I haven't written in a while. Between raising a 1 year old, taking care of the house, and managing my own free time and sanity, I somehow found a mental space to ask myself: "If I were, in this one year away from work, to do something else, something that truly defines me, what would it be?" After ...
Make time for doing nothing
I started to meditate sometime in my teenage years, and always had the feeling that I'm doing something wrong. Since then, I read several books on the subject, did countless guided and non-guided meditations, went to India and meditated with monks and even in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and reached two ...
Review: Rituals for Living Dreambook & Planner
I know I've been away for quite some time. In the meanwhile I finished another coaching school, trained for and then ran a half marathon, and tried to find more time for myself (as you can see from the above, not working that well :)). So when I received the offer to do a review for ...
Minimalist packing
I try to never check my bag, unless it's a long vacation (2 weeks or similar) and/or I plan to carry back 3 bottles of local alcohol produce, which is the case for most of my travels in foreign locations. Anyways. I may not be the minimalist traveler as Leo of ZenHabits, but I gathered a ...
Erin Condren Life Planner – Review after 3 months!
I recently bought an Erin Condren Life Planner, after - of course! - a lot of thinking and analyzing options (find the process and the other options here). After I've been asked to write a review, here's how the colourful little planner helped me so far: 1. It's pricey, but it stands out. Not your average business planner, ...
My brand new Life Planner!
I don't know about you, but I feel this first half of 2012 has been pretty hectic. I've had numerous new projects, long term priorities, meetings with long lost friends, catching up on older acquaintances, and on top, lots of hard work, at work. It's been getting hard to juggle all of these, and I knew ...
10 Questions to raise Engagement (GROW model)
Whether you're a manager talking to a direct report who has a problem, or a friend helping out someone who doesn't know what to do next... there's a simple flow of questions that can help bring focus and call to action. Coaches talk a lot about the GROW model, perhaps the most known - and simple! - ...
How to coach – it’s that simple!
Part of my job (one of the parts I love most) is to create and supervise development programs for employees who want to move to the next level. Sometimes you spot a potential leader inside the group of participants, and the guy (or girl) just sky rockets by himself. Other times, you must create the awareness ...
Jevons Paradox in Time Management
Inspired by the recent Time Management infograph in DOR Magazine (the infograph was made by Quickdata.ro but for some reason can't be found on their website, so I'm afraid you're going to have to buy the magazine :D) I set out to research a bit on Jevons' Paradox. Jevons' Paradox : - The more efficiently a resource ...
How to quiet your brain
Does this look familiar to you? You wake up. You stumble to the batroom, brush your teeth, get dressed, gulp down some coffee, head to work, answer emails, answer phone calls, answer questions, sit down in meetings while thinking about the shopping list for the evening, drive home, clean up, cook, eat, wash, go to bed. ...
How to create a weekly meal plan
I've been cooking (ha!) this idea for more than a few weeks, since I've started looking in the fridge and realizing (a) there is no cookable food in there and (b) I don't have the energy to think up or look up what could be possibly assembled from the bits and pieces there. I am lucky to say ...
How to choose your 2011 Planner
In about 15 years of using organizers (yes, I started early), I experimented quite a few solutions. And now, the market is more diversified than ever, offering various types of organizers, agendas, planners, notebooks, all colours, shapes, types, sizes, filled with all possible templates for organizing mostly any life. So, out of a large array of choices, ...
The one simple thing that will help you get organized
People tell me I'm structured, analytical and organized. (of course, more often than not, they also tell me I'm strange, moody, and inconsistent). (I think the two sides make quite an interesting combination, and I don't intend to change either of them). Anyways, along time I've experimented (as you can tell by the posts on this blog) with ...
1 year of Life Toolkit! Best posts & Coaching challenge
So one year of blogging passed away, quite fast. What happened during this time? Looking back... - I started blogging like crazy, read all I could on SEO and social network promoting, then decided I should just let my readers unfold as they come. And that's how I got to this steady, smallish base of you ...
3 Simple Recipes for the Gourmet Yuppie
* author note: A yuppie is a young professional,which means probably between 22 and 30 years old. If you're within this age group, you're more likely to be spending time online looking for food recipes, than actually cooking in the kitchen. You probably don't have much time, but plenty of friends. You're already past the wild young years, ...
