It was somewhere in 2018. It must have been one of those days when the rain came drizzling down. Where staying inside was the preferable way of spending the evening. An evening that could have been Takeaway, Netflix and chill. But I had other obligations. That night was training night…

The start of a new year equals well-intended resolutions (although not everyone agrees on resolutions being the way to go). Next to resolutions (or maybe a sub-part of it) are challenges. Things you want to achieve at least once this year. Running a 5K under 20 minutes. Cooking for yourself…

Let me tell you a story about a plane crash, somewhere on an island far, far away in the Great Pacific Ocean. There were two men on the plane. One of them — the co-pilot — managed to eject himself from the plane a few seconds before impact with the…

One song for every week of the year, without any rules. One song that determined the week. It can be a new song, but it can also be some rediscovered “golden oldie”. Whatever the week brought. That’s The Weekly Song. …

How stepping outside your comfort zone will be the best thing you've ever done — You've probably heard it more than once. The only way to learn and to reach a higher level in anything is to step out of your comfort zone and do the things you've never done before. Performing the same tasks, day in day out, that's not hard. Everyone can do…

This blog post might contain minor spoilers for the movie Avengers: Infinity War. Have you seen the new Avengers movie already? Let me start by giving you a list of all the characters that have to defend the earth from falling apart this time. Ready? Let's go. Iron Man, Thor…

If I had all the money in the world, would I be wealthy? — LinkedIn recently turned fifteen. To celebrate this, they invite you to share the life you envisioned for yourself when you were fifteen years old: Celebrate LinkedIn's 15th birthday by sharing what you wanted to be #WhenIWas15. That's a nice marketing campaign, don't you think. It did trigger me and made…

A quick word about mini-retirements — Why not take the usual 20–30-year retirement and redistribute it throughout life instead of saving it all for the end? It's been a while since I read The 4-Hour Work Week, but only recently I went back to it. …

One song for every week of the year, without any rules. One song that determined the week. It can be a new song, but it can also be some rediscovered “golden oldie”. Whatever the week brought. That’s The Weekly Song. …