Creativity, Personal Development, Procrastination, Productivity

Be a Finisher, Not a Starter

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According to a study that was conducted for the Dutch Ministry of Education, 32% of university students quit in their first year.1Source: Dutch Ministry of Education

I still remember when I was in my first year of studying business. After a few months, students started to drop out. They wanted to switch to different degrees. They thought another degree would make them happier.

1 in 3 that quits sounds very familiar to me. But quitting never popped up in my mind when I was studying.

One of the things I realized early on in my life is that education is not so much about what you learn (unless you want to be a lawyer, doctor, or in other specialized professions).

Education is about showing yourself and the world that you have the ability to finish what you start.

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Career Advice, Decision Making, Life Lessons

You Can Have What You REALLY Want

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What You Really Want

What do you really want from life? There are two options:

  1. You don’t know
  2. You think you know but you’re not sure

This is why many people are restless, moving from job to job, house to house, partner to partner, and country to country.

Take a step back. And look at the issue at hand.

What do you want? Because the reality is that life is long enough to get what you really want.

Now, that doesn’t mean you can have everything you want. It simply means you can get what you REALLY want.

The problem is that most of us will never find out what we really want. 

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Career Advice, Happiness, Life Lessons

Why You Need ‘Flexible Goals’ for Success & Happiness 

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Flexible Goals

When you set out to earn more money, you tend to set absolute financial goals. Somehow this is the default thinking pattern of our brains.

When it comes to money, we prefer working with absolute numbers. 

  • Instead of saying, “I want to earn more this year than last year,”
  • We say, “I want to make $100K this year.”

I call that a ‘fixed goal.’ You don’t only set a fixed number you want to earn, save, or spend, you also get fixated on achieving that financial goal.

And this is not only related to earning certain amounts of money. It’s the same with spending or saving. 

A few years back, I set a goal to “spend nothing on clothes for an entire year.” I don’t think I achieved my goal, but I certainly bought way less than before. And this is exactly why you want to avoid fixed goals.

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Business, Career Advice, Writing

10 Tips for Effective Business Writing 

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10 Tips Business Writing

Even if you’re not a “pro,” people will not take you seriously if your business writing isn’t good. We all know how that feels.

It hurts when you send out emails or messages that people ignore. You feel small and insignificant.

“Why is no one responding to my emails?”

Because you make it easy for people to ignore you. But if you write in a clear, credible, and persuasive way in your career, you can convince people to pay you attention.

That’s why business writing is important for every knowledge worker. 

Here are 10 tips that will make your business writing so effective people will respond to you.

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