Programming is an artform. To know how to code is to be able to speak a language, in which you transform your ideas into reality. The joy when building your first application, and see it work, as you specifically told the machine it should, is simply amazing. Just as a…
I have always found people who say "music sucks these days" to be to some extend arrogant, ignorant and closed-minded; in all likelihood the music is actually better today because so many more people are able to create their own music. Another thing, just because you have good…
I was around 10 years old, and I was walking with my mom down a street towards our house after doing some shopping. While walking back to our house, I asked my mom if she understood that I would not live in this country when I grow older. My mom,…
How do you know what decision you should take? What is a right, and wrong decision? The other day I read a quote from Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra that really reasoned with me. There is more intelligence in your body than in your wisdom In business, and personal life clouded…
I got some inspiration from 37signals Signal vs Noise post "Forget passion, focus on process" for this post. About 3 years ago I started a new company that has produced so far 4 startup projects. Back then we did not know at all what we should do. We…
Many companies uses questionnaire, feedback forms, and other review methods to find out what customers think of their product, and why they are switching. This can be good, and valuable information, but we believe it only gives you a superficial understanding of why your customers switch products/providers. Customers do…
4 years ago, in the first Being Proactive group I started, our goal was economical understand. This included passive income, building profitable businesses, risk management, and investment. Back then I did a series of investments. It was in the middle of the financial crisis so it was a perfect opportunity…