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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Withings Body Scan Connected Health Station – Is the Newest Body Composition Scale Worth its Aggressive Price Tag, and how Does it Stack up Against DEXA and the Competition? Feb 28, 2023
February 2022
- Feb 16, 2022 Does it Track my Every Move? Reviewing Kickstarter-backed Connected Chess Board Chessnut Air Feb 16, 2022
December 2021
- Dec 30, 2021 Food for Thought 2021 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year (now also as a Podcast) Dec 30, 2021
September 2021
- Sep 7, 2021 Why Settling For One Career, If You Can Have Two? How a Dual Career can Keep You Sane! Sep 7, 2021
May 2021
- May 18, 2021 Taking a Jab or Two – A Quantified Self Perspective on the Side-Effects of the BioNTech-Pfizer-Fosun Covid Vaccine May 18, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 23, 2021 PrinciplesYou – How “Mr. Principles” Ray Dalio Wants You to Find Yourself with His Free Personality Assessment Apr 23, 2021
- Apr 20, 2021 Measuring What Really Matters to You – Reaching Your Personal Goals Through Objectives and Key Results Apr 20, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 8, 2021 My Personal Queen's Gambit - How I Fell In and Out of Love with Chess and Needed 20 Years to Come Back Feb 8, 2021
January 2021
- Jan 3, 2021 Food for Thought 2020 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year Jan 3, 2021
November 2020
- Nov 30, 2020 Walking Over Fire – How Getting Sacked for the First Time in My Career was Probably the Best that Could Have Happened to Me Nov 30, 2020
October 2020
- Oct 22, 2020 Five Years Old but Just Getting Started – Life Gets Better with Life-Sparring! Oct 22, 2020
- Oct 9, 2020 Aging Like George Clooney – Five Life-Sparring.com Articles of the Past Five Years That Really Stood the Test of Time Oct 9, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 6, 2020 Five Years of Shitty First Drafts - Some Thoughts on Writing after Half a Decade of Blogging Sep 6, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 23, 2020 Lifting Water on my Roof – Is the Earned Athletic Aqua Bag the perfect WOFH Equipment? Aug 23, 2020
- Aug 19, 2020 Another COVID-Casuality - The Traditional Hong Kong Typhoon Holiday Aug 19, 2020
- Aug 11, 2020 Here we Goose Again: Few Carbs, Tons of Data – The Keto Diet Revisited Aug 11, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 22, 2020 Daydreaming as a Form of Planning – Using Your Imagination as a Source of Intrinsic Motivation Jul 22, 2020
- Jul 1, 2020 Leading Like Jürgen Klopp – Five Reasons why Liverpool FC’s Champion Coach Should be Your Role Model as a Manager Jul 1, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 25, 2020 You Too Are a Butterfly – Why We Are Powerless and Yet a Lot more Powerful Than We Think Jun 25, 2020
May 2020
- May 31, 2020 A/B Testing Life-Sparring - Fighting Mediocrity, One Round at a Time May 31, 2020
- May 28, 2020 Getting to the Heart of the Deal – Advanced Negotiation Secrets of two Negotiation Heavyweights May 28, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 30, 2020 A Contender for the Digital Golden Glove? Can the Corner Boxing Sensor Square Up with Everlast Apr 30, 2020
- Apr 19, 2020 Quarantined in Stale Air? Measuring and Managing Indoor Air Quality with the Kaiterra Laser Egg+ – The Air That I Breathe Part 1 Apr 19, 2020
- Apr 4, 2020 Spread the Word, Wear a (Life-Sparring) Shirt Apr 4, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 23, 2020 Google Knows: Life-Sparring - A Site you can Trust (When it Comes to Niche Topics Like Boxing Sensors) Mar 23, 2020
