Productivity. The eternal quest to do more without increasing the available resources. Whether it is through new apps, off site leadership training programs, cold showers, intermittent fasting or a combination of the above, people seem to be obsessed with living better, leaner, faster, more effective and more efficient. And, in Lees meer…
Upfront note: I am not writing this article to curse the airline concerned. I understand these are strange times and strange things happen as such. I hope we can all learn from it and reconsider how we approach the ones we care about, both in personal and business relations. We Lees meer…
Okay, I’ll keep this one short. However, I do want to share a quick overview of the most interesting books I read over the past few months. I’ll admit it straight away that the majority of them are probably known to you by know but that doesn’t mean they still Lees meer…
Individualism. The topic of this article has been on my list of articles to write for a long time. So, the fact that you are actually seeing this is, to me, quite an achievement. The reason it took so long to get it out was because I feel I touch Lees meer…
I know what you’re thinking. Not another COVID-19 blog. Yet, if I drew your attention, feel free to carry on as I describe how I used COVID-19, and the whole working from home period to gear up my life in ways I had not expected. First of all, I have Lees meer…
Tonight, I stumbled across a nice example of a technology creator trying to bypass the network orchestrator, be it on micro level. Since my wife wasn’t home tonight (don’t worry, I do prepare most meals over here) I ordered food at thuisbezorgd.nl (or takeaway.com if you’re not living in the Lees meer…
Last week, I attended a seminar hosted by Denk Producties that featured Robert Cialdini as its main speaker. For a complete day, we learned about, and worked on, the psychology of persuasion. Great day, wonderful speakers, learned a lot. One of the six elements of persuasion is reciprocity. The act of giving. Those who Lees meer…
I recently spent a few weeks up in the cold in Norway. Flying to Tromsø and driving down over the Vesterålen and the Lofoten islands, I was surprised by the speeding limits they stick to. Seldom was I allowed to drive at more than eighty km’s per hour. More often, Lees meer…