Sticking with the status quo

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Tom

Some people don’t have the confidence they can do things they haven’t learned or that they don’t know.  They fear that the lack of proper guidance will ultimately make them fail at whatever it is they’re trying.  The result? Nothing actually happens. They stick with the status quo.

Japan, 1946, the country was crushed by allied [...]

Always keep dreaming

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Tom

When was the last time you made any plans, personally or professionally, that ran over 3-5 or more years?
Do you still dream about who you want to be when you grow up?
If you could choose your future, how would it look like?
And do you often think about things past?
Choices you made, good or bad.
Events that [...]

Who was reading anyway?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Tom

It’s been almost a year since my last blogpost.  Funny how these things go, seems like at one moment in your life, there’s always something that comes up preventing you to do what you should.  It’s really no excuse to stop doing what you love to do, and I love this, I really do, to [...]

The perfect match

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Tom

I don’t know whether it’s the current economic situation or just coincidental interest, but I recently started reading the classifieds.  Not that my current employer has to worry, but with unemployment figures still rising, it’s interesting to see what happens with the job openings that do get out.  What do companies demand from future employees?

What a company especially [...]

Making the same mistake

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Tom

When one of the first groups of settlers reached Virginia at the beginning of the 17th Century they were full of hopes and dreams.  They would find great riches in the ‘new world’.  Building a new life, leaving all worries behind, only a bright future ahead.

Sounds great, but what they experienced wasn’t exactly what the expected.  [...]

Be creative damned!

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Tom

Creativity.  Probably one of the biggest challenges for the next few decades.  It’s a challenge because it’s something that can’t be defined.  There’s no way you can put creativity into words.  Everybody has the right to his own opinion and everybody is probably right.  And that’s the challenge for the future.

People like to live inside [...]