- Mar 21, 2020 Special Times Need a Special Soundtrack - Two Hours of Fight Music Mar 21, 2020
- Mar 16, 2020 A World in a Thousand Shards Mar 16, 2020
- Mar 16, 2020 I’m not Jürgen Klopp – Four Takeaways from the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Non-Expert Mar 16, 2020
- Mar 8, 2020 Life-Sparring With Pain – Turning Suffering into a Challenge Mar 8, 2020
February 2020
- Feb 23, 2020 Three Places for a Happy Life – Thoughts Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki Feb 23, 2020
January 2020
- Jan 19, 2020 Food for Thought 2019 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year Jan 19, 2020
September 2019
- Sep 1, 2019 Job Security in Seemingly Unsafe Times Sep 1, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 23, 2019 Bad PR is, Good PR - Our Brains Just Can't Tell The Difference Jan 23, 2019
- Jan 20, 2019 Some Meditations on Action Versus Reaction Jan 20, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 31, 2018 A Last Jab at 2018 and a few Reflections on New Year's Eve Dec 31, 2018
- Dec 27, 2018 Food for Thought 2018 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year Dec 27, 2018
September 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 On to Roaring Forties? – Random Thoughts on Becoming a Quadragenarian Sep 26, 2018
- Sep 19, 2018 Praise and Prejudice Sep 19, 2018
- Sep 17, 2018 Typhoon - When Boring Lives Turn Into Adventure Sep 17, 2018
- Sep 14, 2018 A Little Birdy That Taught me Chinese Sep 14, 2018
- Sep 13, 2018 Cheap Money and Mindful Consumerism Sep 13, 2018
- Sep 10, 2018 Pretentious Superfood of the Month: Kaniwa Sep 10, 2018
- Sep 9, 2018 A Creepy Google Birthday Failure Sep 9, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 17, 2018 2017 in Review - Growth in Challenging Times Jan 17, 2018
- Jan 8, 2018 The Resolution to Your Problems? – Goal Setting With the GoMoTo- Framework Jan 8, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017 Food for Thought 2017 – The Life-Sparring Books of the Year Dec 31, 2017
- Dec 22, 2017 My Data as a Coach - Training with the Everlast and PIQ Boxing Sensor Dec 22, 2017
- Dec 10, 2017 From Montauk to Tudor - Life-Sparring Gets a Fresh Look Dec 10, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 24, 2017 Soul-Searching Above Rainy Clouds – A Journey to Bhutan: Part II Nov 24, 2017
- Nov 8, 2017 Soul-Searching Above Rainy Clouds – A Journey to Bhutan: Part I Nov 8, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 3, 2017 Stress and Me – A Complicated Relationship Aug 3, 2017
June 2017
- Jun 23, 2017 The Deal Making Approach to Job Hunting – Making an Offer They Can’t Refuse Jun 23, 2017
May 2017
- May 26, 2017 Optimizing Until the Very End: Thoughts on Death and Living May 26, 2017
- May 10, 2017 More Than Book Learning - Five Novels that Shaped my Love for East Asia May 10, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 29, 2017 Man vs Sea Elephant - Unlocking the Secret of my Slowness Part III Apr 29, 2017
- Apr 3, 2017 Angry Cards and Vocabulary Crush – Playing Games You Can’t Lose Apr 3, 2017
March 2017
- Mar 15, 2017 Going all Keto: Week One - Five Insights of a Keto Beginner Mar 15, 2017
- Mar 4, 2017 In Love With a Falling City? – Reflections on ten Years in Hong Kong Mar 4, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 20, 2017 The World’s Smartest Bagel – Is this Kickstarter Product the Ultimate Tape Measure? Feb 20, 2017
- Feb 6, 2017 Older, Fatter, Faster? – 50 km of Joy, Pain, and Mindfulness on the Hong Kong Trail Feb 6, 2017
January 2017
- Jan 19, 2017 Aiming for the Streak – Three Apps to Track Your Habits Jan 19, 2017
- Jan 13, 2017 Big Goals and Mini Habits – A New Take on a New Year’s Resolution Jan 13, 2017
