Which glasses are you wearing?
Which glasses are you wearing? If there is one thing I learned during my anthropology studies, it is that you ALWAYS look through some form of ‘glasses’ that are the result of exposure to your culture,...
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No clue what to do with yet another social media channel? Or you do want to check it out, but have no idea where to start? No time to figure out how the fastest growing photo-network actually works?...
View ArticlePioneer
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading in your own direction. Away from the beaten track. Discovering new opportunities....
View ArticleHooray! My turbo button is broken!
It’s exactly a year ago today that I got whiplash from a car accident on Curaçao. At first, I thought I had needed to learn a wise lesson (‘slow down!’) and that a few months later my life would be...
View ArticleLeadership is not my ‘thing’
Leadership is not my bag. I do not like the term, and I do not really like what it represents. And so I don’t understand why it is on everyone’s agenda. I am a lone wolf. A pioneer. I don’t consider...
View ArticleAnd then there was silence…
Five days of no talking, reading, writing, or making phone calls. No internet, social media, music, TV, computers or any other form of distraction. I have just been on one of these silence retreats. To...
View ArticleCruise your business
I just arrived in Salvador, Brazil on a cruise ship full of digital nomads. I am starting to realize that this must have been one of the most unique experiences of my life. Imagine cruising from Spain...
View ArticleThe Best Reference
nog vertalen naar ENG Of je nu spreker bent, coach, consultant of ondernemer. Wat werkt er beter dan op je website zelf vertellen hoe goed je bent? Juist: jouw klanten aan het woord laten. Maar...
View ArticleLife lessons from Tango
When I hired a private tango teacher in Buenos Aires, I thought the daily lessons would teach me the dance. Never could I have imagined that I would also get profound insights into my own psychology....
View ArticleGet shit done!
On a cruise for location independent entrepreneurs I met Dan and Bjorn. Like me, they both travel several months a year while running their businesses. Together we figured out what makes us productive...
View ArticleFour and a half months of travel: the facts
From Nov 2015 till April 2016 I cruised from Spain to Brazil, traveled in South and North America and finally took a luxury cruise back to Europe. Do you have to be rich to live like this? No. Do you...
View ArticleI’d lost my mojo
I’d lost my mojo – my spark. And I hadn’t even realised. Until I came across it again in Brazil, after a cruise with 150 digital nomads. I had been struggling with my health for over ten months....
View Article‘Museum Piece’
Late 2015 I was honoured with my own exhibition in museum Flehite in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The temporary exhibition was about various forms of emigration. The fact that I am considered The...
View ArticleFasting with a foodie
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View ArticleAnd then there was silence…
Five days of no talking, reading, writing, or making phone calls. No internet, social media, music, TV, computers or any other form of distraction. I have just been on one of these silence retreats. To...
View ArticleCruise your business
I just arrived in Salvador, Brazil on a cruise ship full of digital nomads. I am starting to realize that this must have been one of the most unique experiences of my life. Imagine cruising from Spain...
View ArticleThe Best Reference
Regardless of whether you’re a speaker, coach, consultant or business person: what works better than explaining on your website just how good you are? Exactly: letting your clients do the talking. But...
View ArticleI’d lost my mojo
I’d lost my mojo – my spark. And I hadn’t even realised. Until I came across it again in Brazil, after a cruise with 150 digital nomads. I had been struggling with my health for over ten months....
View ArticleLife lessons from Tango
When I hired a private tango teacher in Buenos Aires, I thought the daily lessons would teach me the dance. Never could I have imagined that I would also get profound insights into my own psychology....
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