An observation of human behavior, anger, and empathy: Through the intercom (interphone) I didn’t understand what the postman was saying. So he repeated it but he was shouting! I felt angry and wondered why would he have to shout if I didn’t understand him only acoustically? While he was on the way up I was [ ]
It’s actually my mum’s but I’m selling it before she throws it.
What does the mind do? Wander. In other words: It moves. What helps you clear your mind for a due decision? A walk, a talk, a write-up. In other words: Movement. So, by talking, walking, writing, you use (do) what the mind does by nature and you apply motion to something more practical and tangible. [ ]
You can build a business at the level of your neighbor Aunty Emma’s liquor store or an online liquor store at the scale of the Vaynerchuk family. It’s up to you. Accordingly, the further you stretch your ambitions the more room you gain to play within. The less ambitious you are the smaller your field [ ]
There is no obligation in doing anything extra or special. You can have a very basic life, and that’s fine. If you think about your „extra duties“ and other have-to-dos because of a project you’ve been running or a side-business you started, remember that you chose to start it. So, have fun in the process [ ]
Browsing through some notes I found this question (above) someone had asked in my time when I was still on Facebook. This is what I replied. I find it still valid, so I decided to share it outside of Facebook. You have the following options (among others): a) Accept it, and do nothing b) [ ]
Low level: Spot the elements in your life that make you feel good. For example: I have three (writing, walking, talking). Make sure you are able to do them every day so they become an essential (even sacred) part in your life. High Level: Take a good amount of time (days, weeks) to define your [ ]
Collect questions Answer them Collect the answers Share them in a coherent context or tell them as a story Publish the book Die einfachste Art, ein Buch zu schreiben: Sammle Fragen Beantworte sie Sammle die Antworten Gib sie in einem zusammenhängenden Kontext wieder oder erzähle sie als Story Veröffentliche das Buch.
is that someone tells you what is supposed to happen at which time. Meaning: When there is a holiday in your country or city (i.e. not a work day), like it is tomorrow (31 October 2017) why can’t you just show up because you want to work on that particular thing? So, the lack of [ ]
What if my dreams were all dreamt, all achievements were achieved and all games were played? What if that was the case at my current age of 33 years? Then I think: HOW BORING WOULD THAT BE! I prefer to continuously walk the muddy road rather than achieving it early. The fun is in the [ ]
I’ve tried this new thing. It’s called offline status updates! Wait, what’s that? It’s when you have something (important) to say but you don’t tell it to cyber selves but only those you can see in the eyes. You are a crazy man. I know, I know. But I like being on the [ ]
As a child, teenager and early adult I used to be in the following mindset: I have to know this automatically, just like that. When I learned something new or found out how something worked I felt I was cheating. When I achieved something I diminished, even negated the achievement: I told myself I was [ ]
You are a special person. In fact, you are like a good business because of your nature. You don’t know exactly who you will reach but you know it will be the right people of your target audience. Meaning: If you are looking to do good business show the essence of your venture and therefore [ ]
Even if only once you experienced how you win and own the day when you got up early, smelled the fresh morning air walking outside for a few minutes, returned and started your day with the most important task first, even if that had only happened once, you will remember this is your way to [ ]
As a business owner I count a year in weeks, the year consists of 52 weeks (I’m not counting the extra day). I also count a month in weeks, the month consists of 4 weeks (28 days). With 12 of those months, my business year has 48 weeks. All the extra days per month (1-3) [ ]
This is something I wrote almost 3 years ago when I discovered cleaning households would be a „thing for me. I called it „Cleaning manifesto“ and it includes the appreciation for the craft of your and my hands. Here’s the text (slightly edited for better readability): After the conversation I had today while cleaning at [ ]
A personal reminder and a documentation of how I back(ed) up everything. This is a work-in-progress document. General steps 1. Sight everything you want to back up Old / current / new computers Old / current / new hard drives Old / current / new SD cards Offline data Online data (your website, stuff you [ ]
