He didn’t look like someone who had made a mistake. That was the strange part. Alexander sat there calmly, almost thoughtfully, describing the moment that had taken him off the pitch. A red card. Two games suspended. The kind of thing that, from the outside, looks impulsive. Emotional. Maybe even reckless. But the way he…
I noticed it immediately on Monday morning. I was yawning before the day had even started. My energy was completely down. The strange thing was that only the day before, around three in the afternoon, my energy had been at its highest point of the whole week. We had our first football match of the…
On Saturday night in Pilsen, I stood in the middle of a club with my teammates, the music loud, the lights moving, everyone laughing — and I felt nothing. Not nothing emotionally. I was happy to be there. But my body was empty. My energy level was so low that even lifting my arms felt…
I sometimes smile when people ask me whether I am German or Bavarian. On paper, of course, I am German. I have a German passport, I speak German, I work in Germany. It’s simple. But when someone asks me that question, it doesn’t feel simple. If I say, “I am Bavarian,” what do I really…
On Friday evening, I stood in the cold at the football training ground, and I was tired in a way that sits deep in your bones. I had just come back from a business trip. My head was full of Excel files, product data, meetings that still needed preparation. My wife was not happy that…
People often ask me if I am the same person at work as I am in private.I think this is a fair question.Because in sales, you are always between two things: being yourself and doing your job. I work as a regional salesperson. I meet many different people. Buyers, managers, directors, gatekeepers. Some are open….
When I think about inspiration, it is not one big moment for me. It is many small moments that stay in my mind. Sometimes it is a person at work, sometimes in my family, sometimes in everyday life. These moments help me grow. They help me understand who I want to be – as a…
In the last months, I have thought a lot about people.About how they speak, how they show their mood, and how I can build trust with them — at work and at home. I am a salesperson, a husband, a father, and also a teammate in my football club. In all these roles, I try…
On some mornings, the world already feels “global” before I even start work. In Southern Germany, where I live, I wake up to zero degrees and a thin layer of snow. My English teacher, sitting in South Africa, tells me it is summer there, but raining. I scrape ice from my car. She drives through…
For Alexander, most weekends feel too short. There is always something to do: a family birthday, changing his mother’s car tires, or helping his brother renovate an old house that seems to have a new problem every week. On paper, these are just normal days. But inside them, there is a quiet story about how…
