In life we set goals. In Western society that’s perceived normal. Moreover, not having goals is living an ambitionless life. Which is perceived as a bad thing. The point of a goal is to get there as fast as possible, or at least faster than the other (otherwise it’s called …
As of the last few weeks I’m deeply inspired bij Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev), a wise Indian that consults the UN and (tech) companies as spiritual counsel. He has a lot of content on YouTube. What intrigues me and sticks with me now for the last days is the ‘experience from …
Today’s media landscape is as interesting as sad. What clicks and sells is rarely what’s valuable and constructive. But what clicks and sells often turns into a mainstream opinion. It does. In the Netherlands we have Johan Derksen, a 71yr old soccer media prominent. He says whatever suits him best …
In todays landscape of social attention, there’s no gatekeeper for truth. Rohan Rajiv described this in his blog “Popular opinion over fact” today. Moreover what’s worrying is my observation that there’s no correlation between constructive opinion and attention. What moves us does not always move us forward.
Whether you’re ill, without hope for recovery. Or broke, insecure whether you can keep living in your home. Or homeless, not knowing if you’d ever have a place you can call home. Or imprisoned, knowing you will never get out. Or disabled, knowing you can never walk… Whether you’re stressed, …
Over the last course of time I’ve found a new ‘rest’ in my life. Regarding personal life (with a kid, one coming up and everything in my household). Regarding business life (corona, customers, finances, personnel, etc). What I’ve found very helpful and didn’t get to name it properly until today …
Most trains you hop on because you want to go from a to b in a certain time. Some trains you hop on because you would like to be surprised by the view. A few trains you hop on because you don’t know where they go. You’re going for the …
Imagine you want to go to a specific store in your city. You step into your car and drive. At a certain moment road signs point you into an allee, and you follow them. The allee turns out to be a dead end. What do you do? Do you return …
Last week I’ve brought my car to the windshield repair shop. One thing I remember from the visit: that they left the car to me, standing outside, with the engine on. I could immediately step in and leave. Wow. Super nice. If you know how to deal with the the …
Even though it’s not necessary nor productive to doubt oneself, it’s easier said than done. A great place to start is looking inward: what do I think, what do I want? Instead of confirming to what you think others might want or need. Because others are the root of all …