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The term entrepreneur originates from the French word "entreprendre", which translates as „undertake“. And that’s fitting, because entrepreneurship requires a lot of this undertaking: a greater than normal financial risk, the (often underestimated) emotional venture we sign up for, long to-do lists and even longer hours. The most uncomfortable of all, however is our fellow companion on the train of big life decisions: Uncertainty.
Read MoreI’ve had the pleasure to chat with Pete Moore on his #halotalks podcast about how I landed where I am today, why forgiveness may be valuable on the entrepreneurial journey (and life in general) + we jam on the things we care about: Health and Wellness. Click here to listen.
I had many one-way tickets to madman’s situations; moving cities and countries, romantic relationships - but the one with the steepest learning curve was embarking on the (ad)venture of doing my own thing. Starting a business in a foreign country has been the amplified version of a course in embracing the work in progress status - inherent to any entrepreneurial endeavors….
Read MoreOver the past week, we had a few days that had been unusually warm, for this time of the year, for winter. With comforting highs in the 60’s, wherever you’d go in the city, you’d find yourself surrounded by humans rejoicing with the outdoors, raising the universal question at the tail ends of winter: Is it spring yet?
It’s all too human: we want to be warm when it’s cold. We long for balmier conditions in the midst of a harsh winter, for the happiness a sunny day in spring provides. And it is precisely in this longing, that we come to feel alien from nature, from ourselves, from others.
