As we speak, Pavel is getting breakfast at the motorway restaurant Pfungstadt Ost, some 30 minutes south of Frankfurt: Rolls, scrambled eggs, bacon, and a fresh cup of steaming hot coffee. After sleeping for six hours last night on his truck – three of which weren’t all that restful due to a party celebrated by […]
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Why You Should Reduce Your Working Hours
The sea is like work: There’s enough for everybody. —Farin Urlaub, Am Strand (“At the Beach”) The term transition originates in the 16th century and is derived from the Latin verb transire, “to go across”. On the one hand, this seems adequate as I “went across” to live on an island this summer. On the […]
Your Strategy Becomes Your Story
Disclaimer: This post is thinking in public. Feel free to discuss it, append it, rip it apart, or just enjoy it as it is. Last week, I suggested to trick yourself better in order to succeed in a transition. Whether your transition is about building a business, converting from Star Trek to Star Wars, or […]
How To Trick Yourself Better
The magic of a dream often collapses during the day because even the aptest dreamer cares more about the outer world than he should when he is awake. The insane are much better at this: They declare themselves emperors and their cells as their castles, and everything is wonderful. Being able to magically transform the […]
Blog Beyond Rules
tl;dr: ((TL;DR stands for “too long; didn’t read” and is my executive summary of longer blog posts. I hope you’ll still make it through the text, but I want to give you some idea what’s it all about.)) Blogging is the most powerful publishing environment created in human history – anything goes! This is why […]