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[Book Review] James Dale Jamison – The Sovereign Individual
The Sovereign Individual explores the social and financial consequences of [the] revolutionary change [to the information age/society]. Our desire is to help you to take advantage of the opportunities
Christmas
Personally, I sometimes have a tough time celebrating Christmas.
Consumer madness, stress, last christmas – I don‘t even understand why people still talk of a „silent time“. And I‘m more
Amor fati
Amor fati. – Friedrich Nietzsche
I came across this quote lately, when thinking about my own future. I have this trait to (over)think decisions or events that might or might
How all of this happened – Austrian edition
How this happened in America
Last week I read this article from Morgan Housel: „How this all happened“ (Morgan Housel – How this all happened). I’ll quickly summarize it here,
The tyranny of metrics
Lately I was thinking a lot about a story that I read a while ago.
Sir Alex Ferguson‘s biggest mistake
Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the legends in international football
#NRW17 in Austria – How social media marketing fuels public believes
On Sunday, October 15, Austria was electing it’s next parliament. It was a dirty campaign with lot’s of scandals, mainly between the two biggest parties, the Austrian Socialist Party
On Jazz and Classical Music
In 2003 the 16-year old me went into a music store with his father. It had taken years of continuous persuasion but finally I had been convinced by my
Reflections on Victor Frankl’s meaning of life
On Friday, September 25, 1942 the 37-year old psychologist Victor Frankl was brought to the Nazi Ghetto Theresienstadt (Terezin in today’s Czech republic), along his wife and his parents.
Strain: The art of pushing yourself.
In the beginning of this year I read an article by one of my favorite podcast hosts Patrick O’Shaughnessy about strain and one by the author Ryan Holiday about
Fasting & Failing – lessons on decision making and self-management
Every year 40 days before easter thousand of religious people start with a ritual called fasting. Here in Austria – a catholic country – it’s quite popular. Interestingly this