“This book is chefskiss! (…) The practical approaches combined with the resonating theory led me to devour this book in no time whilst taking notes on a constant. Looking at the sheer amount of notes I took, I will have to put extra emphasis on bottom lining, as to provide you with the polished version of all the nuggets I got out of this.

Anyway, I highly recommend giving this book a read or listening to yourself, and I am almost certain you will read it more than once, like me. (…)”

“#Storytime

End of January 2022 and after almost a decade I left my old job as a Senior Finance Business Partner at my old company. With it, I left the safety of recurring income, the comforts of office space, knowing what to work on every day but also work that did not fulfill me, a place where I burnt out, less flexibility in work time or when to take time off, less room for experiments and creative ideas and not to mention the immense psychological contract that is sometimes being created in the corporate world (…)”

“(…) If you google the definition of success, this is what comes up: “success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose”. And this is the exact meaning of success I am talking about in this post. You may have different definitions of it relating more to steep careers, making a sh!t tonne of money, having a house and two kids, or it may be more intrinsically motivated like happiness, fulfillment, and peace.

But for the sake of this article, let’s stick with it is an accomplishment of an aim or purpose, and the fact the said accomplishment can be trained. (…)”

“(…) Sometimes there are moments (or days, weeks, months) in life that don’t go as planned and it seems the universe decided to through any challenges in its repertoire at you at once. You may feel like you just recovered from one hardship but can already see the next one lurking around the corner, getting ready to hit you.

You may feel exhausted from all the fighting, frustrated that all of this is happening at the (always) worst time possible and you may even think there is no end to this (…)”

“(…) Yes, goal setting is great but without a strategy and system in place, the likelihood of actually reaching the goal is very small. In order to reach a goal of “I want to lose 5kg”, you need to build a strategy or gameplan for reaching it, this also includes having a well-functioning system that allows you to get there. The easier this system is for you to stick with, the more likely you will enjoy the process, stick to your strategy and eventually reach your goal (…)”

“(…) You know the drill: consistency is key!

However, what many people, my past self included, think is that if we are consistent we also need to do a perfect job and meet the set expectations 100%. (Hello fellow recovering perfectionists, I see you!).

But take another look at the drill, it does not say with one word that we also need to be perfect, that’s just something we apply to it (sort of a psychological contract that only we know of) (…)”

“(…) In general, a really good book, touching on the importance of living positivity in your leadership, role modeling what’s possible, and the impact it can have not only on your life but also on other people’s lives. I loved the concepts he touched on as well as the countless examples of great positive leaders who basically create miracles. However, I did find the content at times repetitive and not as easily applicable to my life as examples were generalised and (…)”

“(…) We all have said it at some point in our life: “New Year, New Me”.

But how many of us have actually consciously managed to do so? Did we even truly think about what “new” is supposed to mean? Have we given it enough thought and a definition as to how “new” looks like and feels like, how we are being when we are “new”? Also, why do we want to be “new”, what is it that we want to change and experience differently? (…)”

“(…) A lesson I only fully grasped recently is, that even if we do not have a traditional role as (people) leaders at a company, we actually still are leaders. We are leaders of our lives by setting goals and a purpose and working towards it. We first and foremost lead ourselves and our life.

By doing this we inspire others along the way with our passion, some may be drawn to try a new program at work because of you, and others like how you disciplined you are when going to the gym and feel therefore motivated to go as well. Even if it’s just one day (…)”

“(…) Whether it may be a certain person, a career, a place, or even clothing and other possessions we have held onto for years, there may almost certainly always be a time when we have to let go of it. And yes, it may feel hard, we may experience feelings of hurt, sadness, or even guilt for moving on or realizing that this energy is not serving us anymore.

Especially if we associate many good memories with someone or something, it can feel extra hard to free ourselves from it (…)”

“(…) The journey from motion to action starts with our thoughts (…)”

“(…)When working with clients one thing I often hear is: “I don’t know” after I asked a question like “what do you want?”, “what other options do you have?”, or “what is underneath that?”.

There are several reasons why their answer often is “I don’t know”, and I want to debunk some of them here.

Reason 1: They think they already thought of all possible solutions (very often this may be black and white only) (…)”