The other day someone asked me what my goals were for 2016. I told her the truth.
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December 2015
Why I stopped reading books (and blogs)
In the US alone there are more than 600.000 books published every year. That's more than 1600 books every day. In the US alone! And globally there are more than 2mn blog posts published every day.
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It’s not about the messenger
It's about the message. And about reaching as many people as possible.
Even, no especially when the message, your message or work gets adopted (or copied) and tweaked by someone else.
Just the other day I had to remind myself of this lesson when someone wrote a very similar post to my post Everything sucks.
At first I was a bit upset. But then I realized that it's actually a good thing.
Because now the message reached even more people. It landed on #1 on Medium. Almost the same thing. Same message. Just a different messenger.
And that's all that counts. To get the message out there. And to reach as many people as possible.
It's not about the messenger. It's about the message!
And about putting aside our egos. My ego. Your ego. All our egos.
So I put aside my ego and did the only natural thing I could have done. I invited her to my podcast..
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Do more bad work
90% of my blog posts suck. An even bigger number of my podcast episodes suck (not my guests fault though). Same with my YouTube videos. And my books.
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Permission to think
For decades we’ve been trained by schools, universities and our bosses to always pretend to be busy. To never stand still. To always do stuff. To never question anything.
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How many years of school?
I did 13 years of school. Then I went to university for another 6 years or so.
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X-Mas Present from Yann
I’ve got a small X-Mas present for all of you. For reading all of my stuff, for caring, for pushing me forward and for making a difference.
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The digital nomad lie
When I wrote this I’ve been traveling and working remotely for three and a half months. Or at least I’ve tried to.
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What’s next?
At one point in our lives we stop asking ourselves one of the most important questions out there.
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If it’s easy
We all shoot for easy. And when we all shoot for the same thing, the easy thing, then the greatness of doing that thing is split among everybody who’s shooting for that same thing.
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Let’s get uncomfortable again
Whenever something feels uncomfortable, whenever something just doesn’t feel right, like sitting uncomfortably in a chair, you’ll have to change whatever it is that makes you feel so uncomfortable.
You’ll have to change your position. Or your posture. Over and over again. To figure out what it is that makes you feel so uncomfortable.
Until it feels just right. And when it feels just right you can finally relax. And enjoy your movie. Your beer. And your popcorn.
Most of us get stuck here. Most of us get stuck watching that movie. Or drinking that beer. Or eating that popcorn.
And when you do this for too long, when you’re comfortable for too long, you’ll lose your drive to change things. To improve things. To create things. And to do something incredible.
Being comfortable takes away the most important ingredient of innovation. Of creativity. Of change. Of pretty much everything.
It takes away the part where something just doesn’t feel right. Where something feels uncomfortable.
It takes away the part where you want to, no where you have to change something.
And when this part is missing, when you’re too comfortable, you’ll always do just ok work. You’ll write ok reports. You’ll do ok presentations. You’ll create ok products. And live an ok life.
Until.. Until you turn off that TV, stop drinking that beer, stop eating that popcorn and start getting a bit more uncomfortable again..
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Everything sucks
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Decision capital
You only have a limited amount of decisions you're able to make every single day.
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What really happens when you live like there's no tomorrow
The other day a friend of mine sent me a link to a video on YouTube. You know the kind of video where you see amazing skylines, beautiful nature, people holding hands and people kissing.
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Are you the CEO of your own life?
It’s hard to become CEO of anything. Be it that Fortune 500 company, that startup or that pizza store next door.
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Don’t focus
Everybody says that we have to focus. We have to focus on one thing only. Then we’ll become successful. Or an expert. Or live a happy life. Or whatever.
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Don't focus on what people say
We focus too much on things other people say. Instead of focusing on the things that work.
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I’ve seen the future
And I’m proud to have been a part of that future. Even if it was just for a few days. Even if it was just for one night.
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My Most Popular Podcast Episodes This Year
I'm really happy with the way my podcast developed so far. In case you missed it, here are the most popular episodes this year so far:
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Collecting pieces
Life is all about collecting pieces.
Pieces of an unknown puzzle. A puzzle we have no clue about what it might look like once we're done with it. Once we're done with collecting the pieces. Once we have a true piece of art.
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That one big idea
That one big idea will never come. If you wait for that one big idea that will change your life, the life of millions of others and the entire world you'll wait forever. You'll wait your life away.
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Why you should (still) NOT quit your job
About a year ago I wrote a post called Why you should not quit your job. Now one year has passed. So I wanted to check back with you and see how things were going for you this past year.
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Keep that in mind
People who are getting paid for giving you advice will make sure that you come back for more advice. Because more advice means more money.
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- "97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
- "Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
- "Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
- "You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
- "We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
- "The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
- "Be the dealer. Don't be the junkie. The dealer always wins. And the junkie always dies."
- "The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
- "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
- "Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
- "Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
- "Why are people who write about millionaire habits not millionaires?"
- "No one will magically find out about you."
- "The things you don't want to do are usually the things you should be doing. They're almost always the things that will get you where you want to be."
- "Don't let other people's reality be your reality.."
- "Today it's easier to get started than ever before. That's why most people give up so easily. Because it was so easy to begin with."
- "When you hate your job you'll never be able to do more than just mediocre work."
- "Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
- "No one starts as an expert. We all start from the bottom. And have to work our way to the top."
- "The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
- "Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- "New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
- "Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
- "Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
- "How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
- "Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
- "It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
- "Perfection will only hold you back"
- "Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
- "Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
- "The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
- "It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."