You’re among the 3 billion people who work employed. Unless you work for a cool, modern company who allows working from home or anywhere, you have some kind of boss who tells you what things he wants to get you done and where you’re supposed to do them.

The office is structured according to what the company you work for thinks is best (cheap). Who you sit next to or opposite of is directed by your superiors. You’re like the hamster in the wheel. You can control how slow and fast you run. With regard to the size, material and surrounding of your wheel you have no say. Read More

I’m writing online content, some on commission, some without. I’m co-creating a startup called ON BOARD and I’m helping people clean their households in Berlin, Germany’s capital city.

As much as I liked to clean according to everyone’s desires, I would fail. It’s either the chemistry with the client that is not a fit or it’s the requirements that don’t match with either my skills, my idea of clean or the time to accomplish this level of clean.

Whatever the factors are, a seemingly easy thing as cleaning a household reveals rather complex issues. If the client simply doesn’t like you as the cleaning professional, the client will double-double-check your work and decry it. It’s just how people are.

If they like you and you had a good interaction with each other, a corner that is less of what they see as clean is considered ok. Even if you break things (glass!), they will consider it ok because they liked you and they saw your effort. Read More

Ronan Keating says it in one of his pop songs very clearly. If you can’t ride the rollercoaster you’re not ready for life. Up and down, loop and rotation, a sudden fall and the way up again.

Lean forward and be proactive in the ride

Like in life there are forces who help you — also a rollercoaster is a helping machine. When you move uphill the rollercoaster machine helps you „climb up“ — makes it easier for you to move up. But when you move down the machine makes the movement faster (in theory) because of its sheer weight.

Take the rollercoaster of life and learn to handle its dynamics, weight and power and all the challenges (up, down, left, right, rotation, curve, etc.) that come along the way. Read More