From the childhood everyone brings patterns. Some people call them ‘rules’. The magic tasks you have to fulfill. “I cannot make mistakes” “I must take care of others before myself” And the reason to fulfill the magic task is … “otherwise I will be left alone” We don’t know the …
Yesterday I have created my first video ‘for seruous’ with my girlfriend around. It’s not that I don’t record with her around. I do, and share it with friends, family, Instagram. But this was different. I’m creating to share a story, talking into a camera. That’s currently out of my …
Do what you can. Delegate what you cannot do. But first you have to pick what to do. That’s last one is the hard part.
In deze aflevering vertel ik je waarom ik vind dat iedereen een blog moet starten, een vlog/video, een boek moet schrijven, een podcast of een andere ‘lange’ vorm van creatie moet uitbrengen. Het heeft mijn leven veranderd en beter gemaakt en doet het nog steeds. Wat is het, waarom moet …
We have stepped into a new home in June 2016. And in three years we never fixed a CV-maintenance contract. It never entered top priority. However – at least last couple of months – we talked about it more often. The risk of non-maintenance increases bit by bit. Now I …
It’s not that candles shine more light than halogen lamps or are better than LED. It’s certainly not safer. It’s not more money efficient. Neither is it more time efficient to get done. So why do we still use this format of lighting? Probably because they give us a cosy …
When you cut the corner in a Formula 1 qualification, there’s a monitor that detects you have cut a corner. Your lap time will be deleted, as the impact that it made: Let’s say pole position is taken from you. When you cut corners in the race, you get a …
February 21st of 2019, my life changed. Bestselling author Seth Godin decided to publish a podcast named “Publish yourself”, that I listened to. On this day I started to write a book I wanted to write for a couple of years already. Had I not listened to that podcast… Today, …
Many people talk about becoming a personal brand. Only few realize they have to become a brand. Becoming a brand, amongst others, requires having a set of strong values and consistently behaving accordingly, even if it seems like no one is watching. And don’t forget the tagline. Every great brand …
There’s this State of the art new, but cosy, coffee store in the city centre of my hometown. When I was there with a friend today we ordered our coffees. The Grande piston machine hisses, buzzes and the sound of steam are familiar. My friends Latte was receiving a wonderful …