Archives for the 'Living my Legend' Category
Golf balls, pebbles and mud that smells of beer [How to be an Original]
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor [...]
Birth of a Blogger [How to be an Original]
This month How to be an Original turned one year old. A year ago on my birthday I decided to start this blog and hardly a week later I published the first post. Little did I know what I had gotten myself into…
Conception
After a year of trying to earn a buck by playing poker online, [...]
The next step; on pitfalls, letting go and trust [How to be an Original]
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This is not your regular ho-hum weekly review. It couldn’t be, because we’re well over three weeks into this month and I have yet to publish a new post. So much for weekly…
Why have I been silent for so long? To be short, for three reasons:
Ski Trip in Switzerland
Self awarded extended break from blogging
Family [...]
Care to share your Personal Mission Statement? [How to be an Original]
A couple of months ago, I shared the process of writing my personal mission statement on the blog. I started by defining my personal core values, translated that into my personal mission statement and followed through by making guidelines and goals.
At the time I used a Dutch website that guides that process and gives examples [...]
Overcoming Obstacles [How to be an Original]
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In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it. Norman Vincent Peale
Sometimes it seems like life is preventing you from achieving your goals. You define your goals right, you make them aligned with you values, you plan the time to work on them and then … something unexpected [...]
A letter to my son on his first birthday [How to be an Original]
Dear Jesse,
Congratulations on your first birthday!
I remember that night a year ago very vividly, when you came knocking at the door in the middle of the night and over 5 weeks early. I guess you were ready to step into this world and move ahead, as you do so powerfully since that day.
The kind of [...]
Detailing my mission statement into guidelines and goals [How to be an Original]
On Tuesdays I write about Living my Legend. This section is inspired by The Alchemist and is an account of my journey of living my potential.
In this article I will be detailing my mission statement into guidelines and goals. But first a quick recap of the previous two articles.
My five personal core values are:
Love - [...]
This is my mission statement [How to be an Original]
On Tuesdays I write about Living my Legend. This section is inspired by The Alchemist and is an account of my journey of living my potential.
Values to mission statement
Last week I wrote about my five personal core values. These values are the things I want to experience in my life. They are the foundation for [...]
My five core personal values and how I use them [How to be an Original]
On Tuesdays I write about Living my Legend. This section is inspired by The Alchemist and is an account of my journey of living my potential.
This is the first post in this section. I announced it over three weeks ago and it has developed in my mind since then. Maybe it was foresight, but tuning [...]