When I was in Egypt for holidays, recently, I noticed the following. Unfortunately I had forgotten my toothbrush and had to find a new one. I firstly need to place you in the frame of reference that I’m used to super markets and stores with extensive choice. I walked into …
If you don’t choose now, you will be forced to choose later. There’s no “pushing the choice to later”. The choice is then to push it and eventually it’s your decision not to decide. And then when you are forced to live with the consequences of whatever happens, that’s not …
There’s two courses of action you can follow. Think and do. Or. Do and reflect. The first one most often proves that we have a voice in our heads that talks us out of things. The second one most often proves that life is richer and we grow faster when …
People sometimes say, to close their eyes for responsibilities they find hard to take. “Thats just not who I am.” And that’s fine by me. But just know that you’re fooling yourself by saying that. You are what you repeatedly do. Wise men say. And everyone is in the power to …
Happy. New. Year! And my best wishes and a solid health to you and your loved ones. My last years January 1 post was about resolutions and values. I think this is a great Jan 1 post theme, so from now on it’s a ritual. I live with values, instead …
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 …