The little buddha with the knapsack

The little buddha with the knapsack

“Bring something with you that symbolizes what you want to get out of this,” she said.⁣⁣‘She’ was my then coach, the very first I ever hired.⁣‘This’ was the career coaching I hired her for.⁣⁣I was 30 and stuck in dead-end jobs. More than anything, I wanted to know...
Decisions are easy. Even difficult ones.

Decisions are easy. Even difficult ones.

“We’re using Polarsteps for our trip,” she said. “So cool! And afterwards you only have to press a button to have it create a hardcover book with pictures and notes and what have you.”⁣⁣The app does it all: it tracks your journey, so you can see exactly where you were...
Blown it.


Blown it.


“Why are they looking at us like that?” I said, mildly annoyed at the couple in the car next to us.⁣⁣”I think something’s wrong,” Arjen said, and steered our van onto the emergency lane.⁣⁣One of the trailer’s tires had blown. Fifteen...
I was never the one who wrote

I was never the one who wrote

Prefer to listen? Click here! Your browser does not support the audio element.   I used to think I was the one who wrote. My hands, my brain,  my wordsmithery. It felt so good to call myself a writer.That’s right, that’s me. I believed in inspiration.  In...
How you know when it’s time to act

How you know when it’s time to act

  How you know when you need to act? Easy.  When an idea has legs to stand on and it’s time to walk, it walks. It just happens. Without really thinking, you’re acting. Even if you’re scared. When I think back at times I made the biggest moves of all, I...