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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.

Honest book review of How I Built this from Guy Raz
Book Review

A quick and dirty review of the book: How I Built This from Guy Raz

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

The Book How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs isn’t a book. It’s more like a collection of advice and how-to’s based on the many interviews the host Guy Raz held with successful entrepreneurs for his famous podcast that wears

My current unwind routine post
Productivity Routines

My Current Workday UNPLUG Routine 23-12-2020

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

In the past, before I had a solid unwind routine, I would stay stressed out late into the night. I wasn’t able to unwind, and I had no idea how to beat that feeling. I had no ritual in place to transition my day from a mind that’s

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

5 Methods to become a better reader
Book Review Productivity

How to be better at reading a book – Master these Five Easy Methods and Instantly become superior at reading

December 12, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

For me, reading is like writing on the inside of my brain. It’s like borrowing someone else’s brain, opening it up, and see what’s inside. Knowledge is the ultimate equalizer; therefore, reading is the ultimate enabler. Who needs real-life mentors when they can have 100+ mentors compressed into

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

Luck is a skill image blog post juriaan karsten
Self Help

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 47 | When you need more luck in your life | How to be luckier

November 22, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Lady Luck a.k.a. Fortuna, in Roman mythology or Tyche, in Greek mythology, goddess of fortune. We all know of her existence, and we occasionally stare her right in the face. But do we really know her ways? Are we able to influence her hand?Can we demand her to

Proces Above The end result image
Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 46 | Hanging Questions | Love the Proces and you’ll win in life

November 15, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Hello Friends! I hope you’re doing well in these strange but interesting times. Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week. Use them, abuse them, like them, hate them, praise them.  How do these lessons affect you? A few questions that kept

The Five Year Rule Blog Post Juriaan Karsten
Lessons Learned Self Help

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 45 | The 5 Year Rule | Impactful quotes | A rant on Free Speech | Group Consensus

November 7, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Hello Friends! Here is my weekly dose of lessons that I’ve learned in the past week: The Five Year Rule: You get plenty of shots at life to make it BIG I hear many peers make the following statement: “I’m not doing the right thing. I’m not focussing

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned from Last Week: 44

November 1, 2020December 25, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

I’ve written 350+ diary entries in the past year. That’s a record for me. I’ve written a lot in the past, but never this much. The difference is that I’ve kept a strict journaling format this year. My format is standardized and easy to use. I ask myself

Business Reflecting

7 Questions every Entrepreneur needs to answer for themselves at one point in their journey

October 31, 2020December 24, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

Entrepreneurship is a never-ending slap in the face. Sometimes the slap is warm and soft, oftentimes, I mean most times, the slap is hard and cold. To survive the constant slapping, you need mental resilience. Mental resilience doesn’t come out of anywhere. It doesn’t magically appear out of

I'm decluttering my life
Reflecting

I’m decluttering my life

October 16, 2020October 18, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

In my last post I wrote about the Electric Skateboard that I recently bought. Well, I’ve sold that board a couple of days ago. So Yes, it was a huge money waster. Within 3 weeks I literally threw away €400, a lot of money these days. I feel

Real-time algo blog post
The Future

A Real-Time Algorithm to calculate your life expectancy with every decision you make

September 6, 2020December 22, 2020 Juriaan Karsten

I think the future will be better than today. And today was better than the past. I believe that we all want a better life. This pushes us to create a better life. In turn, this pushes humanity to have an overall better experience on this earth. But

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