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Go slow to be fast

I do ultra trail running and when I learned one thing its, the faster you go downhill the more you pay the price at the next hill as your bones, joints and muscles get massively strained. When you sprint uphillyour engine explodes and you will miss every bit of energy at the end of the […]

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Are you a Pavlov dog?

I don’t suffer fools gladly. It seems that in this day and age common sense isn’t very common anymore and like the bell had Pavlov’s dog salivate, a certain stupidity gets me going. Its one of the things annoying me about my personality and something I am working on to be conscious about. Why? In […]

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Marmite, or how to spread yourself NOT thinly!

I hadn't planned this post, but in almost meditative fixation of the Marmite jar it ignited a thought. You might not be familiar with this vegetable spread or you either love or hate the taste. Never mind, I am a lover and it gave me the following reflection.... In most of us sits a constant […]

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How to EAT an aeroplane!

Sounds crazy right? Impossible! And still, Michel Lotito, a French gentleman ate a Cessna aircraft over the span of 2 years. (Google, if you don’t believe it). He broke the objects he ate down into small pieces and washed them down with mineral oil and water. Crazy, right? I certainly have chosen a different diet […]

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First to Blink loses

First To Blink Loses Hand on heart, when was the last time you stayed late at work not doing something useful but rather because you didn’t want to be the first to leave? Having worked in a culture of high demanding working hours I question the productivity of long and late days. It creates a […]

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Living for the weekend

Are you living for the weekend? Recently I took the train to Zurich to see a client. Opposite me sat a young woman, probably 20ish years old wearing a sweatshirt with the logo: “Living for the weekend.” Her face expressionless or fixated on her smart phone. Her whole body language showed the physiognomy of impossibility! […]

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Sister Sledge, or Sledge Hammer?

Many of my clients face a common issue.  They are living a life they feel trapped. When I was listening to the song “We Are Family” reoccurring phrases from some sessions flashed through my mind. “I can’t change my situation because of my children. I have no time because of our children. We don’t do […]

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Life Teachings by a Shopping Trolley

Life Teachings by a Shopping Trolley I needed an office shelf so I drove to the Swedish Furniture Giant. Loaded with “FJÄLKINGE” and 38 “things” one buys aside, I went back my car finding it boxed in by trolleys. Why don’t people return their shopping trolleys? Shouldn’t this be a simple act of courtesy? What […]

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3 simple things to do the next 100 days

3 simple things to do the next 100 days 2 years ago my mother passed away. At the same time my 56y old brother-in-law (pictured) was on his way to a hospice with a fatal brain tumour. He died 3 months later. A few years before 2016 I started pondering about my own mortality, more […]

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Why Plato Loved Chocolate Bars

In 1990, as a student, I met my wife. On our first weekend away I drove her mad by calculating how much petrol we have and that it will last to the next stop where petrol would be cheaper. When we stopped and while I was re-filling she bought a chocolate bar, at the petrol […]

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