A way of life
If you read my story from yesterday you may have some idea how I feel today… My mood and my physical body are not speaking the same language. Feeling very young and light hearted yet with a terrible headache. “Selbst schuld” they say in German which literally means “Own blame”. It's all your own More +
Today I was at a conference and had an absolutely fabulous day. Did I already say I love people? Well, I sure do love people! And I met so many. I truly enjoyed the lively conversation I had with Haje, one of those speakers that just does not care for traditional conference suits and came in his jeans More +
I walked by the red cross shop and they put up a big TV in their window with a few phrases that actually made me stop and pull out my notebook that I carry with me pretty much everywhere nowadays. Of course this was all in German so here my stab at an English translation: Idealist want to change the More +
My sister shared a great article with me through facebook. It all happened on the Vismarkt in Utrecht. The team around www.staandeovatie.nu put up a little tabouret and everyone was allowed to hop on it and received a personal standing ovation. What a great initiative! Their slogans: Everyone More +
Some people just keep inspiring me. Nick Vujicic is certainly one of them. His story is so unique and so full of life. I was looking for something I heard him say and found myself on the page: http://www.attitudeisaltitude.com/about-nick-his-story It said: A janitor at my high school inspired me to More +
My mother told me that the hardest part of writing is not repeating yourself. And I remembered the words from The Minimalists - Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus: "The important part of storytelling is removing the superfluous details that make the story uninteresting. A great storyteller removes More +
Today I send an email to Les Landes, the author of the book “Getting to the heart of employee Engagement”. I read his book end of 2013 and it so resonated with me that I put together a one-pager and told everyone I knew about it. Whilst writing I realized the thoughts in my head started to crystalize - More +
My favorite song of the day is the German song "Krieger des Lichts" from Silbermond. The lyrics are incredibly powerful. At some point Stefanie Kloß sings: "Lerne zu fesseln und zu befreien" This is one of those moments when I see the true beauty of language. Looking for English translations I found on More +
One of my friends told me about the Sunday assembly - what a wonderful concept! A Sunday gathering started by two comedians, Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans that realized that they wanted to do something that had all the best bits of church, but without the religion. "The Sunday Assembly is proud to fight More +
When I walk around by myself in crowded areas I have this little game where I try to make at least 5 people smile. So today I am in London and due to the time difference I woke up an hour earlier than I needed to. When I walked out of the tube station I was pretty disoriented as I never seem to know which More +