Let's Fight (our) Mediocrity, One Round at a Time!
All in Life
This is the second Life-Sparring round on the topic of fear within four months.
That I am revisiting the topic after such a short time is mainly motivated by two factors: a recent personal crisis on my side, and reading Daniele Bolelli’s excellent book Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting.
The abundance of productivity apps is a double-edged sword. It definitely has the potential to be a productivity trap by itself. However, smartly combined productivity apps can be a great help.
My own little system of interlinked apps grew over the past four years. Read how I manage digital information with a set of mobile and desktop apps and join the discussion about what works best.
For most people in a management position, business travel is part of the job description and often a major stress factor too. While I generally do not mind business travelling much, I am definitely embracing every travel life hack there is. That was also the main motivation to splurge and put a hefty US$ 109 down for a Kickstarter campaign by Baubax, promising nothing less than “The World’s Best Travel Jacket”.
Equity markets are volatile these days. The Dow Jones in January 2016 just had the most 1% swings in a single month since 2008.
It’s debatable if we are at the doorstep of the next crisis or not. In any case, I am fairly optimistic that this time, at least I am better prepared and would not repeat the same mistakes I did in 2008.
While markets remain as volatile as ever, I at least seem to have tamed my “emotional volatility”.
In general I am not a big shopper but around this time of the year it is just hard to escape the build-up of the internet shopping festivals.
At least this year I shop with a purpose: fueling future Life-Sparring rounds with some freaky experiments.
