What is needed to succeed in school? A lot of people will probably answer this question with; You have to be smart! This paper is not sure about that statement. Nabil H Mustafa had a closer look at some of the world’s most famous mathematicians on how they achieved so many great intellectual achievements. It […]
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Does being bored make us more creative?
Boredom has traditionally been associated with a range of adverse outcomes, both within the workplace and outside of it. Being bored does not mean that you don’t have anything to do, I mean, did you ever find yourself in a moment that you literally had no options on doing something? Boredom stems from a situation wherefrom […]
Startups have it all. Except a path to profits.
From an investor point of view; start-ups are not primarily seen as young companies headed for a sustainable market position, but as financial investment vehicles to be hyped up and then passed along to the next stage. UBER, WeWork, and biggest part of the startup ecosystem wear a mask. They have millions of users, cool […]
Learn from different worlds.
Yesterday morning I was working at the office of one the clients of MOIJ-LIFE; Hospice. This week I wrote about their launch. I’ve seen this place while it was still an abandoned building. They made huge progress and are ready to welcome the first residents. If this was a tech startup, you would probably read about […]
Note to self
The best ideas arrive when you don’t look for them. After having some meetings yesterday, my afternoon was completely different than initially planned. While arriving home, I knew that I never was able to finish my work for the day. (I was supposed to work on a project) I decided to sit outside, and […]
Opinions. Jadajajada.
There are a lot of them. In the form of feedback on your work, how much you should sleep, exercise, what you should eat, drink or wear, the list continues… I don’t believe we humans have more opinions then before, but with unlocking your phone you are exposed to the world of opposites. Eat meat! […]
A New Hospice in Amsterdam
Today Hospice Amsterdam Zuid-Oost opened its doors. As I wrote on Dribbble Last week it’s inspiring to see people work super hard to make this a reality. We need more people like this, that don’t give up. People who create real solutions, for real world problems. Most of them aren’t ‘sexy’ as crypto, Ai, or […]
Do more
I made a last-minute decision to fly back to Amsterdam the other week, I’m incredibly busy at the moment and we needed to fix some things. It’s weird, but I like moments where things go wrong. It’s the part where everyone comes to getter, and you are forced to work on a solution, forced to […]
Worry
As an entrepreneur I try to be prepared for an uncertain, and often ‘dangerous’ future. If I would have invented the airplane, I would definitely also have designed the parachute. I’m optimistic, but I consider all possibilities, the challenge in all of this is not to worry to much. It may well rain tomorrow, […]
Give people freedom to create
Building something is always challenging, the goal in this process should always be to innovate and to make something people want. Bernard Arnault of LVMH (world largest, successfully luxury good company) shared his vision behind the success of the company and the creative process: I don’t have alarm bells when it comes to creativity. If […]