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Feb 16

Don’t ask the sun for mercy

I’ve bee deeply immersed in both the Dune and Star Wars universes lately, reading the books and watching the spinoff series respectively. And of course reading up on the connections between the two similar worlds. There are many takeaways for me from the epic content. There are quotes, pieces of…

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Feb 14

This is the way

That’s the phrase used by the Mandalorians, a people found in the series with the same name. Based in a Star Wars universe, the Mandalorians are warriors with strict codes. Excellent combatants and easily spotted by their armour. This is the way is a way of bringing their code to…

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Feb 13

The small things

Back when I lived with my mom, whenever my mom got home, I let go of everything I had going on and greeted her at the door. If she had bags in her hands or was carrying anything, I got it of her hands. …

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Feb 9

Extreme ownership and the things to think about when applying it

A while ago, I wrote a text about radical self responsibility, a principle that I, to a large extent, have lived my life by since I wrote the piece. The key takeaway from the principle, and the piece, is this: I’m responsible for everything that happens to me, around me…

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Nov 20, 2021

A decision is a decision is a decision

We all make a whole lot of decisions every single day. They come in all kinds of situations, and they have different kinds of impact on us depending on what the consequences of the decision might be. Because of that, a lot of people struggle with making decisions. It might…

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Aug 6, 2021

Management in my own company

As a small business owner, I’ve come to the realisation that my biggest task is to manage myself. My emotions, motivation, time, boundaries and tasks. The realisation has come time and time again in the past year running the business mostly due to failing at it. …

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Jul 31, 2021

Together and alone are often seen as binary opposites, and quite often connected to whether you’re…

Together and alone are often seen as binary opposites, and quite often connected to whether you’re an extravert and introvert. Either you’re alone, or you’re together with someone. Either you’re an extrovert or an introvert. Yet, there are a lot of signs telling us that they’re not opposites in a…

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Jul 30, 2021

Transferring value from one place to another

The other day I had a conversation with a friend and colleague about value. He’s running a business on creating value for people at scale, earning money on Patreon as well as some sponsorships. We spoke about changing a format of one of the content outputs he has, as well…

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Jun 18, 2021

Life is so similar to all living things

I haven’t written anything like this in a long time. The past year and a half, and particularly the past half year has brought a lot of time for reflecting, and a lot of things to reflect on. I just saw a bumblebee on my balcony. It flew in, and…

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Apr 6, 2021

Emotional labour costs more

Today, I had a coaching session with a friend. We’ve decided to trade coaching sessions with one another as we complement each other pretty well, and it’s always good to have someone to talk to. We talked about a job, and she asked me if it was worth ‘it’. It…

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