Comes directly from the Latin word permittere, which you can cut in 2 words: per and mittere. Per is literally ’through’. Mittere comes from ‘mission’. It’s ’that for which a person or thing is destined’. Through mission. Allow to do that what it is destined for. Giving consent to do …
We (almost) all have the dream to work for the big names. And/or we admire people who do. Big organizations that have purpose as an employee branding thing. And the why that people do it for, fades in the shining light of targets that keep systems in place. Loads of sales. …
You have probably started off the year with a bang. If you have made resolutions, plans, goals, targets, dreams: What’s left of them? And some targets you may have killed because they were just unreal. But is that a good reason? Take a little extra time today, just five or …
Draw a circle. In the pie chart that appears, you create one piece that defines the percentage of hours in a week that you do stuff you want. The rest of the circle defines stuff that you simply need to do. If you’re not sure, make a sheet with all …
When I was fat, I ate even when I knew it wasn’t helping me getting slim. Breaking through the habit is one of the hardest things in life. That’s why we’re all so unsuccessful doing it. But what if we knew a trick to break through the habits? I believe …
I allow myself an imaginary five minutes to write every day. As goes with recording in my audio log / podcast. A five minute window is short. It requires to think rapidly and act focused. And five minutes is just rarely enough for the change I seek to make. Even …
When Spotify entered the playground, music changed. Not because we people changed. An unlimited amount of long-tail music became unlocked for everyone. Algorithms decide what we listen to. We just provide it with our mood or just listen to the music we like. Algorithm does the rest. And do we …
Getting the work you do on the level that it actually delivers value requires focus and bravery. Your work not for everyone. It’s just not. But now that you have delivered: do your customers know that it delivers so much value for them? Your job is to translate the real …
If you make a plan, time and space are the only two real variables. At the same time, without time and space – when and where – your plan is useless. You can call it ‘not ready yet’. But if ready equals useful, not ready equals useless. Remember if you …
We tell our kids that everything will be fine. That their fears aren’t reality. Somewhere along the way we stop believing in what we tell our kids. The same goes for us. Our fears are projections. If you start thinking positive thoughts, the projections will change. And so will your …