The Ego Question: To Be Someone or To Do Something?
A month ago, I noticed something. It struck me, and made me write this article. This was before traveling to Cape Town three weeks ago, before giving a talk two weeks ago, and before publishing a blog...
View Article[13/80] Cocreating the Future of Work in Cape Town
Last time I was in Cape Town, South Africa, I sold treadmill desks, gave physical education on a high school in an area I was told not to go, and hiked up three mountains in one day for charity,...
View ArticleUpdate: Always Allow Yourself the Freedom to Change Your Mind
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans — John Lennon For years, I’m fascinated by the way people interact and co-operate. How we get things done in groups. Or how we,...
View Article[14/80] The Culture Canvas: Can We Hack Company Culture?
Last time I was in Cape Town for CocreateSA, something happened I did not expect. An experiment which always is — or up until now, was — a short and intense 5 or 10 day period of testing ideas and...
View Article[15/80] How to Build an Automated Money Machine
Writers note: This is no success story. I failed. And I’m glad I did. This article explains why it didn’t work, for me. Ever since reading Tim Ferriss his The Four Hour Workweek in 2012, I’ve been...
View Article[16/18] Discovering where the wine comes from on Sicily
I like wine. Especially my time in South Africa was infused with this delicious grape juice. When I booked a trip to Sicily, I didn’t have anything planned for 80experiments. It was meant as a week of...
View ArticleMy Strategy for 2017: A Year of Channeled Curiosity
When I traveled the world by exchanging my work for food and shelter, my day-to-day strategy was simple: Follow my curiosity, help someone, learn something, and share it with others. And still, it’s...
View ArticleWat doe jij nou eigenlijk?
Je kent het wel. Je bent met een groepje halve bekenden. Het is gezellig. En dan vraagt iemand: “Wat doe jij nou eigenlijk precies?” Vooral het woordje precies is gevaarlijk. Vroeger zei ik...
View ArticleWat doet het met je als je 3 dagen niet eet?
De meeste experimenten die ik doe ontstaan spontaan. Als ik nieuwsgierig ben naar iets wat gebeurd of wordt gezegd. Zo vroeg ik me tijdens al het heerlijks met kerst ineens af: Wat doet het met je als...
View ArticleDe 21 Dagen Niet Klagen Challenge (Doe je mee?)
Klagen is feedback geven op een situatie zonder de intentie te hebben er iets aan te veranderen. Deze geniale definitie leerde ik een aantal jaren geleden van topsportpsycholoog Rico Schuijers. Laatst...
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