Thinking is fine but thinking too much kills your ability to act: it numbs and paralyzes you. Overthinking is the keyword here. You’re such a thinker. You’re so intelligent that you think about all those things.

Guess what? There is a time when thinking is only the start of your quest, when thinking is only the vehicle that drives you towards your destination, when it’s just a mean not the outcome.

Of course it hugely depends on your personality, context, relations and your whole concept of life what role thinking does take in your endeavors. I’m a fan of practicality (I hear my younger self laughing out loud now since as an 18 year old I was far from that mentality). Putting things into action. Moving wheels so it gets rolling and pushing myself because you can always go further. That’s my world today. It may change.

If you can still ask yourself “Have I reached my limit?” you haven’t reached your limit. Continue. — Twitter

Thinking is not the absence of being practical. It’s just another expression of it. The problem with thinking is its inherent abstract nature. It’s just not very tangible to have a thought. Writing it down makes it more tangible, at least legible or readable. Writing puts you into a clear mindset, makes your thoughts make sense.

What I’m doing here with my #weekdaykickoff series is writing every week-day so I stay sharp-minded. It’s my personal therapy. And since I have things to say to this world (so much), I share my personal therapy process.

I’m not insane. I’m preventing myself to become like that. Writing is a big instrument, very powerful. Writing even sells, as I will explain in my next workshop on a cruise crossing the Atlantic. Writing makes you move because moving your fingers is the primary physical expression of writing and therefore your direct connection to your thoughts.

You could say: Fingers are the instruments to play your thoughts.

The take-away from today: Stay mentally sharp and write every day. Yes, every day. In the great book “The Artist Way” I learnt about having morning pages where you brain dump what’s inside your head. “Shout, shout, let it all out” I hear Tears for Fears singing. Exactly. Write, write, let it all out. “I’m talking to you, come on…”.

This was episode 23 of the #weekdaykickoff. Every Monday-Friday morning. Colombian time. Until episode 5 I also audio-recorded on Anchor, you can find me there as “Alexander Kluge”.

You are a gentleman, a gentle man or gently pleasant woman. You don’t behave well, you’re not paying attention all the time, you’re not aware when a situation requires your action and make the person you’re with feel to be the only one you’re listening to because you’re looking for a clap on your shoulder, the notion of “Good job! or a gesture of gratitude.

You’re not showing yourself from your best side because you want a “Thank you!”. You do it unconditionally. You don’t expect anything in return. You’re not in transaction mode. You’re in relation mode. Not necessarily relationship mode but eager to either establish or continue keeping up a healthy and nutritious relation.

Because you don’t do it so people thank you, you will always do it. You do it because you are a good person and have no shame to show it. In fact, you can brag about it. Gently, of course.

The take-away from today: Your deepest self shows you how to behave. As a child you knew what was right and wrong. As an adult you also know but sometimes lack clarity because of all the fog, noise and distraction around you. Be gentle to your thoughts, appreciate them. This will make you become a gentle man or woman.

This was episode 22 of the #weekdaykickoff. Every Monday-Friday morning. Colombian time. Until episode 5 I also audio-recorded on Anchor, you can find me there as “Alexander Kluge”.

Ask yourself why you want to make the big cash first and then do good, like you see a lot of famous people doing that.

Why not doing good as a career that you start in your 20s or 30s? Impress yourself by what you’re capable of and heavily make a positive impact on this planet already before your mid-life crisis (45 or so).

Screw YOLO and all that. Build up a reputation already when you barely know what reputation actually means. You’re 14? Great. Time to think big! I played soccer when I was that age and continued playing without any goal in life until 29.

That is almost 3 centuries of aimlessly messing around, without big purpose, without thinking that I have a duty – the duty to succeed as a person (in life and business) and the duty to fucking get off your couch and use your skills and talents so others benefit from that. It’s your duty to give what you have, to teach what you know. It’s your duty to contribute to this planet. Make yourself successful so that other people become successful as well!

Don’t wait until you have those 10 million on your bank account. Don’t wait until you had your first heavy surgery that makes you less capable to move. Don’t wait until your drive and agility equals that of a snail. You’re better than that. You’re more capable when your bones are fresh, your mind open and able to change perspective more dramatically.

Become a role model for your existing family and the family that will follow. Yes, you gain less money but you earn legacy. People will talk about you for centuries. How does that sound?

I’m creating a social-focused startup called ON BOARD. We offer learning journeys for small groups where you learn from locals and build down clichés that exist about countries, cultures and people. The planet becomes therefore more transparent and tangible so that people connect and understand one another better and deeper.

The take-away from today: Do good in the field where you feel most compelled. Don’t fall in love with the idea of you helping in a field because it would sound good or impress people. Follow your call, take your time to hear it and then go!

This was episode 21 of the #weekdaykickoff. Every Monday-Friday morning. Colombian time. Until episode 5 I also audio-recorded on Anchor, you can find me there as “Alexander Kluge”.

Watch the video: Start doing good when you’re young