Why stories matter
First of all, apologies for being so late with my blog posts, I have actually already read 3 books in the past months but somehow my time management has gotten the better of me. Not a great story to tell but, Justin Lee has actually this covered: how you are actually supposed to tell stories […]
How to excel in future-back thinking
What if you could plan the future? The new book by Mark Johnson and Josh Suskewicz Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking into Breakthrough Growth explains how we can change our mindset when it comes to planning and leading in a way that results in impactful change. It has been mind-opening to […]
How to develop the innovator mindset
Many of us spend time learning what strategies others have used to grow their business, developed a breakthrough idea and increased exposure for their work. In popular online forums like the Medium, writers offer advice how to grow your audience and generate 300 000 views of your work (here’s an example how to do so). […]
Indistractable: how to master the fight for attention from within
If you could buy a proven time management framework that gets rid of most of your daily distractions, how much would you be willing to pay? In this case, it’s as much as Nir Eyal’s latest book Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life” costs. Nir’s framework draws upon a wide variety […]
How to make great thoughts into a daily practice
The way we choose to see, act and be is what our world becomes. This is the underlying truth of Stoicism that seem to be popping up across newspaper outlets, an ancient philosophy and practice that great many leaders of our time and of the past have practiced. If you think it sounds too soft or […]
The art of reframing obstacles
With many of us waiting for life to return to somewhat normal, I finally got a new book “The Obstacle is the way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage” by Ryan Holiday. It’s exactly what I need to be reading now; a practice-oriented book that digs into your perceptions, assumptions and ways of […]