Never take anything for granted
Het is een tijdje stil geweest op mijn persoonlijke blog. Dat is niet zonder reden. Er is namelijk heel veel gebeurd de voorbije tijd: naast alle “business as usual” heb ik in 2020 een middeleeuws pand gekocht in het historische centrum van Rome, en heb ik er in het voorjaar van 2021 een consultancy bedrijf…
Gent, wat ben je onvoorstelbaar mooi ! Als echte Gentenaar ben ik uiteraard ontzettend fier op onze bruisende stad. Misschien is Gent niet de mooiste stad ter wereld – de mooiste ter wereld is sowieso Rome voor mij, maar die Italiaanse schone maakt deel uit van “a different league”. Rome is een miljoenenstad zoals Parijs…
After an unusual number of cancelled flights, hotel reservations, concerts, events, parties and dinners, I gradually started hoping someone was going to cancel 2020 altogether. But nobody did so far! It looks like we will have to accept 2020 as the year in which a few things changed drastically. And “a few” is a serious…
IKI means “life, alive” and KAI “result, benefit”. As such, the Japanese concept IKIGAI can best be described as a reason for being“. We have been using the concept of Ikigai in our Personal branding and Pitching workshops to help individuals better focus on “why they do what they do“, and help them make smart(er)…
We are entering a completely new world, a world that will be different from everything we have seen and experienced so far. Covid-19 has forever changed the world as we knew it. The new times will be exciting and difficult at the same time, because we are lacking experience in how to face and adapt…
I must admit, initially I hated you. I hated you a lot because you reduced me to the small world of my house and garden in Ghent, Belgium. A social life that only revolves around the necessary visits to the supermarket, and that deprives me from seeing family, friends and colleagues, is utterly boring. No…
Whom we were yesterday is not necessarily whom we are today or whom we will be tomorrow. Simply because situations change. Sometimes suddenly and drastically. We all know what sudden and drastic means today. Behind the masks When I was a child, tears for example were seen as a sign of weakness. I never cried,…
We hope you are at home and doing fine in these difficult times of lockdown and quarantaine. Today, things do not longer go according to plan. Countries are closing, cities and villages look empty. Many businesses are reaching a critical point. The good times seem far away. We could conclude: it is beyond our own…
There are plenty of beautiful countries on the planet. True. Over the years, I have travelled the planet extensively. But still, each time I arrive in Italy, it feels like coming home. My fascination with Italy started in early childhood thanks to uncountable family trips to the Veneto, Lombardy, Tuscany and Le Marche. At that…
Mijn verhaal in de Gent 2020 editie van Second Home Magazine. Of je nu de voorkeur geeft aan de magie van een geweldige stad, het prachtige landschap, de oneindigheid van de duizenden kilometers rotskusten en zandstranden of de puurheid van de bergen, Italië heeft het allemaal. Het vinden van de perfecte plek onder de zon,…