by Jochem | Feb 3, 2020 | Insights
People are inherently economic creatures. Not ‘economic’ as in ‘cheap’, but ‘economic’ as in ‘taking part in economic transactions’. In this sense, we’re Homo Economicus. Every day we do a number of transactions.... by Jochem | Jan 19, 2020 | Happiness, Books, Insights
Just like anyone, I want to be happy. But for a long time, I wasn’t actively thinking about what would or would not make me happy. And for some reason, over the last years I’ve grown more interested in the topic. It comes back in some of the books I read... by Jochem | Jan 13, 2020 | Business, Insights
We don’t like to talk about finance. We won’t easily share our income publicly, or even privately with those closest to us. And there are a lot of other strange aspects to finance and salary — not just that we don’t disclose it, but also how we... by Jochem | Dec 16, 2019 | Personal development, Entrepreneurship
One aspect of the dilemmas of thirty-somethings, which I wrote about in my newsletter a while ago, is a focus on perfectionism and ‘wanting it all’. For example, we want a great and kind partner who is good witih children and meets all our expectations. Or... by Jochem | Dec 7, 2019 | Personal development
Habit tracking can be immensely valuable. But other blogs often say it’s a cure-all (which it isn’t) or they may promote a (paid-for) habit tracking tool. In my opinion, you don’t need a pricey tool, and you don’t need to go through difficult... by Jochem | Dec 2, 2019 | Meetups, Enter Network
Meetups, or ‘events hosted around a specific topic’, have gained massive popularity over the last years. The company meetup.com popularized the idea and even trademarked the word ‘meetup’. And currently, companies and individuals around the... by Jochem | Nov 25, 2019 | Insights
Recently I re-discovered an interesting concept called path dependence. It came to me after reading the following Tweet, by journalist Jon Stone: Can you imagine the hysterical reaction if someone had suggested the creation of public libraries today. “For free?... by Jochem | Nov 18, 2019 | Insights, Happiness, Personal development
When I launched a newsletter accompanying this blog, I named it: ‘Unrestricted’. I came up with this name on the basis of the organizational purpose of the company I ran for two years called Infloat. Recently, the company has stopped operations, but I find... by Jochem | Nov 11, 2019 | Entrepreneurship
For a long time, I’ve been interested in entrepreneurship. In how companies get started and grow over time; and in the people that come up with an idea and actually decide to make that idea into a business. It’s simply amazing to see what people can do... by Jochem | Nov 4, 2019 | Insights, Happiness
A number of people around me work in the medical field. They are doctors, nurses, psychologists, therapists and more, trying to make people (feel) better. As such, it’s never been a secret to me that generally, people in medicine work hard. They make long hours,...
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