It’s 31/12. The ultimate moment for a yearly reflection. What was this year like? Overarching, for sure, 2019 was the year that I have strengthened my fundament in life. In connection, wisdom, entrepreneurship, financial stability, ownership, fatherhood, partnership, vulnerability and decision making. This fundament, I will build on in the …
I often argue that, since I have an education and am able to do significantly paid work, I better not clean my house. This is, since the opportunity cost of one hour of me cleaning the house is a lot higher than the reward of just doing it myself. Ofcourse …
If you know that real value isn’t in physical things you have a more natural feeling for this. But if – like most people – you like physical stuff, here’s a trick to Marie Kondo your brain when you want to buy new stuff. Follow the money. And more specific, …
When a phone rings, that triggers something. The urge to pick up. That’s deeply rooted in my system, I just recently noticed. If there were no push messages, push signals in our life. No calls, no one standing at our desk. Just nothing. What would we focus our attention on …
There are always people refusing to load in the diswasher. Not because they refuse actively. But because they are never there when the work needs to be done. Instead of complaining about other people doing that, you can take leadership and ownership over it. Load it or shut up. Even …
We tend to conversate with people about things that happen to us, and our past experiences. And what we think and feel about what happened. However, the only thing that is actually relevant in terms of potential impact is how that past event influences your future. The rest is just …
What happens when you feel you’re less mindful? I see this, happening to me the last month. Being less mindful. Having a harder time to notice and write. But then I think, even when I have a hard time, showing up is meaningful. It’s the only meaningful thing, actually. Thanks …
A moment of reflection, gratitude and humility. Christmas always makes me think of the big things in life, like history, human connection and belief. But of the small things as well, like gratitude for the small things in life, being mindful, being healthy, a sunny day and things that put …
December comes with the possibility of looking back to a year. Christmas Holidays often create space and perspective. What moved you forward this year? And what didn’t? It’s not what you come across that defines you, it’s how you encounter it and learn from it to become better.
Since the last months we start actual conversations with our little nearly-two year old girl. An important parenting lesson for me personally is that I can rethink everything to improve communication quality. “nohoo, you can’t pull anything out of the dishwasher baby, I am putting stuff in!” Turns into “Yay, …