- Jan 6, 2017 The Year in Review - Top Five Life-Sparring Rounds of 2016 Jan 6, 2017
December 2016
- Dec 26, 2016 Food for Thought 2016 – The Life-Sparring Books of the Year Dec 26, 2016
- Dec 10, 2016 A Monument against the Digital Picture Tsunami - How Smart is Kickstarter's Smartest Photo Storage Device? - Updated, May 1st 2017! Dec 10, 2016
November 2016
- Nov 24, 2016 An Ode to Active Holidays – Part 2: Castles in the Sky and Black Toes Nov 24, 2016
- Nov 18, 2016 An Ode to Active Holidays - Part 1: Active Holidays and Wasabi Ninjas Nov 18, 2016
- Nov 7, 2016 Three Reasons Why Not Voting Is (Almost) Never Acceptable Nov 7, 2016
October 2016
- Oct 24, 2016 Life-Sparring works! Celebrating a year of successful Sparring for Life, Career & Happiness Oct 24, 2016
- Oct 7, 2016 Quarterly Lederhosen Report Q3 2016 - Checking in on my New Year's Resolution Oct 7, 2016
September 2016
- Sep 25, 2016 Life, a Game of Incomplete Information – Five Lessons for Life I Learned Playing Poker Sep 25, 2016
August 2016
- Aug 30, 2016 Swinging My Hips for the Camera – Unlocking the Secret of my Slowness Part II Aug 30, 2016
- Aug 16, 2016 Battle of the Logos - Your help needed! Aug 16, 2016
- Aug 11, 2016 Cheating on my Reading List – Is Blinkist the Shortcut to Book Wisdom? Aug 11, 2016
- Aug 5, 2016 Why don’t I run faster? – Unlocking the Secret of my Slowness (Part I) Aug 5, 2016
July 2016
- Jul 16, 2016 Nipple Stickers and Deep Freezers – My First Experience in a Cryo Sauna Jul 16, 2016
- Jul 4, 2016 Quarterly Lederhosen Report Q2 2016 - Checking in on my New Year's Resolution Jul 4, 2016
June 2016
- Jun 27, 2016 Want to increase your Happiness? Fight off FOMO! Jun 27, 2016
- Jun 1, 2016 Cold Is Pretty Hot Right Now – Freezing for Health, Beauty and Longevity Jun 1, 2016
May 2016
- May 31, 2016 500 likes and counting - Life-Sparring on Facebook May 31, 2016
- May 16, 2016 Life’s Lows & Runner’s Highs – Why nothing will ever stop me from running! May 16, 2016
April 2016
- Apr 27, 2016 Deconstructed Me – What I Learned About Myself Through DNA analysis Apr 27, 2016
- Apr 5, 2016 Weighting In on the Weight Question Apr 5, 2016
- Apr 1, 2016 Quarterly Lederhosen Report – Checking in on my goals for the year Apr 1, 2016
March 2016
- Mar 17, 2016 I Fight, Therefore I Am! – More Reflections on Fear Mar 17, 2016
- Mar 11, 2016 Lest it all be forgotten – A digital ecosystem to retain information I otherwise would forget Mar 11, 2016
- Mar 3, 2016 Travelling with (and without) the “World’s best Travel Jacket” Mar 3, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 24, 2016 Taming Emotional Volatility - Investment Wisdom from an Investment Fool Feb 24, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 18, 2016 Three lessons that made my MBA worthwhile – Part 1: Confidence to not screw up badly Jan 18, 2016
- Jan 3, 2016 Doing it all right in 2016 – S.M.A.R.T. Goals not just a New Year’s Resolution Jan 3, 2016
December 2015
- Dec 24, 2015 Food for Thought - My Books of 2015 Dec 24, 2015
- Dec 11, 2015 Health check under palm trees – Saving money as a medical tourist Dec 11, 2015
November 2015
- Nov 24, 2015 Getting crazy on Black Friday & Cyber Monday – Bargain hunting for upcoming sparring rounds Nov 24, 2015
- Nov 20, 2015 With Mindfulness to Greatness – Searching my inner Holly Holm Nov 20, 2015
- Nov 12, 2015 Not Your Core Competency? – Outsource Your Life! Nov 12, 2015
- Nov 5, 2015 Trying to Break the Spell - Some Reflections on Fear Nov 5, 2015
October 2015
- Oct 29, 2015 Two painful lessons in leadership and how they changed my management style Oct 29, 2015
- Oct 22, 2015 Life gets better with Life-Sparring – Put your gloves on! Oct 22, 2015