It is Monday morning, and I sit there with my coffee, thinking how strange it is that something as simple as food can change everything between people. I always liked good food. Not just eating—no, the whole thing. The smell, the place, the people sitting together. For me, that is where business really starts. Not…
That’s a very interesting perspective, because it’s one I hadn’t considered before. I’ve always seen it from the other perspective: Energy comes from passion and from enthusiasm for something or someone. But the approach in your article is certainly often overlooked: You can’t muster any energy with a flat battery, so it’s good to pace…
Why rest is not the opposite of progress—but its foundation There is a moment most of us recognize. You are sitting at your desk, looking at the same sentence for the third time. Or standing in your kitchen, unsure why you walked in. Or answering a message you don’t really have the energy to answer….
There are weeks you move through… And then there are weeks that gently ask you to pause. Next week at the Brida Tables isn’t about doing more.It’s about noticing something most people overlook: Energy. Not just how much you have —but how it shapes your voice, your focus, your conversations… your life. A Week That…
“Happy birthday to us.” It didn’t begin with a strategy. It didn’t begin with a business plan, a funnel, or a vision board carefully mapped out in bullet points. It began, as most meaningful things do, slightly off-key. A song. A laugh. A quick check—are we live?—and the quiet reassurance that yes, we are. Recording….
Some Lunch meetings arrive politely, take a seat, and unfold in an orderly fashion. This was not one of them. This one clattered in wearing muddy shoes, carrying a giant water bottle, muttering about life choices, and shouting “Doodle Horse!” like it had just discovered the meaning of existence in a stationery cupboard. And somehow,…
Some people do not need to speak for very long before they change the whole atmosphere of a room. They walk in, smile, move with confidence, and suddenly everything feels lighter. Other people can make even an interesting subject feel heavy just by speaking in a flat voice and looking as if they would rather…
As a mom, wife, caretaker, maid, driver, teacher, cook, washing machine and dish washer, and to add to the list of to-do’s, I still work in between the choas. Sometimes I feel too busy and to focus on some things I really want to do becomes a chore on its own. And sometimes, I drop…
When deadlines pile up, kids need collecting, and a mysterious box appears in the hallway, energy does not stand a chance. By the time Babette logged in for her English meeting with Janita, the mood was already clear: this was not a glowing, productive, perfectly balanced kind of day. This was a “tired” day. Not…
She begins most mornings the same way, with coffee. That is the first thing. Not in any grand way, just a cup in her hands, the small heat of it, the feeling that the day can begin properly now. She jokes that she finishes the day with a cocktail and not the other way around,…
