Life

Attitude vs intelligence

People with a fixed mindset document their intelligence and talents rather than working to develop and improve them.

Alternatively, in a growth mindset, people have an underlying belief that their learning and intelligence can grow with time and experience.

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Carve out more time to think

This week I have slowed down the work pace which has given me more time to think and reflect. New ideas pop up and I’ve taken a lot of notes.

I have always had a desire to create and produce but it’s nice to look back on the time elapsed. Get perspective on things I’ve done and think about what you …

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Hack and change your habits

If like me you have habits you want to change, I know an app that can help you.

Hack and change your routines with the app Lift →

Lift makes it easier to change your habits and achieve your goals by encourage for change of your daily routines. The app records your habits so you can track your …

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Quantified self

Something exciting has started to happen, it shows up more and more products and tools that help us understand our health. There has been significant progress the last years in how we can track and following our health.

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Goals or not

Leo Babauta and Tim Ferris discuss if goals is good or bad for us as individuals.

Leo think that the problem with goals is that it’s the end point, if we pursue a goal, and regardless of what we learned from it, or how much fun we had on the road, we feel that we have failed anyway and move forward.

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My first iPhone app is open source

I’ve made an iPhone app. I wanted to learn the basics and experiment with trial & error and understand the principles around app/iOS development. I experimented with Xcode, did some programming in Objective C to reconnect to the interface after events based on the data and user input. …

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A follow up on my new habits

A few months ago I started with some new habits.

You can read about them here: Good Habits

The routines

  • Go to bed in reasonable time (before 11pm)
  • No social media before 8am or after 10pm
  • No snoozing
  • Write daily
  • No second screen when watching TV
  • Meditate for 2 minutes every day

Routines would …

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Life in three dimensions

I have another blog where I’ve written quite continuously for more than four years. Yesterday I was looking through the posts and came up with an interesting insight.

Common to most of the post I’ve written in the blog is that they are all about me and my personal development. It is a blog about …

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Breathe and subtract

Are you stressed about what to eat for dinner? Worried about tomorrow’s meeting? Not had time to work out today? Or should you pick up the kids at daycare? 3 minutes to the next train?

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A month without alcohol

A few months ago I came across an article that made me reflect on how often I drink alcohol. I drink far less now than I did before but realized that I haven’t had a break without alcohol for more than 2 weeks max in 10 years. Since I turned 18-19 I’ve been drinking 2-6 times a month. And the last …

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Start biking

Got spontaneous the idea to take the bike to the office today. Really nice! Great with variety and to come of the congestion and the stress on the subway. A bit cold though.

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Arnold: Life's 6 Rules

I came across this video today, a really inspiring rendition of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech on his 6 rules to success. And speaking of trust your gut feeling (which I wrote about yesterday) Arnold’s first rule is: trust yourself.

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To hit publish

Okay, so I’m on my 12th post in my blog challenge. And it’s still pretty hard.

To press the publish button.

I don’t want to be stupid or boring. There always those concerns. And I don’t think I’m alone. There are certainly many people who don’t write because they are afraid to be stupid, boring, …

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