Key formula for a relationship

Start.

  1. You are not together until you decide to.
  2. Every day you decide to be together until you stop.
  3. Then you are not together — until you decide to.
  4. Then, every day, you decide to be together — until you stop.

End.

In my blog I write about business, productivity and philanthropy. However, right now I’m in a sabbatical week which is why I’m writing out loud even more meta than usual. Today I thought about relationships. My last relationship was about 1 year ago.

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026: Why good things end

Why good things end

You are feeling great, your family is healthy, your business is sustainable, your social connections are intact and you are enjoying your life. What else can you want when seemingly everything is on a high?

If you think about your life and the phases of your life in seasons you do not have a hard time understanding that a peak does vanish. There is a time in the year (summer) when „everyone“ is going on vacation, the peak season in terms of holiday.

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025: Plan little, execute big

Plan little, execute big

I’m like you. I phantasize about ideas, about how people would love that idea and give me feedback on it. They will suggest this and that and you will feel grateful about such good tips. Wonderful, so many people loving it. It’s going to be great.

Eventually your idea will grow and become more complex. Then the core of your idea has become clouded by „add-ons“, suggestions and advices you received. All the shining elegance and plain simplicity in the beginning turned into a messy heap of ugliness. Who’s going to tidy that up? You will, or you won’t because you lost the lust already to continue.

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