I have been using the Oura sleep tracking ring for almost two years now. I immediately fell in love with the form factor, as I can’t stand watches or bracelets. When do I wear it? I used to wear it all the time, but then switched to night-only. I’m not interested in tracking my steps…
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Use Water, Not Toilet Paper
I’ve stopped using toilet paper one year ago. Why are we so obsessed with toilet paper? Does it really make sense to cut down trees, manufacture paper by truckloads, only to flush it down pipes, then filter it out again and burn it? Turns out, the majority of the human population is using water, not…
Jim Collins: 10 Suggestions for Young People
1. Build a personal board of directors: based on character, not accomplishment. Mentors you don‘t want to disappoint. People on your board don’t need to know that they are there. 2. Study yourself like a bug: what is this bug? What is this bug genetically encoded for? It’s all about non-judgemental empirical observation. Define your…
Time in Bed vs. Time Asleep
Time in bed doesn’t equal time asleep. Just because you’ve been in bed for 7 hours doesn’t mean you slept for 7 hours. It’s more likely that you slept 6. Based on my Oura Ring, my own difference is 30 to 60 minutes per night. This led me to the following rule: Allow a 1…
What I Learned About Sales (or “How to 4x Revenue in One Year”)
Backstory When building my influencer marketing startup Trigami, our idea was simple: we build a self-service marketplace, customers will come on their own, and we will be in the middle, collecting our fees. Simple. The reality turned out different. Our customers wanted someone to guide them, do as little work as possible, and reap the…
Cutting Your Own Hair
Dear barbers, I’m sorry, I won’t come back anytime soon. A while ago, I started cutting my own hair. Then during lockdown, this new habit suddenly became even more useful. First, I purchased the Hatteker Hair Trimmer 3-in-1: An excellent hair and beard trimmer. It’s cordless, waterproof, and the rechargable batteries are replaceable. Then, I…
Takeaways From Warren Buffett’s 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting
As every year, I enjoyed watching the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting. (Here are my live-tweets.) Here is what I learned this year: Remember that cash has option value Berkshire currently holds $125 billion in cash. They have not spend any of it this year. First, Buffett seems to be quite cautious and conservative at this…
Unlocking the Subconscious Mind
While I believe I have only scrached the surface, here are some of the results I got by working with my subconscious mind: I feel better than ever I feel younger, full of energy I look forward to the future, “the best is yet to come” I feel calmer and more relaxed I sleep better…
A Precious Human Life
I love to contemplate the following text by The Dalai Lama. In fact, it’s hanging on my wall, so I see it every day: “Every day, think as you wake up,today I am fortunate to have woken up,I am alive I have a precious human life,I am not going to waste it,I am going to…
Why I Deactivated Tracking in MailChimp
Since starting my newsletter in 2016, I have decided to use MailChimp. A great tool that I can fully recommend. (By the way, it’s free until you reach 2000 subscribers). Without thinking, I have used the default settings ever since: Tracking Opens Tracking Clicks It seems innocent enough. Who wouldn’t want to track these things?…