Writing
Scattered notes from things I built, measured, broke, or eventually understood.
There's creativity in everyone. Find it.
Creativity is the ability to combine things. That might be physical things, concepts, thoughts or tones. Anything really. In order to do…
A night of belonging.
I’ve had a habit of inviting people that I find interesting to my home for quite some time. Both for podcast conversations, coffee and…
To be use
I had a friend over yesterday, for whom I cooked dinner. It wasn’t anything advanced, but I had to do some preparation while she was in my…
Jealousy again.
I got to observe my feelings again today, finding something curious.
What re
I can’t be 100% sure that this is true, I lost my source on the matter, but I heard that Rhesus monkeys perform tasks worse when motivated…
Seth Godin posed these three states of being in his book “Tribes: We need you to lead us.”
Reaction is something we do by default. Most of us would pull our hand towards us if it’s exposed to extreme heat. That’s a reaction…
Jealousy.
I monitored my feelings quite intensely during a dinner today. A girl my age dining with us started telling us about how she’s friends…
Picasso is dead
Picasso is dead. Steve Jobs is dead. Walt Disney is dead. Name somebody living that you can name in the same breath as them. Don’t tell me…
Tillåtelse
Den här texten är för dig som är trött på att konsumera. Som är trött på att titta på vad andra gör, och sedan titta efter nästa sak som…
Vill du vara en snöfling
Det här handlar inte om dig. Det gjorde det aldrig. Det har alltid, kommer alltid att handla om alla andra. Ingen snöflinga är viktig när…
And, not or.
One of my important teachings from the past couple of years has been the one of making decisions. I’ve been making some that have been…
What becomes possible when you change the time frame for it?
We were defeated. More correctly, we were defeated this year. There’s an important difference.
Gå över ribban förs
Det svåraste är alltid att börja. Alltid. Oavsett om det handlar om att gå till gymmet, att meditera eller laga mat. Det svåraste är…
Senses.
Senses are peculiar. We’ve presumably got five of them; sight, taste, smell, touch and hearing. What they do is to provide sensory data…
Either you change or the culture does.
A couple of years ago, I had a girlfriend. When she got interested in something, she got in head first, dicing like it was a matter of…
Just do.
One of the hardest things with putting a label on oneself is the expectations that follow. Not necessarily from other people, it could…
Vad är viktigt?
För ett par år sedan hörde jag om Eisenhowermodellen för första gången. Modellen är ganska enkel, saker delas in i fyra kategorier…
Does it matter whether or not you believe in it?
Spirituality is a touchy subject to many. Either it’s too personal, or it’s mumbo jumbo. Some might not even want to talk about the…
Så kom våren.
Så kom våren med gråtande pollenallergiker och skadegladsskrattande pollenallergikerhatare. Med ljuva fågelsånger och önskan om att…
Tune your inner voice to optimism.
Fine tune the inner narrative you’ve got. Tune it to be nice to you, and make it work in your favour. It’ll be so much easier to be you if…
Micro and Macro
In a really simple world, there are two perspectives. Those perspectives dominate how we do things. Either, we take a micro perspective, or…
More options isn’t always good for you.
More options isn’t always good for you. Actually, there are many situations in which choices will be of disservice rather than joy.
Heartpouring.
Pouring your heart out is an art form. Make sure to practice it properly and frequently not to become stiff and lose the feeling for it.
trust.
To build trust, one needs a lot more than facts. That’s been known for quite some time now, yet it isn’t as widely used as it should be.