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#40 - Resilience in Flight - ownership
How would you define ownership? In aviation it is very simple - the ultimate owner on every flight is the pilot in command.
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Jul 25, 20242 min read
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#39 - Can you be creative when you are 50?
Can you be creative when you are 50?
What are the traps of deep expertise?
How to stay innovation and creative with age?
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Jul 17, 20243 min read
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#37 Nothing like a good funeral to put things in perspective!
Memento mori is not about cultivating a fear of death, but rather about using the awareness of death for reflection on how we live.
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Jul 4, 20242 min read
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#35 Do you have your mental readiness checklist?
Do you have a specific routine or a checklist to assess your readiness to work? How do you do this? I have been thinking about this a...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read
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#33 You cannot overtake 15 cars in sunny weather, but you can when it’s raining.
I often see this famous quote attributed to Ayrton Senna circulating online. The only caveat is that no records document him explicitly...
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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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#32 How our Eating Habits Impact Sustainability
The Impact of Dietary Choices on Our Planet Did you know that the global meat industry is responsible for nearly 15% of all human-induced...
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May 29, 20245 min read
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#29 Wings for Life
On Sunday, I participated, together with my Monika, in Wings for Life Run. The Wings for Life World Run is a running competition, which...
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May 9, 20242 min read
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#28 - 10 Thousand Hours to Heaven
Experts are made, not born What does it take to become an expert? Do you need talent, education, intellect or hard work? Theodore...
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May 1, 20243 min read
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#25 The Magical Number 7: The Key to Improvisation
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to think on your feet? Maybe it was a surprise client visit or a sudden change in the...
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Apr 10, 20243 min read
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#24 Resilience in paragliding
Short video from a wonderful paragliding trip with Magiclift in Panchgani, India, long after my first flight. Over the past few weeks, I...
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Apr 4, 20243 min read
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#23 - 188 Cognitive Biases
Cognitive biases codex is a wonderful piece of work, which brings together all or perhaps most of cognitive biases of humans. If you...
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Mar 28, 20243 min read
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#22 Thinking Fast and Slow
Thinking Fast and Slow is a summary of Daniel Kahneman research, that earned him the Nobel Prize in 2002. His work had a magnificence...
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Mar 21, 20241 min read
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#20 Achieve, experience, or learn from obstacles?
I have been reading over the weekend a very insightful book: Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back. Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy provide...
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Mar 6, 20244 min read
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#18 Pomodoro Technique
Last week I wrote about the interplay between good and bad mood, and how they impact your cognitive powers. Good mood is associated with...
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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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#17 Be careful when you feel happy!
Valentine’s Day originated as a Christian celebration honoring a martyr named Valentine, and later evolved into a global celebration of...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read
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#15 Physical Readiness
I went this week for a short winter break into the mountains. it is a time of intensified physical activity but often we do not keep it...
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Jan 31, 20242 min read
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#12 Precedence of diversity over uniformity
The Stockholm Resilience Center's Planetary Boundaries course offers a profound introduction to Earth's resilience challenges. It...
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Jan 10, 20243 min read
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#11 Trusting Experts in a Complex World: Lessons from the Delta Tandem Accident in Interlaken
In our increasingly complex world, we often find ourselves relying on the expertise of others. This reliance brings forth a crucial...
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Dec 16, 20232 min read
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#2 Qualities of resilient people
There are many theories, research findings, and different views on what makes people resilient. Attempting to list them all can feel a...
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Dec 7, 20232 min read
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