All about discovering what you want …
Last month marked the 1-year anniversary of Maxand. How time flies! 🙂 When I started, I couldn’t have imagined that over 24,500 people¹ from as many as 115 countries would find their way to the site in the very first year. But what’s even more encouraging for me to see is that readers seem to find … Read more
Values … It’s a big word. Perhaps I should write VALUES … Why would you want to read about values? Because values have this peculiar tendency of making you look up and see a broader horizon beyond the life you’re in right now. They give you your own unique direction and get you in touch … Read more
Henriette was always there. No matter how people would shout at her in anger, cling to her in desperation, pressure her to agree to hopeful delusions. No matter how good or bad the news, she was there for a much-needed hug and words of encouragement. For practical support and gentle advice. Solid like a rock, … Read more
Saturday morning July 27th, 2019. I scoop the Jakarta Post from the porch on the way out. “That’s funny.” I halt. “Why would they have a picture of a wintery mountain road with traffic skidding through the snow on the front page?” It’s not until I notice the image next to it that I realise: “It … Read more
“Don’t you have those moments?”, my friend exclaims quite forlorn. “When you feel like there’s something else you should be doing with your life?” She has felt like this for a while now. And she increasingly feels she needs to find a way to change. It’s not like she thinks her life is utterly miserable. … Read more
“Yes, we’re only on this earth for a short while”, agrees the man. “Better make the most of it.” An ocean of sympathy in his eyes for the elderly couple he’s been chatting with at the table next to me. They were little children when the bombs fell on Rotterdam in May 1940. Now, 79 … Read more
It’s election time in Indonesia. Candidates face the daunting challenge of introducing themselves to over 193 million voters. Across thousands of different islands. Stretched over 3 timezones. From big, bustling cities to remote jungle villages. Incumbent president Joko Widodo has decided to share the story of his life on social media¹. He tells of a … Read more
” Pooh began to feel a little bit more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you, is quite different when it gets out in the open […] “ * A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh … Read more
A common reason why people aren’t sure what they want, is feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of having to learn something that feels so far beyond their current life that it seems unattainable. Technically speaking, in such cases, it’s not entirely true that someone doesn’t know what they want. They do know. Or they have a … Read more
We all have those moments in our lives when discovering and deciding what we want just doesn’t come easy. At times like this, one of our biggest allies is very close-by: our very own brain. This amazing organ holds vital keys to unlock our way towards the future. The trick is to find out just how … Read more