The truth about the easy life.

Hey Reader, Often I feel like I could skip ahead. Like I know what it’s about and then I fast forward. This newsletter today is an important reminder for myself as well. When my son was a bit younger, like last year, he was trying to walk. He was practicing one step at a time. Now, when we’re going to the park, he loves to run around. There are situations where he is less comfortable. So he slows down. He takes it one step at a time. Obviously, it doesn’t always work. He falls down and gets…

Hey Reader, What’s the difference between a dog and a wolf? You might say one is tamed while the other is a wild animal. You might say one is a pet and the other is dangerous. Those are true. But here’s one more interesting observation. When I was studying wild life, I also studied wolves. There is a major difference in how a wolf and a dog move. It is one of the best differentiators for their tracks: The dog strolls while the wolf strides. When you observe a dog, he goes from tree to tree….

Gain Agency of your Life When we talk about starting a business, there is often the question of why should you bother. There is so much work that is required to make a business work. Often it is said to have more time and the most often reason is to make more money. But there is one big reason that I’m willing to work more for – and it’s Agency. You can’t become the best leader of your family if you need to ask for somebody else’s permission to act. If you need to take time off for your…

New is better than better Don’t try to beat your competition by being better than they are. Don’t try to win at their game. Be a new opportunity. Challenge the standard. Create something new. It’s not just the same old – just a bit better. It’s not good enough to make a little less. Find the new combination. Don’t just try to be better. Being better means you can easily be compared. You will not create mass momentum – you will be fighting a pricing war. Who can be the cheaper solution? It’s…

Seasonal Stewardship In Ecclesiastes, Solomon is telling about many different seasons of life. There is a time of birthing and a time of dying. There are many more seasons: Sowing and harvesting. Work hard and rest. Season of sorrow and season of joy. Then there are also seasons of life: when you’re a child. An adult. Single and married. Engaged. Having young kids. All these seasons change your responsibility. So in effect, it changes your stewardship. All the points of Extreme Stewardship…

When I went fishing for the first time, I was in the US.A guy from church invited me to come along with him.He packed up his boat, went to get some bait, and drove us to the lake. It was all prepared for me.It was a blast. I do admit, I got a little sunburn.Besides that, we had a good day fishing. Then I thought to myself:That wasn’t so hard. I can do it. So I got myself a fishing rod and went to a lake.I had some bait with me.My brother joined me on the trip. We were fishing hard. We caught…