“Best-before-date” in the working world has expired — When I had a conversation with the owner of a medium-sized company about his workforce and people in “retirement”-age, I was positively surprised about his attitude. He told me about an employee who started working at age 15, came at some point to my conversation partner’s company, and stayed there…

And really paying attention pays off in the end — We all need to listen better. That is the mantra. But why do you really need to pay attention to what the other person is saying and trying to convey to you? What’s in it for you? “As leaders and positive difference-makers, one of our biggest challenges, we must turn…

5 Reasons why friendships are priceless and 5 tips on how to make friends — Two things carry you through life, your health, and your friends. Both are precious and priceless. For me, they are the two most important things in life you can have. Let’s talk about friends and friendships. Do you have friends? I would assume so. But I was proven wrong with…

How to get away from a life on autopilot to a life you control — Our world is moving fast, and we often get pushed through it with little time for reflecting, pausing or breathing. Do you enjoy that? Or do you just go with the flow of these hectic times? This is about helping you become aware of your way of walking through your…

Ask yourself these 7 tough questions to find out — What will people say about you when you are gone? Now, you might think, ‘Why do I actually need to care what people will say about me when I am gone? I am gone… I won’t hear it anyway. So, is it even important?’ Well, change your point of view…

Don’t be shy asking yourself tough questions — I see attention as a core competence of the 21st century and believe we can use our potential to pay attention for building better lives and businesses. A bird’s eye view on your life We easily take attention for granted. It is somehow there. We like to get distracted and if somebody or something wants our attention…

And why you better use it and not abuse it — Every day, you have a new chance to use your valuable skill to pay attention, instead of abusing it. Most of us abuse it. Our ability to pay attention to what is necessary and what deserves our attention is limited. We get hammered with too much news, ads, sales, and…

The little mindset shift about how you use your attention — Let me ask you this: Is life absorbing you or do you absorb life? Who is in control? You — enjoying life? Or is the life unfolding around you in control over your personal life? Life is like a glass half-filled with water. That glass is what it is. It…

You might think it’s ingenious preparation. It’s not. — Do you consider yourself a survivor? You want to be prepared when sh*t hits the fan, wherever it may happen on planet Earth, in your region or in your office. We take care of data, processes, techniques, tools, and science to have some preparation. We believe that this is the…