Because of the involuntary quiet caused by the COVID-19 cutie, many of us have sensed an opportunity to think a little more deeply about life. In our go-go-go world, we rarely get the chance to stop & consider the big…
… Hmm, I don’t know how that header should be completed. Do you? No? Then, let’s find out together. In my opinion, the standard saying: “Don’t worry, be happy” seems to be too simplified because not only do I doubt that one can be…
I love the VisualCapitalist.com. There is so much intriguing stuff to be found there. They just published this chart: ❔ What do you think? Is it just correlation or causation? ❔ As Singapore is not part of the OECD we…
The other day I had lunch with one of my former colleagues from my former dutiful corporate life. A life I left 8 years ago. So still meeting her occasionally for lunch after such a long time is quite a…
Evolution had shaped the human brain to be acutely aware of all potential dangers. Combined with the tendency of the media’s “only bad news is good news”, this has a profound impact on human perception: it literally shuts off our…
It’s the time of the year again where we start out with a bag full of New Year’s Resolutions and than slowly … one by one … fail to execute them. Do you happen to have set the resolution to…
Because it’s kind of a tradition and because I have a 100% success rate with my previous forecasts here we go again: But first, let’s ponder on this: What’s the significance of a year anyway? It’s merely the orbital period…
At the beginning of 2019, I set myself the goal to read a book per week. I believe reading is “learning accelerated”. In a handful of hours, I get to absorb what took someone else years to accumulate, understand, distill,…
Are you motivated to work and to invest? By what exactly? Some say, “One single motivation model does not fit all, because everyone is different.“ I say, “Everyone is NOT different. At our core, we are wired the same way.…
Had a chat with my sons. I thought at their age of 20 and 18 (soon) it is about time for some real adult talk. So I asked them whether they’d prefer wisdom or gold. The unanimous answer was gold.…