My most recent experiences and insights

Do you know what the most painful thing about freelancing is? Well, the second most painful. The most painful, without a doubt, is to spend a day every quarter compiling all the information for the tax authorities and end up paying a lot of money. As it is. But the second is the time management. Read more

It has been a long month, a very long month, without posting here.The reason, the excuse: I had to attend to a sick relative.Nooo. It wasn’t Covid.When I said I had a relative in hospital, the immediate question was Covid’s?Well, no. There are still other illnesses. The good news: we know what it is, how Read more

How much time can be spent on a diagnosis? How much effort should be put into creating a budget that you don’t know if it will be completed? A few weeks ago, I had a telephone conversation with my mechanic like this: “Listen. The car is leaking oil. There’s a puddle of oil in the Read more

“And how is the chain of restaurants and cafés? “Well… recovering”. So began my conversation with Helmut, whom I had never met before. We were sharing a table at a forum and had just introduced ourselves. The pandemic is a very interesting topic for business discussions these days. And it is clear that the pandemic Read more

I have to admit it. I don’t normally read terms and conditions. Usually meaning practically never. Maybe I’m a weirdo. I doubt it. Maybe the only ones I’ve read are those of my own websites or those of some of my clients. And I guess I’m the only one who has read them. But they Read more

She loves me, she doesn’t love me, she loves me, she loves me, she doesn’t love me, … Have you ever found yourself with that idea that is in people’s minds and, no matter how much you explain that it’s not the moment, it appears and appears and appears and appears continuously? It’s not the Read more