April 2013
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January 2013
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August 2012
2 posts
Regrets of the Dying →
How to do what you love →
May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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Kreuzung zwischen Hund und Panda →
February 2012
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Creative Thinking →
December 2011
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Solve a problem with your startup →
November 2011
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October 2011
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Delivering Happiness
A few months back I read the great book Delivering Happiness by co-founder of online shoe shop Zappos, Tony Hsieh. It is an inspiring story of his path as an entrepreneur and the development of Zappos from a company that sells shoes to one that is all about creating an extraordinary customer experience. There is a lot about the truly unique culture at Zappos (where new hires get an offer of 2k...
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Your Freelance Visa for Germany / Europe
My girlfriend Catalina is from Colombia (nah, that’s not her on the photo). We have been in a long distance relationship for the last 18 months and - oh lord - ldr sucks! I committed because I love her and I knew that eventually she would come to Europe and we would be together.
Before we could be together there was a minor issue to be solved, the visa. Since Colombia is not part of the...
James Hansen | Director, NASA Goddard Institute... →
Great interview with James Hansen, one of the leading scientists working on climate change, addressing the upcoming changes in the global ecosystem caused by the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how to address the issue and reduce the impact by taxing emissions with a carbon tax.
If what he says is really going to happen, then “Good night humankind”.
September 2011
3 posts
Mapology →
July 2011
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startupi » O empreendedorismo segundo Kay Kühne,... →
I was interviewed about the Berlin startup scene by Diego, editor of Brazilian Techcrunch, Startupi.
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Stop talking. Start planting. | Plant for the... →
My brother Kjell has always been a dedicated activist. From watching and protecting birds, to saving Pandas and indigenous people, he has been fighting global warming in the last years. He has now found his calling at a great project, Plant for the Planet. The idea is simple: Plant trees to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. The project was started by the nine-year old Felix Finkbeiner in 2007. It...
March 2011
2 posts
From Horseback To Bullet Train: The History Of... →
December 2010
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The Tale Of the Littlest Jedi: Bullied Girl Gets... →
November 2010
6 posts
The inner team
My brother Kjell recommended the book “Miteinander reden 3: Das “Innere Team” und situationsgerechte Kommunikation” by German psychologist Friedemann Schulz von Thun to me. Friedemann is the guy who invented the communication square which is a communication model that intuitively makes sense.
In the book about the inner team he adresses the challenges of conflicting...
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WatchMartin Seligman on positive psychology | Video on TED.com
Great introduction to positive psychology by Martin Seligman. Simply put, the main purpose of positive psychology is to explore the possibilities of increasing happiness oposed to treating mental illness which is the goal of traditional psychology.
Love lists →
Umberto Eco on the importance of lists for our culture.
“Love comes like surprise ice on the water.”
– Erlend Oye
“Never underestimate your own capacity to care.”
– Neil Strauss
October 2010
8 posts
Leap of Faith →
How to generate 10M annual revenue with your web... →
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening...”
– Abraham Lincoln
Grumpy Flat-Faced Cats →
expressingyourmoodsthroughcatpics.com
The Fun Theory →
Interesting approach to creating change.
How Facebook Can Become Bigger In Five Years Than... →
What do pandas do all day? →
“Skate where the puck’s going, not where it’s been.”
– Wayne Gretzky
September 2010
6 posts
Cats That Look Like Hitler! →
Oblique Strategies →
watch air traffic live. →
