Doing What You Love To Do Consistently

04.02.2009

editorial note: This blog post is the sample chapter from my e-book Personal Core Values, you can also download it as pdf on the Personal Core Values mini-site

Rocks hold firm while water’s might
Sends pebbles rolling left and right.
Call pebbles rock? Set firm their goal?
First flash flood, still pebbles roll.
Not name, nor goal divide the two.
It’s [...]

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The Audacity of Shamelessly Asking

27.01.2009

Imagine you’re a simple student in the Netherlands. Without making any plans for it, what would you say the chance is that the same afternoon you’d be flying in a private jet with Richard Branson to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington?
That’s right! Zero. Or at least very very very close to zero. [...]

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How to have fun with 10k (and become an expert in the meantime)

23.01.2009

Imagine the fun you could have with 10k. For sheer fun, just take a moment and think about what you would do with 10k.
Take your time…I’ll be waiting right here.
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Done?
Had fun?
Imagined yourself on a white sandy beach on a tropical island? Or skiing down a slope under a clear blue sky? Or did you imagine [...]

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Story of a plane crash and a limbless man

16.01.2009

Sometimes inspiration comes to you in the most unexpected ways. Let me tell you the story of this evening.
It’s a regular Thursday evening, and I’m sitting on the couch with the laptop writing a blog post (not this one). I notice that it’s getting near 10pm and (kind of habitually now) I flip the channel [...]

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Slave to the rhythm

12.01.2009

Routines are a powerful part of your toolbox. If you want to do something at a regular interval, build a routine that has that activity in it. If you do this well, you’ll never forget it again because the routine will feel incomplete.
Designing routines
One of my routines has been an early morning routine. I woke [...]

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