Category: Social media

  • My resistance to spirituality and why you should be wary too

    My resistance to spirituality and why you should be wary too

    After a deep dive into spirituality, I have developed quite a resistance against it, which I find really interesting. Spirituality is about finding your way to be connected to ‘spirit’, to be present in the moment, and to be content in this life. And it’s hard to argue against that. Except when this doesn’t take…

  • The great paradox of online business and marketing coaching

    The great paradox of online business and marketing coaching

    Every time I look on Instagram I am bombarded with ads from seemingly successful online business and marketing coaches, who are here to help me start and grow my online business and live the life of my dreams. I love these ads because I find them highly entertaining. They all seem similar, selling the same…

  • Beware of what your bubble reflects back to you

    Beware of what your bubble reflects back to you

    You live in a bubble and you always have, like the rest of us. You have probably contemplated this before and it seems to not be a big deal. You like your peepz and your social bubble feels like a safe space to hang out. Well, it is, but beware! It can also be disorienting…

  • Social media are like parasites tapping everyone’s juice

    Social media are like parasites tapping everyone’s juice

    You are probably aware of the effects social media use can have on you, but you use them anyway. So do I! However, to me it is an ongoing struggle, a love/hate relationship that leans into the aversion side. How do we successfully navigate the social media in the world? The business model of social…

  • Remember to support small businesses this December and beyond

    Remember to support small businesses this December and beyond

    One of my all-time favorite themes is how we shape the world through our very actions. I believe that today this is more relevant than ever, with the current pandemic and all the impacts it has. So here I remind you of the biggest means you have in shaping our future world. You are the…

  • Battle of the bloggers: quantity vs. quality

    Here’s an observation: Is it so that media, including bloggers and vloggers, are more about quantity than quality? Meaning the quantity of updates, blogs, vlogs, articles, references and most of all: the quantity of readers and the money that can be made through these readers. This is quite a negative view, but I am seriously…

  • The Circle: we are all connected, all the time

    The Circle, written by Dave Eggers, is a novel sketching a terribly plausible scenario for the future. The story is about an employee at The Circle, a young and hugely successful company that has started integrating all different online services into only one interface, to make your life easier. But that’s not all the company…