Du musst erklären, warum du dich opferst. Der heutige standardgebildete Mensch versteht nicht, warum du deine Hände ans Kreuz nageln lässt, um dort auszubluten. Das leuchtet ihm vielleicht ein, wenn ein Schwein stillschweigend vor sich rumhängt, weil es im Magen anderer endet. Warum sollte sich aber ein Mensch wie ein Tier verhalten? Warum sollte er [ ]
Every for-profit company aims for profit but needs glue so people stick to the company. At each point of contact, there is glue, whether it s a flesh-and-bones employee or a system that emulates an employee. Keep in mind: If a for-profit could make the same amount of money without human employees, it would do [ ]
After a month of absence, I wrote in the morning again. I felt like a baby not being able to walk. Eventually, I pushed through the stiffness like Forrest Gump did when his splints detached from his leg because he had started running. In fact, this famous scene in Forrest Gump is a metaphor for [ ]
The web takes place in a stream that you flow along (in constant movement) because it s hard (nearly impossible) to swim against it. Acknowledge that for your learning process because learning requires calm time; no movement, no noise, only you and your way of processing it (like writing it down or laying down in your [ ]
In fact, you want to aim for a kind of peace that even the current elites (the 0.1 %) ruling the world show their faces and admit they made a mistake. Once non-violent resistance and civil disobedience reached that point, there’s a good chance that money made through the „dark economy“ (war, drugs, weapons, and [ ]
Demokratie ist, dass jeder Bürger einen angemessenen Anteil an Entscheidungen hat, die sein Leben und die Gestaltung seiner Gemeinschaft bestimmen. Das war die eigentlich Idee der Demokratie in der Aufklärung. Zitat: Prof. Rainer Mausfeld Quelle: https://youtu.be/OwRNpeWj5Cs?t=25m34s
You prefer to watch from a „safe“ distance. You are forming the circle, the „observing belt“. What you don’t get, you could be standing inside the circle, contribute and shape what’s going on. Instead, you take a selfie and enjoy (yourself). „Look, mum, I’m here.“ replaced „Look what I made, mum.“ Spectatorism. You’re [ ]
Es ist deine Schuld, immer. Het is jouw schuld, altijd. Es tu culpa, siempre. Il est de ta faute, toujours. It s your fault, always. Ito ay ang iyong kasalanan, lagi. Ini salahmu, selalu. انها خطأك، دائما. אשמתך, תמיד. تقصیر شما است، همیشه. עס ס דיין שולד, שטענדיק. यह तुम्हारी गलती है, हमेशा के लिए। ဒါဟာအမြဲ, [ ]
The older man walking on crutches had just left the building where he lives. He walks slowly due to his age and the experiences he had made in the past. His overall health has been below average and behind the lowered head and his corners of the mouth pointing downwards, there was a glimpse to [ ]
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There is never a right time for nothing. The right time is always now. That is why I decided now to have a time-off for a while. I have been sharing textual pieces for about 6 months and I enjoy doing it. But as a solo writer and businessman, I need to allocate my resources [ ]
You help because you have everything you need. You don’t need help yourself, so you give a hand. Your goal is to help people to have everything they need. A need is born naturally What people need depends, there is no one formula. But people usually need: the ability to move (or be moved), nutrition, [ ]
For some people, the goal of the day is to have reached their working hours. For other people, the goal is to reach their daily goal. What type of person are you? Also, in German because for those who understand it sounds well. Für manche Menschen ist das Ziel des Tages, Feierabend zu haben. Für [ ]
You do not want to regret anything in your life. What you have been regretting already you want to stop growing to not become this enormous heap of sadness that makes you burst into tears every time you realize its sheer size. So no more regret is the goal. The best place to start having a [ ]
You need H20 to survive but you want H2H to do business. Human to human is how you talk to me unless I’m a robot or another kind of non-biological form of existence. I own a business you sell your products to. I am also a consumer buying your products for personal use. In both [ ]
Or, how to write an email with manners so it matters. You can give feedback shouting and be angry or you can propose something with a calm and understanding tone, and yet deliver the same message but in a nicer package. For example, as part of my job in the customer service and editorial team, [ ]
I relaxed the night before telling myself that it would be ok not get up at 3.25am. Just for the sake of getting up that early would not be worth failing to have my crucial 6 hours of sleep. Starting the day a bit later (with more daylight) would be worth having more sleep. This [ ]
