Last Wednesday I arrived in Berlin after having been 9 months abroad. I felt good and ready to enter my productivity phase and make money. It was hard to admit but I struggled to actually start and apply my plan. A form of jet lag and my mind still being in the mood of traveling.

Finding a rhythm

It was hard to explain my body, mind and soul that I wouldn’t travel for a while a now. It felt like a form of jet lag although I took the bus going to Berlin (Granada – Madrid – Barcelona – Paris – Berlin within 3.5 days spending 40 hours in the bus). Don’t underestimate a bus jet lag especially when you don’t apply deep sleep in those seats. I intentionally arrived on Wednesday July 13, two days before my mother’s birthday.

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I write because I know I want to be successful with writing. I write because I know I have time until the end of my life to succeed – while what success means is entirely up to your standards.

Four things play a role in wanting something:

1. Expressing you want it.
2. Setting a time for when to achieve it.
3. Defining under which conditions the achievement is considered a success.
4. Taking action!

I made a contract with myself and my future version. I call it an achievement contract. I want to share this contract with you so you can adapt it to your own goal — or you can ask for the template: hi@naii.nu. Read More

Keep the radio running

In my daily quest to find metaphors and analogies that express moving forward and making progress pursuing your dreams, I found radio to be an excellent example.

If you don’t get your butt moved, the radio won’t play. It’s like these mobile radios that work by transforming kinetic energy into electricity, for example when you rotate the handle a few times the radio plays for a while. If you rotate longer, the radio plays longer. Read More