For me, rest does not always mean doing nothing. Sometimes it begins when the daily routine disappears and I can simply enjoy the people around me. Our family holiday begins in a way that does not sound very relaxing. At 6:30 in the evening, I have a football match. After the match, I will go…
A cancelled football match, a crumbly piece of cake, and the difference between being busy, rushed, and really stressed. On Sunday evening, I watched an old television series instead of football. I love this series because I watched it when I was 13 or 14 years old. It brings me back to my childhood. My…
Alexander began tired, somewhere between a football weekend, a sleeping couch, a small son, a working Monday, and The Mayor’s French advice to take life more slowly. The conversation was about sleep. But really it became about rhythm, responsibility, recovery, and the strange problem of being a reliable person with a tired body. A Little…
The strange thing is that I did not even have time to use my phone very much when I was away. That was my first answer to The Mayor, and it was true. I had been travelling for work, sitting in meetings, moving from one place to another, and the phone was there, of course,…
The first picture in my head was not the training room. It was the flight. That sounds simple, maybe a little strange, but it is true. When The Mayor asked me what I saw first when I thought about the training in Belgium, I did not see the trainer, the schedule, the people, or the…
Money is a strange thing. I like money. I can say this very directly. I like money because when you have money, life feels more relaxed. You can buy things. You can do things. You do not always have to think, “Is this possible?” or “Can we afford this?” Money is not everything, of course….
The Mayor started with a difficult question. He asked me if I am someone people ask for help because they know I normally say yes. And immediately I thought, no, this is not the point. I do not think people come to me because I am a yes-sayer. Nobody wants to be seen like that….
I knew before we started that this would be difficult. Some topics are easy for me. When we speak about customers, meetings, football, discipline, trust, preparation, I can find my way. These are things from my daily life. I know them. I live them. I can explain them with stories. But playful thinking? That was…
I had reservations about this topic before we started. Creative play in daily life. For some people, maybe this sounds easy. For me, not really. I can talk about customers. I can talk about football. I can talk about family, driving, meetings, distributors, sales numbers, and how to build a relationship step by step. These…
I found this conversation more difficult than I expected. Part of it was the language, of course. When I speak English, I can say what I mean, but sometimes I need time. I search for the right word. I start a sentence, then I stop, then I try again. Some topics are easy because they…
