It’s easier to use a shortcut. Especially the instant gratification and short term results. It requires …
Not complaining is one of the virtues of life. Every time you complain, you feel like a loser. Every time you don’t complain, you feel like a winner. The thing is, both people that do and don’t complain encounter exactly the same amount of problems in their life.