When you are writing you are actually preparing for the big jump. The big jump is the deep and meaningful work that helps you make progress in your business goals and your personal growth. Writing itself can be deep and meaningful, no doubt about that. In the context of doing it early on your day, [ ]
Finally, you can afford to spend up to 4 weeks per year without worrying about your presence at the business. You do not need to have a bad consciousness anymore when you take time off (whether you call it a small-scale sabbatical like seanwes does or time to travel and study the world like I [ ]
You can be Latin about a situation, spit fire and be as intense as The Prodigy. You can also be as reserved and stick-stiff as a North and Central European. Or you can be anything in between and apply both the analytical logic and sensual passion for forming your own way of being. Note that [ ]
As I experienced myself, when you are thinking too much and you are running in circles, your time would be better spent on doing things, meeting people, shaking hands, and so on. In most cases, your thought games are tricking you. You can never win. Your thoughts use your unclarity against you whereas the only [ ]
In other words: Can you handle confrontation, negativity, harsh feedback and hard words, brutal truth and reality or do you prefer to ignore the bad things and blend them out? I m not judging you for either of them just be honest with yourself and consider whether your attitude (one of the two or something in [ ]
If you compare yourself to others you will never win because you are living a different life (your own) and even spending a second thinking about someone else s life won t make your life better or you happier. So, stop the whole comparing and focus on your life because that s what the person you re staring at [ ]
If you re thinking too much that prevents you from acting and eventually makes you angry, schedule every minute of your day the night before so that you have no option than executing. This can seem exhausting but it is also very fulfilling because you shut up the voices inside your head and let your actions [ ]
As a businessman, every business day is a competition day. You compete against yourself at the very least and against the forces of the market. Because it is so demanding, just like a sports tournament is (let alone the concentration costing you many nerves), you can easily get fed up and give up before the [ ]
The haka derived from the tradition of the Maori, the indigenous culture of New Zealand. In your personal haka, you use the short time of only a second to put all the energy you got into it. It combines breathing out before you do it and doing a powerful, ancient sound that expresses your willingness [ ]
There is no problem. There is always a problem. In both scenarios, you are 100 percent responsible. You take ownership. You never delegate ownership. You are always in control, you only delegate tasks to humachines [1] for solving parts of the problem — unless you hire a professional to work with you on a friendship [ ]
About (un)conditional sympathy You hired a professional who is doing a great job. His name is Ramon. He delivered what he promised. The conversations with him are serious and to the point. He is not a big small talker. Sometimes you wonder how he reacted if you threw a joke at him. Would he say [ ]
When you re driven (in your execution) because you know where to go (with clarity what your goal is), you have a great time in your doing. And you even don t care about sleeping only 4-4.5 hours several nights in a row. That s what I experienced last week. Yes, I was sleepy in the beginning but [ ]
I deny to be a leader, to lead (people). The way people look at me makes me feel they want to be led. They want me to lead them. I guess I have no choice when it comes to demos kratos, the power of the people. They want a leader. They get a (great) leader, [ ]
You are probably fine. You are healthy, your family is alive and you live how you want to live while you pursue what suits you. Still, occasionally you have a hard time to get out of bed, get those legs moving, your fingers typing and your brain working. Why do you find it hard to [ ]
As a business owner, you need to be able being ok with working on many construction sites at once and pause some constructions for a bit (not paying attention to them) until you continue. There are always things under construction. Your buildings will always grow which is why they are non-tangible 😉 unless you have [ ]
Things were getting overwhelming and I was not happy with how I led my life. This is what I changed. When I was in debt, I needed to focus on making money it was crucial. It’s now been 5 months that I’m not in debt anymore but I was still applying the same mindset [ ]