Writing
Scattered notes from things I built, measured, broke, or eventually understood.
The problem with
We’re spending more and more time with our phones. They’re with us everywhere, and as often as possible they’re the center of our…
Running to catch a train.
There are two ways of running to catch a train.
Radical responsibility.
You’ve got all the responsibility. All the responsibility for creating what you need to have created in this world. That means one of two…
Work ethic eliminates fear.
Work ethic eliminates fear.
Love what you do.
Without a doubt, the single most important thing that my mom taught me, she never told me anything about. Think about that for a second. I…
Keeping a positive attitude has been important to many people for a long time.
In order to comply with that, to actually execute on having positive attitude, it’s important to look at what attitude is.
Why commission doesn’t help us solve problems.
In a test conducted by Harry Harlow, it was found that monkeys solve puzzles faster and more reliably if they’re not motivated with food…
Anxiet
“Our anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future,
There doesn’t need to be a problem in order for us to want to improve a situation.
That’s why self help books shouldn’t be read from a reactive point of view. It should be proactive, providing thoughts, tools and methods…
Self knowledge and emotional awareness
For the first time, I actually yelled back at her. I remember feeling horrible about it, but not being able to hold back anymore. It took…
People is the ultimate ROI. Or rather gives the best roi — return of investment.
The relationships that you build will always give something back. The successful ones will give you happiness, support and fun. The ones…
About fear.
When fear is felt, our body is on lockdown. Fear is by other terms far from an optimal place to operate from.
Putting in the eff
I recently received a letter from one of my best friends saying that he loves me. He even stated a bunch of reasons and things that he loves about me, and our relationship. It was beautiful, and is...
Problems are subjective
The biggest mistake that can be made when working with a challenge is to take the challenge for granted. That is, to not see why it might not be a challenge for others. To not be able to iterate why...
Bad days
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how there’s power in being an underdog to yourself. About how having bad days is absolutely and…
On working for free
There’s a huge difference between how my generation and many people in previous generations look at work. It’s been made clear to me in a…
Busy, occupied or over
For as long as I can remember, both myself and my friends have taken part in a game. It’s a very social one, and it has in some sense…
It can’t be built on relationship, but relationship is at the very core of it.
Whenever there are more than one people involved in the project, relationships are going to impact the very core of things. It’s going to…
Your thoughts create your emotions.
Your thoughts create your emotions. That’s why you at time feel the things you feel, because you thought something about something.
Importanter
I’m going away for an extended period of time soon. I’ve been buried in administrative work the past weeks, and had quite some stress…
A reason to live.
Some people use the notion of that they’re going to die as a means for productivity, creativity and for motivation. Some people say that creativity and human will is created out of the conflict of...
Meditation because it’s work worth doing.
Meditation isn’t something that you do to calm your senses when you’re stressed out. It’s not something used as a tool to gain something. Meditation wasn’t created for you to use it to put inner...
The work worth doing.
There are a million reasons to why your work might seem worth doing, why it might bear meaning to you. To solve a crisis, to solve a…
Waves
All things come in waves. Work. Family life. Needs. Will to do things.