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Mirjam van Olst

Mirjam van Olst

Creativity, Inc. — Constant change requires continuous improvement

In Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull, the co-founder and until the end of 2018 president of Pixar Animation Studios shares his story and what he…

Mar 30, 2019

Creativity, Inc. — Constant change requires continuous improvement

Mar 30, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

Good Omens — The end of the world as we know it

Good Omens was written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s smart and funny and unusual. The book…

Mar 23, 2019

Good Omens — The end of the world as we know it

Mar 23, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

Milkman — The power of gossip and social pressure

Milkman by Anna Burns is a gloomy story about rumors and gossip and the life and death consequences. The city where the story is set is…

Mar 16, 2019

Milkman — The power of gossip and social pressure

Mar 16, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

On writing — Writing advice from Stephen King

I’m not a Stephen King fan. I saw the film Misery with my classmates when I was a first-grader in high school. I tried to hide my fear…

Mar 9, 2019

On writing — Writing advice from Stephen King

Mar 9, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

Thinking fast and slow — why it’s good to think about your thinking

Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman provides many interesting insights. It does take some persistence to get through. According to…

Mar 4, 2019

Thinking fast and slow — why it’s good to think about your thinking

Mar 4, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

Writing about Reading

I’m reading a lot at the moment. The general consensus is, that reading inspires writing. That’s not how it works for me though. It’s like…

Feb 28, 2019

Writing about Reading

Feb 28, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

Do we have success backwards?

When we think about a successful person, we often think about someone who is very busy, works very long hours and often weekends. I used…

Jan 3, 2019

Do we have success backwards?

Jan 3, 2019

Mirjam van Olst

The value of a fresh perspective

You know that feeling when a single word, or a seemingly insignificant event, makes all the pieces of a puzzle that you have been working…

Dec 29, 2018

The value of a fresh perspective

Dec 29, 2018

Mirjam van Olst

Loving my more balanced evenings and nights

About 2 months ago I wrote here that I was going to try to read more books and watch less TV in the evenings and that I hoped that change…

Dec 23, 2018

Loving my more balanced evenings and nights

Dec 23, 2018

Mirjam van Olst

How our collective imagination rules the world

I’m reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari at the moment. The book, that describes our extraordinary journey…

Nov 25, 2018

How our collective imagination rules the world

Nov 25, 2018

Mirjam van Olst

Mirjam van Olst

I try to act kindly, think critically, run often and read lots. I write about ideas at http://kalliopesjourney.com .

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