“Obsession is the only path to victory.” This quote came to mind the other day. There’s great depth in it, and, as I go back in my personal history also a great truth. Everyone has 24 hours a day. Obsessing over your performance, the things you control, and dedicating all …
Anyone should always be armed with a pen. Just in case you have something to write that makes a difference.
You have two ears, two eyes and one mouth. You should use them accordingly. Chinese saying. This is all about listening. Us Westerners, we think Asian people are often quiet. They think we are rude because we never let other people finish and/or jump in continuously. This stuck with me …
Even though we don’t know what someone is going through, we could know. We could know. We have the potential to discover. We could use empathy. We can ask. We may automatically assume it’s alright. But it might not be. It’s not them. It’s us. If we shift perspective, probably …
It’s so easy: The ‘do this, and’-fallacy. It’s what we are bombarded with daily. Numerous times. Ads, full of ‘do this, and’. Do this, and you will lose 20 Pounds. Do this, and you will be happy. Do this, and you will be rich. Companies have made ‘do this, and’ …
Is cycling a means to an end or a goal itself? I see my daughter starting to cycle and she does very well. The bicycle and she are inseparable. She simply loves the practice. Observing this made me realize that for me cycling became a means to an end, over …
Once you change from goals driven to pursuit of purpose driven, everything changes. Tie your self worth to pursuit. As opposed to of outcome. Because pursuit is the only thing you can control. It’s about showing up every day. Just fucking show up. And then everything becomes practice and just …
Every once in a while I get remembered how important it is to articulate your plans and intentions. This week I was reminded of this when I shared my plans for going running in the morning on a daily basis, with my girlfriend Bernice. I was thinking about this for …
I was brought to the attention of Charlie Munger’s inverse thinking by Alex Hormozi. I find Hormozi a brilliant business thinker and he shares his ideas in a very accessible way. Inverse thinking is the concept of thinking about a problem the other way around. What’s a great way to …
Last week I talked with someone about the topic of ‘inspiration’. And our common habit of seeking inspiration and wanting to store inspirational quotes and images that resonated. Apart from my post on internalizing, from 2019, I do practice storing beautiful quotes, articles (and more). Once in a while, I …