Learn about the other levers your body has to increase your speed. One is a well-kept secret. — More input equals more output. More work equals more results. More practice equals faster runs. That‘s what everyone believes. But humans are not machines. You can also change the way how input translates to output. Every runner who has already participated in a triathlon has experienced this. There is one…

Sharpen your mind with the king of the games. Since I was 12 years old, I have played chess. I improved my rating to master level and played against strong opponents. Thanks to chess, other areas of life benefited me, such as the obvious ones like getting good grades in…

From treadmill hater to guided running supporter. — I hated treadmills. I finished 13 marathon races but never did even a single training run on a treadmill. Once, I was traveling through South East Asia during the preparation time for a marathon. I ran 30k in the humid midday heat in Singapore. …

Get to know yourself better before you change paths when you don't know what you want to do. Some people know in life already what they have wanted to do since they were a child. Some of us, however, are more like my 5-year-old daughter. Whenever she is asked what…

Lessons from finishing 30+ MOOCs — Online courses are everywhere. It all started at Stanford in 2011, where professors offered three free online courses. Out of Standford, Udacity, and Coursera emerged. Now you have edX, Udemy, and many more Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms. …

Marie Kondo for your Brain: From Disorganized to Great. — Our possessions can make us “heavy”. If you have a car, own a house, etc., you add weight to yourself. You will need time to maintain them. You will make decisions differently than without them. Focusing on possessions makes you less productive and allows for fewer experiences. But material possessions…

#2: A sh**ty digital process is still a sh**ty process. — 70% of digital transformation initiatives fail. A lot can go wrong when it comes to digitalization. Driving digital transformations involves implementing strategic digitalization use cases. So a digitalization use case is merely a piece in the digital transformation puzzle. Nonetheless, if you want to ensure that your next digitalization use…

The skills your child will acquire when learning and playing chess are manifold. — In 1996, Deep Blue won a game against chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in a formal chess game. Since then, chess computers have become stronger and stronger. And are now practically unbeatable. Regardless, it makes sense for everyone to learn chess. It is not only about winning. It is also about…

Let Artificial Intelligence do the job. — As a busy parent, you probably don’t have a lot of free time to keep up with the latest technologies. But, what if I told you that there’s a tool out there that could make your life a little bit easier? …