Building your future?

by | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

One of my friends was a councillor in a medium-sized city with a rural area. In that rural area there was an orphaned forest. It was wedged between a motorway, a busy provincial road, a residential area and an industrial estate. Because of that orphanedness...

Do you suffer a lot from stress?

by | Feb 11, 2021 | Uncategorized

All changes in our lives have a side effect. Namely stress. Usually, this stress is perfectly manageable. But changes rarely come solo. Then it becomes a matter of stress on stress. On stress. In that case, you may not be able to handle the stress well...

Nothing happens to those who live in trust

by | Feb 4, 2021 | Uncategorized

I once experienced a reorganization up close. More than 75 jobs were lost. Ultimately, one in five employees was laid off. The period before that – before the axe hit the chopping block – was mainly one of uncertainty and confusion. You...

It is what it is

by | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized

I had to pick up my new passport so I went to my district office. Behind the counter was a friendly woman who I recognized from previous passports, driver's licenses and other testimonies of my existence. It was crazy busy and the atmosphere in the waiting room...

How many balls do you keep in the air?

by | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

The world record for juggling balls is 12. Twelve balls. For 1 minute. No longer. Look it up. When I first read it, I thought it was very little. An average person can keep 5 balls in the air for a long time. Now of course I have...

Money and happiness

by | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized

Being happy. Who doesn’t want that? “I have everything, but I’m still not happy,” I heard someone say recently. It was such an intimate conversation, before COVID19, on a plane, you know. The woman in question spoke furtively softly, but still way too loudly in...

Reputational damage

by | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorized

Damage to reputation. What does that cost? You might immediately think of the big organizations. Unilever, Shell. But you are also an organization. You as a private person with a job, a career or a company. Big players like Shell and Unilever have a lot to lose,...

Loyal privateer

by | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorized

Are you a loyal freebooter? Before you can say yes to that, you should know what I mean. My guess is no. You don't know. I'll explain. Maybe you can relate. A loyal freebooter is - in my opinion - a...

Compassion, the beginning of liberation

by | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorized

Oh yes. My father. An ordinary man. A special father. Just like all our fathers. In his younger years, my father would set hornet's nests on fire without any fuss. Killing thousands of little animals in one fell swoop. Apologies to the animal rights activists, I know it hurts you...

Another profession

by | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized

From banker to pastry chef. Or from marketing tycoon to market trader. From designer to inventor. From furniture maker to teacher. I now ask you a question of conscience: do you also sometimes long for a different profession? The marketing tycoon who became a market trader, that is...