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Some Great Books, Tools & People That Helped Me Grow
So today I thought I would start providing content in a completely unused category on my blog. “Recommendations”. And just as a disclaimer upfront: I am not earning any money by recommending these tools, people or books. Book(s) I have to start with my favorite non-fiction book of all times (so far): Kim Scott’s “Radical Candor: Be a kickass boss without losing your humanity”. You can find it here, if you like to shop on Amazon. I am sure you can also find it wherever you download your electronic books and in a well sorted book store. Why is her…
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How 1 Simple Step Can Help Change Your Life
How 1 simple step can help change your life. A journey of a 1000 miles, begins with a single step. This quote, attributed to Laozi (Chinese Philosopher), sounds simple enough. Because a single step does not sound too difficult, does it? So how can one simple step help change your life? And how easy is it really, to take that step? I am living my life following the principle: You always meet at least twice in life. Do all you can, to have both look forward to that second encounter. At the very least, make sure it’s not going to…
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Comparison…
…is the thief of joy. Would you agree with this statement, that we commonly attribute to President Theodore Roosevelt? What do you think he meant by it and what does it mean to you? If it would be in our human nature, to compare ourselves and as a result see equality, comparison would probably not be such a bad thing. It is more likely though, that such comparison leads to a feeling of inferiority or superiority. Both not necessarily states of emotional health or stability. But the temptation is lurking at every corner of our personal and professional lives. As children…
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It’s OK To NOT Be OK!
It’s OK to not be OK! Here, I said it publicly. Because I mean it, too! And if your first reaction to this intro is “of course, why would you even talk about it. That is common sense”. Then let me first congratulate you to your self-compassion! And second let me tell you, there is an unfortunate reason I am talking about this important topic. How are you feeling about the current situation the world finds itself in? You are trying to make the best of it and move on with your life? Yes, that about perfectly sums up my…
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#Blackouttuesday
“There is nothing, I can do!” Is nothing, anyone who successfully helped drive change ever said. But I am sure, it has been on their mind and weighing on their hearts. And then, then they felt that the weight of doing nothing was so much heavier. And in order to be able to breathe, they had to do something. There was a calling and they answered it. Is that what’s happening to me? I don’t know. What I do know is, that I am extremely sad and equally outraged about what happened. How symbolic to think, people might feel like…
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Day 14
It’s yet another Sunday in these super crazy times. Have you adjusted to your “new normal” yet? I am not sure, to be honest. As I shared before, not a lot has changed for Henning, Sam and I. However it FEELs different and that is a very weird feeling. Still wrapping my head around it. Having good and bad days. But every day I am wondering about the Covidiots… …i.e. when I am reading, that 9 States have not even issued any stay@home orders and made the mistake to read the explanation from the Governors, I am getting sick to…
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Day 13
Hey y’all, how are you doing today? In case you are not sure, it’s Saturday. The first day of the weekend is almost over. Not, that it really matters, as nowadays weekdays and weekends are mostly spend at the same place – the couch. But hopefully you are not spending all days working. Rest is important, even though for some working on the couch might come seriously close to resting or could even accidently lead to the same. One of my team members told me, he could not be working on the couch as he would fall asleep all the…
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Day 12
Has someone seen the last week? I must have totally missed it! It feels like yesterday that I wrote to you about our Friday power outage nightmare and here we are again. It’s Friday! Power is still on, though (knocking on wood aka my head). Day 12….another workweek in my couch office. I guess by the end of this whole situation, we might need a new couch as ours will have a crater the size of a mid-sized volcano. The couch was not made for someone to sit on it all day. I am wondering, when they test the durability,…
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Day 11
Happy Friday Eve dear friends and fellow Covid-19 warriors. Some more of you have been checking in and commenting – I really appreciate the feedback! Does not make me feel as much like the weird person on the street that is loudly talking to themselves. So this is Day 11, in blog days at least. I realized, in yesterday’s post I completely omitted the irony (or intent?) of the day, Mr. DeSantis chose for his stay@home order (thanks for the reminder, Jimmy Kimmel!). April’s fools day of all days. So I guess the Covidiot’s had a good laugh about the…
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Day 10
Happy Humpday, everyone. Yes. It’s Wednesday. I am making it a point to try and remember the week day. I think it’s been almost a month of working from my couch office now. And even though, I have been working from home for longer stretches of time before, this definitely feels different. Today was especially different, as my apprentice was in Day Care and our daily routine was off because of that. When we get him back, he is usually super tired. I am pretty sure it’s different for you too, be it because you are under lockdown or because…
