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We have two ears and only one mouth. Listen twice before you speak. Society will push you to react. Advertising, news, social media, everything is designed to provoke an immediate response. Confrontation is the currency. You will feel the pressure to reply, to take a side, to say something. Quickly. There are people who speak…

Life is not a straight line. You don’t go from A to B without diversions, and more important, you may know where A is, where you are standing right now, but you don’t yet know what B will be. You know what you care about. You know what you are good at. But you don’t…

The Romans had a phrase for it: mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body. They figured this out two thousand years ago, and we keep needing to be reminded. Study matters. Learning matters. But a mind without a body to carry it is only half the equation. What you eat,…

When you are tired, when you are busy, when you don’t really feel like doing it, that is when it matters the most. That is where the difference is made. Going to the gym.Eating well.Writing one more blog post, even when you don’t feel inspired. In those moments, it may feel pointless. Like it doesn’t…

There is something I only understood by moving around the world. When you grow up in one place, it is easy to believe that your way is the right one. Not because you are arrogant, but because you don’t know anything else. Then you meet people who are different. Different habits, different values, different ways…

On the planet Earth, we are 8 billion people.When I was in my twenties, there were about 5 billion people. Life is becoming way more competitive.And I feel that, my kids. The question then became: How do you succeed? But first of all, what does success mean? What does it mean for you? For me,…

Every night, before I go to sleep, I come to your room. I tuck your blankets. I give you a kiss. Most of the time, you’re sleeping deeply. Sometimes you stir a little, then settle back. And in that moment, you are so pure it almost hurts to look at you. I always find it…

Life can be interesting, and if you look at it this way, you will see that it is made of different phases. Right now, you are still young, and Mum and Dad take care of almost everything for you. There are many things you don’t want to do, and we push you to do them,…

Living is dangerous…no, not dangerous, it is unpredictable. And this unpredictability is what we fear the most. Because, if we are honest, it is very reassuring to know where we are going and what comes next. And I was scared too. I was scared to travel by myself when I was young. I was scared…

Forgetting things – like this blog. As I said, we didn’t really need a new blog online… but it is fun to have it and a commitment to maintain. A commitment that I, eventually, failed. And now I want to forgive myself. I am not good at doing that, so I have to practice. And…