Archive | February, 2010

Chopping Down the Mightiest Tree in the Forest, with…..

25 February 2010

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No, not a herring! Although that would be a valid answer. Do you have huge plans in your life, great big things you want to accomplish, cutting down the mightiest tree with that herring no less? Did you ever actually try chopping down a huge tree? It’s very hard and backbreaking work. Cutting it down [...]

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The 100 Items Challenge revisited, it’s all about your Mindset

23 February 2010

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A long time ago I wrote about the 100 items challenge and as you might know it’s one of the things on my “Freedom list 2010″. In a nutshell it’s about getting rid of all your personal possessions save 100 items. Not only does this offer great potential to minimise clutter, it also lets you [...]

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What is your Excuse Today that you wil Regret Tomorrow?

18 February 2010

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Will you regret reading this blogpost? Did you do something to make today count? Are you innovating, inspiring others or bettering yourself right now? Are you waiting for just the right moment? Who or what are you waiting for? Where you are today is the accumulation of all your choices in the past What is [...]

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You’re No Good if you don’t Know (!/?)

15 February 2010

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A strange word; knowing. Both in English and in Dutch (my native tongue) there is no word for the opposite of knowing. We just make due with something like “not-knowing,” immediately identifying it as in inferior to knowledge. It’s a simple fact of the Western world, we highly regard people with knowledge. So you’re constantly [...]

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Are you Smart and Carefree? Or Dumb and Careless

10 February 2010

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Are you carefree? Do you really believe you are? Or are you just not getting what it is you should care about. Let’s face it, you’re careless and not smart or witty enough to be carefree. Being carefree means having nothing to be worried about. You’re either dumb and don’t see the problems in your [...]

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Being useful as a blogger, how can you tell?

8 February 2010

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I’ve been blogging for almost a year now and last week I tweeted a question, asking how people got their blog to grow. You can read stories all over the net of people having a hugely successful blog within a year. I’m defining success as a lot of comments on each blogpost and hundreds/thousands of [...]

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The Great Clashing of Closed Minds

2 February 2010

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The most common type of mind is the closed mind. Or so it seems… “I’d better spend the money before it’s gone” This weekend I had a small social get-together with the in-laws and their social circle. My girlfriend was celebrating her birthday and I can tell you, she has an open mind, which seems [...]

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