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  • 3D pictures & my fantasy world

    3D pictures & my fantasy world

    As a little girl I always thought of the world comprising elfs and knights, beautiful colors and light surroundings. Going through adultry I was kicked off the pink elephant. The world became darker and flat. Being surrounded by people busy with their worries, fears and...

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  • Keep on playing to fly up high

    Keep on playing to fly up high

    It was in San Francisco that I found myself caught by the view of two crows playing together high up in the air. It looked like they were dancing together, teasing each other now and then. Did you know that crows can fly upside down?...

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  • Earning social capital

    Earning social capital

    Barter points, cacoa beans, gold, sheep. There have been many units used as currency in trade.  Now a new, or renowed one, is brought under attention again: The whuffie. A currency based on reputation. First used in a fiction novel in 2003, in 2009 introduced...

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  • Christmas wishes

    Christmas wishes

    For many people Christmas is a time of obligations and ‘have to’s’. Stress about fixing exquisite dinners and visiting the right persons at the right time. Expectations rise and freedom drops. But as creative minds, we know that with some flexibility there are always opportunities....

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  • Blame the weather

    Blame the weather

    It was the first day this winter, that snow covered the streets. How beautiful! All white and light, crackling sounds coming from under your shoes and clean fresh air.   Until I got on the train this morning and the railway guard made an announcement:...

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  • Lessons to become a great leader

    Lessons to become a great leader

    Picture a horse. Picture its elegant, muscular body and its ability to move perfectly despite its weight of over 400 kilos and realize at the same time that although the horse is much stronger than you it is ready and willing to serve you. I...

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  • Every Yin has its Yang

    Every Yin has its Yang

    After publishing an essay on making money and the willpower necessary to accomplish it, it’s time to introduce the other extreme: idleness. I was made aware of the publication The Idler. The latest issue is called ‘Smash the system’. Great magazine founded by Tom Hodgekinson...

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  • Money has to be made, not earned

    Money has to be made, not earned

    It was only this week that I found out about the DSB debacle. “Where have you lived!” a friend asked me. I hardly ever watch television, and I am reading a great book that withdrew my attention from looking through the newspapers. After a quick...

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  • Unveil and Innovate

    Unveil and Innovate

    I am not loved. At least, not by a bunch of co-workers and some management team-members at one of the companies I give marketing advise to. Why? Because I don’t tell them what they want to hear. As a marketeer, I believe in a new...

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  • Added value

    Added value

    In our market there is a shift going on from production to creation. No longer are expensive, exhaustively branded products desirable. Handcrafted and authentic goods are getting a growing attention. There is no fun in paying large amounts of money for something the whole city...

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  • Never try

    Never try

    Just recently I developed an allergy for a verb. The thing about this verb is, that it inhibits failure. It is too often used and many people don’t understand the danger of it. They also don’t see that by the existence of this verb, talent...

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  • Don’t run when chased by a bear

    Don’t run when chased by a bear

    We are facing a ‘bear’ market. This term is used to describe a downward movement in economics. A ‘bull’ market is the opposite. Often referred to as pessimistic and optimistic viewpoints, respectively. Consider yourself in the woods, facing a bear. You should remember that you...

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  • Let’s put the fish on the menu

    Let’s put the fish on the menu

    By: Maureen van Althuis our new contributor. As fish in the ocean, ideas float around us in the open air. Hence, the creation of ideas is not our share. We are not the ones who create ideas, we are the ones who need to catch...

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