“We have two lives; the second begins when we realise we only have one.” -Confucius I’m trying to live better, one small change at a time. This blog is t...
I was thinking of writing another blog post. I was thinking about changing careers. I was thinking about starting a family. I was thinking about buying a new car. I was thinking... It can be so comfortable to think about things, about actions, and about the future. It can quietly become a habit we are not even aware of. It feels like you are being slowly cooked in warm water. You think and think,…
Imagine that you have one goal in life: to become the best version of yourself. Everything you do, every decision you make, is guided by that goal. Just imagine this for a few moments... How many people really live like that? What would the world look like if we all did? Would it be the same as it is now? I believe that our definition of the best version of ourselves changes over time and with…
The quote that stuck with me this week is: “Have a long-term vision, but a short-term focus.” When I first heard it, it felt like I had found a holy grail. Like this was the key that could unlock all the doors. It made me feel incredibly motivated. I think this quote can truly be a great life motto. But first, you need to answer some pretty big questions to make it effective. The first important…
I have no idea who or when made us believe that we must always be prepared for something. Life is not a rehearsal. It is the real thing, a show without practice. We are here now, doing what we believe is our best work. I still blame school for this mindset. There, we are expected to be prepared for every class. Prepare this, prepare that… When you hear that for almost two decades, something…
"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day." Jim Rohn This quote about failure is simple, yet deeply insightful. It feels like it offers a key to avoiding failure altogether. At the same time, when we try to apply it in real life, we realize it is much harder than it first appears. We cannot recognize errors in judgment if we do not know what our desired behavior is. And even…
Driving is big part of my life. I have spent many days in car or in truck since I can remember. So this is probably the next logic topic from previous post about walking or walk. And today in the days before maybe the biggest oil crisis ever also quite actual. Driving is a big part of my life. I’ve spent many days in a car or truck for as long as I can remember. So this feels like the next logical…
They say a 1,000 km walk starts with the first step. They are usually very wise, so it must be true. I go for a walk a few times a week. It is a one-hour walk that loops around the hill and ends back at my home. And yes, this walk also starts with the first step. A very familiar step. A step that can only make my day better. On this walk I feel the power of old trees as I move through the woods. I…
The more I think about why I cannot achieve or do something that I really want, the more this famous concept comes to my mind: limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs are something we all have. I imagine them existing somewhere on the border between consciousness and the unconscious mind. If we never think about them, we do not notice anything strange. But when we start asking ourselves why something…
We spend much of our lives trying not to fail, even though failure is often our best teacher. When you think its almost funny how we are trained to avoid failure in things we are doing. For sure there are many exceptions who did fail many times and suddenly got "lucky" and very succesful. But I think most of us are from very young age trained not to make a mistake, to be always right, to never go…
This is another example of something that is not taught in schools in a way that is truly useful. I would place it in the same category as compounding. It is rarely taught, yet it is extremely important. The concept is called mental models. In some way, we do learn about mental models in school. Different subjects introduce pieces of them, but they are usually taught separately. Rarely does anyone…