There are four things you should know about me, before you read on: A SMALL CALCULATION A day has 24 hours. I hope you manage to sleep 7-8 hours. Less is not healthy on long term. In a 100%-job you spend another 7-8 hours of your day, more is not healthy on long term. Plus…

Learning without failing and being ridiculous?  My second last postcard is an obvious one. Still everybody tries hard not to fail and is afraid of seeming ridiculous. But if you really want to learn new stuff you will fail and you will look ridiculous. So what? We should learn from kids. If they fail or cry we think it’s…

A lot of people post on Linkedin proudly: “I am starting a new position…” It might look like this:  But thinking of it, I have to say, that especially a leadership position should be less of a position, than a responsibility.  You could even be proud of a new responsibilty! But a “position” means most…

When I wrote (during Covid-19) the book “Manage Yourself, Before Others Do!”, I was mostly thinking of people, like the one on the photo, who are thrown into a previously unknown situation of self-responsibility on how to organise and to prioritise their daily work on their own.  Nowadays (and this is maybe a positive consequence…

There are a lot of books and guidelines around “how to win a negotiation”, “how to dominate your counterpart”, “be the alpha male” etc. I think it’s good to be strong, and you should be able to fight. But there are many more ways to do so than just to destroy or dominate all the…

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“Misunderstandings are the most common form of communication” Since I understood that misunderstandings are the rule and not the exception, I am more relaxed, when I detect a misunderstanding. People have different point of views. People have all their own biases. People have a hard time listening to each other. These are the three main…

“Why should I listen to you, if I know, I am right?” Do you recognise yourself? I do – not only since I’m on the photo 😉 In discussions I catch myself not listening to the other person, because I already know, what I want to say and just waiting for the opportunity to perform.…

Ja, ich lache fröhlich auf obigem Bild. Aber denjenigen Personen, die mich besser kennen, wird das Bild vermutlich irgendwie seltsam vorkommen. Auf diesem Bild sieht man nur die halbe Wahrheit! Ich habe den alten Trick verwendet und meine eine Gesichtshälfte gedoppelt. Es vergeht kaum ein Tag, an dem ich nicht Artikel davon lese, was AI…

We live in troubled times. It feels like being in rough sea waters (if I may use this analogy as someone from a landlocked country) — everything is in motion. World politics have gone haywire, traditional values are being questioned in many societies and the economy continues to experience significant events that bring uncertainty. The…