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Should I enter… or better play safe and walk away? For a person in a potentially dangerous situation there is a lot on the line. Entering: one step closer to victory. Not entering: also one step closer to victory. Both decisions might lead to more self control and confidence. Fearless everyday-life is at stake.
Well, [...]

In a fair world each investment should yield a return that fully reflects the value of the effort made and the risk taken. High risk and intensive efforts should be rewarded by a fat return. The logic seems obvious: those who stick their necks out, gain. In the real world these gains are less obvious: [...]

When I decided it was time to move on, some two months ago, I did not know I would be doing another job that soon. Although I am working for a temp agency, I am happy to have moved on. Last week I started on a short term assignment at Vodafone Netherlands. It is my [...]

… to keep yourself busy.
It is utterly frustrating. I am not referring to the title or line above. I am jumping nervously on my chair. Below the line I am writing right now, there are a dozen of other lines. All starters for a text. All of them… weak… both the content and English grammar. [...]

There is something changing in our world. The oil price has been on the rise without end. A barrel costing nearly $120, a new record. This has been especially costly for US airlines, several went into bankruptcy, others are reconsidering their strategy. Northwest Airlines and Delta Airlines announcing a merger, United, American Airlines en US [...]

Many times I have refused it. I thought, for a man of principles, it is important to do as he thinks is morally just. But I am not sure anymore if it is worth it. It is far easier to go with the flow, at least when your mind is open to pursuing such a strategy. Mine is not. Something inside of me keeps me from doing the obvious, from doing ‘as they told me’.

You may have noticed that I have been writing less frequent at this blog. I have lost the… creativity that is necessary to develop the articles. I have attempted to write, looking at a white sheet. No results. I just do not see the point commenting politicians, on whom I do not have any influence. [...]

When I wrote seducing the female I ended the article by saying the following about mating: “exchange your fluids, call it love and claim it will last forever”. I think it is illustrative of the strong contrast when it comes to love. At the beginning when the love is huge, there is an intention to [...]

How does one turn an unknown politician into an influential one? First of all, we need a topic that is controversial, but attractive to a broader audience. Let’s make this Muslim integration. The second ingredient: arrange a government and Prime Minister that excels in ‘clumsiness’. They are to say the wrong things at the wrong [...]

Since the beginning of the century the term ‘culture’ has gradually moved to the foreground. After Mr. Bush’s ‘axis of evil’ the line between them and us has become more pronounced. By considering groups of human beings to be evil, they are set apart from those that are apparently not. The good belong to those that call themselves sophisticated and cultivated, the bad to the illiterate and barbarians. Both groups proclaim the others are the uncultivated evil, while they see themselves as being part of a high culture.