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The Beginning of the Road

This is the first chapter of my book The DART Principle.

June 24, 1980. It started as the first part of my summer vacation. It ended as the worst day of my life.

How to shave a Yak

When I entered the meeting room, nobody was there. I took a seat and waited. Waited longer. Patiently. Fifteen minutes after the agreed time, Allen finally entered. He was seemingly breathless and after a brief “Hello” he already started to indulge in excuses. “You know”, he started, “I wanted to bring a print-out with me

Performance

How to brew outstanding Four Sigmatic Lion’s Mane mushroom coffee with a Chemex

How to make Four Sigmatic’s Lion’s Mane coffee in a Chemex with style in ten easy steps.

Performance

The lack of consistency and what to do about it

What is it that makes us postpone execution to never-ever-land? Pushing out have-to-dos until the very last minute? It is our brains screaming for immediate rewards.

Performance

Four simple habits to act on decisions

Did you ever not execute on a decision? It happens to all of us, right? In this mini-series, I discuss reasons why this happens, and what to do about it. This article explains the decision disconnect more in detail, sheds light on the relevance of brain states and how to deal with them.

Performance, Sleep

To own your day, fix your sleep

Sleep is a huge issue in our modern world. Insufficient sleep and sleep deprivation, voluntary or not, creates not only a huge cost to society but also to the individual. In this post I discuss the issues around sleep deprivation and approaches to improve sleep.

Health

Coffee & Cholesterol

This post was triggered by a recent online question about the cholesterol-raising effects of coffee: “Does coffee raise cholesterol, in particular LDL”? I have conducted a brief review of material available online from “trusted sources”, e.g. Harvard Health Publishing, PubMed, Elsevier and others.