I’ve always loved the way God doesn’t look at how much we have - He sees what we do with what ever we are trusted.
A gift is not for you to have - it’s for you to use for the good of others. So being talented doesn’t mean you are (necessarily) lucky. It means you [...]

British scientists asked more than 40.000 people if they wanted 40£ now or 60£ in three months. Even though no (reasonable) investment could ever give such a high return, more than half said “I’ll have it now, please.”
The questions shows how one discerns “pleasure now” compared to “pleasure later”. In so many things in life, we [...]

Creativity. Difficult to describe. Get’s us from good to great. Can’t be forced.
But how do you make it unfold? How do you make room for creativity? Sir Ken Robinson gives an excellent talk on the matter here:
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One of my first essays in school was about creativity. As an 11yo I didn’t bring any wisdom or ground breaking research to the table - let me assure you. But I made the text all flashy on the computer with pictures and (- I remember -) Footrot bouncing through the text. In 1994 that was really fancy.
But never mind - [...]

One of my goals with this blog is to highlight certain people and what I find fascinating about them. Often it is their attitude to life I find worth noticing. Because how we face life really does make a difference. Most of the things you meet in life are not up to you. Things just [...]