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3 Easy Tactics to Stop Hating Your Job and Actually Enjoy Your Work

July 17, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Let me share the ultimate 3 steps to stop hating your job and make it feel like play. Your work should feel effortless. I know that many out there struggle to enjoy the job they do. When I don’t integrate play into my work, I hate what I

Reflecting Self Help

My first psychedelic trip

July 10, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Below are some quick reflections I wrote down after finishing my first guided psychedelic trip. It was an experience of a lifetime. Something I will never forget. It is like nothing else I’ve ever done in my life. I saw so much. For instance. This medicine showed me

Productivity Routines Self Help

A High Output Morning Routine for when you have Low Energy and No Time

June 19, 2022March 26, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

You will only stick to a morning routine when it’s simple and when it takes you very little additional energy. With this fact in mind, I constructed the perfect energy preserving routine that perfectly fits into the way you already do your mornings. The only way to wake

Finance Self Help

Do you want to get rich? Then You Need To Understand The Investment Hierarchy For Life

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Like anything in life, investing is a multi-levelled game.  I believe one needs to master every level before moving to the next level.  In this post, I lay out my hierarchy for investing. Starting with the fundamentals of investing in yourself.  Level 1: Invest in your health first

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

The Five-Year Rule for Life

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

You get plenty of shots to make it BIG. I hear many peers make the following statement “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m wasting my time. I’m not in the right spot, job, project, or not with the right people.” The statement implies that starting early or

Reflecting Self Help

What I thought 10 days before my first ayahuasca trip

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Below is some thought I wrote down 10 days before going on my first ayahuasca pilgrimage in June of 2021. ‘My first Ayahuasca trip is in ten days’ Ten days is nothing but the days feel longer and longer. It’s the nerves. I’m nervous about the whole thing.

Business Lessons Learned Self Help

I am not afraid of failure. I embrace it.

April 17, 2022March 30, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

In January 2020, my former business had 10+ employees and record-breaking earnings. But unfortunately, 18 months later (during the covid pandemic), we only had 3 employees left, and revenues were dwindling. The business has bounced back tremendously and is doing better than ever, but back then, the company

Self Help

Meditation is over-hyped but here’s how I do it

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

I’ve been consistently meditating on a regular basis for the past three years now. My longest streak to date is: 94 days straight. I meditate because I need to from time to time. It’s been a part of my daily routine. Here are some insights and tactics I learned

sunday scaries method to get rid of the sunday scaries article
Routines Self Help

How to beat your Sunday Scaries with one simple method

February 7, 2021June 11, 2022 Juriaan Karsten

Sunday scaries, also known as Sunday Evening Feeling and Sunday Syndrome, are among the newest modern diseases known to men. Sunday scaries are anticipatory anxiety that gives nervousness about the week ahead. The most common symptoms are: restlessness irritability a vague sense of unease stomach issues headache I

12 lessons from Wim Hof breathing
Self Help

12 lessons + one bonus lesson from my experience with the Wim Hof Breathing method

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Juriaan Karsten

Yesterday, I held my breath for more than 3 minutes in two consecutive rounds while doing the Wim Hof breathing method. Honest to god, The WH breathing method has blown my mind. It’s funny to think that I had been following Wim for more than two years before

Wim Hof protocols for breathing and cold exposure complete list
Book Review Routines Self Help

All the Wim Hof Methods (breathing, cold exposure and mindset) from his new WHM Book in one complete list

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Juriaan Karsten

I’ve been doing the Wim Hof breathing method and the Cold Exposure Protocols for several weeks now, and it has changed my life. I’m fascinated by Wim (a.k.a. the Ice Man) and by his practices. This fascination has brought me to his book, his app and his methods.

My Solid Workday Evening Routine
Productivity Self Help

My Current Workday EVENING ROUTINE 19-12-2020

December 20, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Like having a strong Morning Routine that you can rely on, I think it’s equally important to take care of your evenings too. Before I had a solid evening routine in place, my evenings would look like this: I would watch youtube video’s until I got tired around

My current morning workday routine
Productivity Self Help

My Current Workday Morning Routine 14-12-2020

December 14, 2020January 23, 2021 Juriaan Karsten

Routines are important to me. They prime my brain to get in a desired mental state quickly. I know what I need to do, and I do them without thinking. My morning routine shapes my entire day. It sets me up for success. It sets me up for

How to Listen Better a blog post
Self Help

Want to be a better listener? Do this at the start of a new conversation

December 2, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Check out the spoken version of this blog post below: I’ve always been a bad listener. It’s not that I’m not interested in others. It’s that I don’t feel comfortable when I need to listen. For some strange reason, I feel 10 times more relaxed when I’m speaking

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