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…
Category: Happiness
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?…
16 Takeaways from Ideaweek 2020
I recently spent an amazing week at MOI Global Ideaweek 2020, a retreat for like-minded value investors and wisdom-seekers. The motto was: „A single conversation with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.” — Chinese Proverb It was a magical, relaxed, and uplifting environment in St. Moritz. Nothing like traditional, fast-paced conferences. I…
Do what works
I love this principle from Charlie Munger from last year’s Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting. It’s simple, and powerful. So I thought it deserves it’s own blog post: “Figure out what works, and go do it.” Charlie Munger Do what feels good Another dimension of this principle is to listen to how you feel. Generally speaking,…
My favorite moments of the 2010s
Recently I wrote down my personal memories of the 2010s, the good and the challenging. And what I learned from it. I added an exercise I learned from Psycho-Cybernetics: “re-live past successes and positive experiences” (which helps to visualize and manifest similar things in the future) So I scrolled through my Facebook photos (which was…
My favorite books of 2019
Levels of Energy by Frederick Dodson (audio version): This book provides an incredibly useful framework for how to view and work with different levels of energy. Especially how to read the energy levels of other people and how to elevate your own level. I highly recommend it and will reread it in the future. The Oxygen…
My Hopes and Expectations for the 2020s (and a Review of the 2010s)
My favorite thing about the new decade is that it offers an opportunity to practice long-term thinking. I’m aware that the effect is purely psychological. What matters is, that it works! So let’s put the weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly rhythms aside, and focus on decades for a change. Review of the 2010s Tech is…
If you're not in charge of your own time, you are a slave
For a long time, I felt like a slave. I’ve enslaved myself with my own startup. I’ve enslaved myself by being funded by outside investors, not customers. I’ve enslaved myself by saying yes to things I should have said no to. I’ve enslaved myself by not valuing my time. I don’t want to feel enslaved….
The Best Habits I Started in 2019
I love building new habits. Also, breaking them. Here are the best ones I started in 2019: Guided journalingEvery morning, I do guided journaling, using the Stoic Routine App. It helps me to reflect, letting off steam and re-focus on what is truly important. I’m practicing this for a full year now, and the benefits…
Hell Yeah or No
Four words. This is the simplest and most useful decision making concept I have come across. I reflect on it regularly and it helps me to say “no” with more conviction. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say “no”. When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That…