It happened one fine summer day a few weeks ago that a group of us were cycling up Monte Grappa in the Dolomites, the day before Giro d’Italia. The mountain didn’t give in easily, we reached the top in zero degrees and rain, just the way we like it:). In the evening we were having …
I never thought I’d see a book that I’d say was the greatest ever written, let alone that it would be medical rather than fiction, but that day has come. First a little background: it has struck me recently that when I read about my latest obsession, quality life – including both the physical and …
Instead of a book review: AN ODE TO THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK OF THE DECADE Read More »
„… being a fit 10-hour-a-day office rat /and joining a gym/ isn’t more balanced; it’s more fit.” Nigel Marsh In retrospect it was this sentence a decade or more ago that first got me thinking about what work-life balance meant beyond the simple, one-sentence facebook-deep posts, what it is that makes a noticeable difference to …
THE LADDER AND THE WALL or be careful where you put your energies Read More »
or the group-building power of cycling in the rain The experience is so fresh that the mud on my bike is barely dry: last week, with the biggest sporting bluff of my life, I climbed a mountain in the Dolomites that, with my preparation – or rather the lack of it – was considered disrespectful …
these should be the ones! Especially given that I read a massive amount of books annually it’s quite thrilling when I accidentally get my hands on a truly brilliant writing – each one of which I would call the reading experience of the year. Here are 5 from the last 365 days: 1. Malcolm Gladwell: …
Okay, I cheated, I only kept the number of syllables and nothing else, but they are still pretty together.:) HAVE YOUR OWN SYSTEM INSTEAD OF MOTIVATION OR SELF-DISCIPLINE. On a cranky Monday morning/Thursday afternoon full of unloved tasks it’s very hard to get yourself up to the level where you can actually get on with …
There are many things to say about stress, and poor stress shouldn’t really put any of them on display. And yet, for about 3 decades now, there have been studies and research findings published which show that the whole distress-eustress thing is not really as they say it is, and that it is not stress …
I really like the part in Kelly McGonigal’s book Willpower Instinct about how habits – both good and bad – spread like a contagion, but unlike infection they are not transmitted by droplets in the air, but spread in a web of love and respect: from friend to friend, from family member to family member. …
IN A NET OF LOVE AND RESPECT – this is how your best friend infects you Read More »
The press and the motivational shelves of bookshops are full of stories of a child growing up in the ordinary ranks who, by the age of 35, has taken their company public, won a Nobel Prize or even become a top 500 CEO. On a smaller scale, but in our own environment, we could also …
… well, in my case, the above sentence is different, and unfortunately, it is also true for most adults: ‘I’m so stupid that I don’t play’. Playing is (could be) the key to the brain’s continuous change and development, and research shows that it is the most effective tool to stimulate the prefrontal cortex (the …