The self-employed person suffers

  The self-employed suffer. The man or woman can barely make ends meet financially and must regularly appeal to government support. The group of over 800 thousand self-employed people is a deplorable part of the Dutch working population. At least; for those who have not experienced the negative...

Long live the start-ups

  Yesterday I sailed with six young start-ups through the canals of Amsterdam. We live in the Netherlands, and that is a great destination. No matter how crazy you make it here, strictly speaking you never have to live in a sewer pipe. In fact; whoever chooses the challenge of a...

Well-spoken people

β€œI put that girl down hours ago,” said the old monk. β€œAre you still carrying her?” Handling difficult phone calls, thinking about a presentation or a keynote speech, and learning a new language. Certain tasks I set myself I carry out at...

Twitter is like water

'I hate Twitter,' said the CNV director. 'I hate all that tweeting. It's a complete waste of time.' I'm not shocked by it, it's something I hear more often. I call them social media denialists. The CNV director was one of them. The director grabbed his...