Leave your problems alone

Leave your problems alone

“I don’t know why,” she said. “Maybe I don’t feel that I’m worth it? Maybe I’m scared that I can’t live up to the expectations?”⁣⁣She came to me because she wanted to raise her prices. ⁣Significantly. ⁣⁣Her calendar was full and her clients were happy. ⁣She wasn’t....
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...
That lousy loop you’re stuck in

That lousy loop you’re stuck in

“What do you do?” she said, draining her water bottle to replace the sweat that dripped from her forehead. ⁣⁣We were standing in the scorching sun on a small festival in the town centre of Veurne, a beautiful city in Belgium. She was one of the artists who was there...
Cursing Claude


Cursing Claude


I looked at my sales page and thought, ‘meh’.⁣⁣The freshly re-written copy felt good. But the look? Meh. I wasn’t loving it.⁣⁣But I’d completely hit the limit of what I, a total non-designer and non-coder, could produce myself.⁣⁣So I forgot...