{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Quotes on Jeroen Sangers", "icon": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/10/12141.jpg", "home_page_url": "https://jeroensangers.com/", "feed_url": "https://jeroensangers.com/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2026/08/28/the-top-use-cases-for.html", "content_html": "
\n

The top use cases for AI in 2026 are:

  1. Therapy and companionship
  2. Troubleshooting
  3. Fun and nonsense
  4. Fan fiction and storytelling
  5. Technical use of software
  6. Autonomous agentic operations
  7. Relationship advice
  8. Work buddy
  9. Astrology and tarot readings
  10. General advice
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My use cases are 6, 5, 2, 10, and a little bit of 8. Might need to look into Astrology and tarot readings though, as it seems a natural fit for AI’s hallucinations. đŸ€Ș

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Does your AI work for you or is it the other way around?
\nWhenever you’re pasting the output the AI gives you into another application, you’re just acting as a meat proxy (the next Times Word of the Year?).

\n
\nBy all means, prompt AI.\n But don't just relay the output.\n Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words\n (a decent certificate that you've done the prior steps).\n Making that effort is value you can add.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2026-08-04T11:52:06+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2026/08/04/does-your-ai-work-for.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2026/07/01/the-everthoughtful-hgc-gives-us.html", "content_html": "

The ever-thoughtful @HG21C gives us the dictionary:

\n
\nBeware the words and phrases that try to disguise the non-effectiveness of an individual or team. For example, they use ‘urgent’ but you know ‘they forgot to anticipate this’\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2026-07-01T08:56:44+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2026/07/01/the-everthoughtful-hgc-gives-us.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2026/04/09/nicholas-explains-the-master-list.html", "content_html": "

Nicholas explains the master list:

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\nHow do you use it?\n\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2026-04-09T15:31:58+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2026/04/09/nicholas-explains-the-master-list.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2026/03/24/nicholas-bate-hgc-on-eufriction.html", "content_html": "

Nicholas Bate (@HG21C) on Eufriction:

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\nDon’t aim to remove all friction from your day. Remove unhelpful friction such as bureaucracy, ineffective tools, and unclear messages. Keep the friction that brings value such as pausing before you send or the effort that leads to quality and better thinking.\n\n
\n

Working slower promotes deeper thinking processes and better results

\n", "date_published": "2026-03-24T13:27:15+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2026/03/24/nicholas-bate-hgc-on-eufriction.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2026/03/11/so-true-if-you-need.html", "content_html": "

So true:

\n
\nif you need an alarm to wake up, you are sleep deprived.\n\n
\n

(This is a note to myself)

\n", "date_published": "2026-03-11T16:27:28+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2026/03/11/so-true-if-you-need.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/12/01/should-you-move-your-work.html", "title": "Should you move your work to AI or bring AI to your work?", "content_html": "

This weekend, a post by Matt Webb kept appearing in my feeds, shared by Simon Willison and others. It discusses something Matt calls “context plumbing” in AI systems.

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This context is not always where the AI runs (and the AI runs as close as possible to the point of user intent).

So the job of making an agent run really well is to move the context to where it needs to be.

\n\n
\n

But I think we’ve got this backwards.

\n

The real question: Where should AI live?

\n

Instead of moving context to the AI, we should move the AI to where the content already lives. This isn’t just a technical distinction. It’s a fundamental difference in how we think about AI’s role in our work.

\n

The big AI companies want to create “everything apps.” They’re building platforms that pull all your content, all your context, into their systems. And the motivation is clear: they’ve made enormous investments and need to avoid AI becoming a commodity with razor-thin margins.

\n

But what actually benefits you as a user?

\n

AI as feature, not platform

\n

Having AI incorporated into the tools you already use makes more sense than abandoning those tools for an AI platform. Apple may be lagging behind in the AI race by some measures, but their vision resonates with how people actually work. Apple Intelligence in the Mail app is one of my most used AI features precisely because it’s where I already spend time managing email.

\n

Or consider my workflow in Tana, where I manage my work and knowledge. I can run AI, any model I choose, right on my task list. On my meeting notes and transcriptions. In my journal entries. The AI comes to where my thinking already happens, rather than forcing me to export everything to a separate AI platform, or, as Matt Webb calls it, create a plumbing system to get my context into the AI.

\n

This is the difference between AI as infrastructure and AI as destination.

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The platform trap

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When AI becomes a platform, you face a choice: either duplicate your work across systems or abandon your existing tools entirely. Neither option serves you well. Duplication creates synchronization headaches and version conflicts. Abandonment means losing the specialized features and workflows you’ve built over time.

\n

The alternative is simpler. AI becomes a feature that enhances the tools you already trust. It’s there when you need it, invisible when you don’t, and it never asks you to restructure your entire digital life around it.

\n

I see AI as a feature and have no intention to use it as a platform. The question isn’t whether AI is powerful or useful. It clearly is. The question is whether that power serves your workflow or disrupts it. Whether it meets you where you work or demands you come to it.

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The answer shapes not just which tools you choose, but how you think about the relationship between your work and the technology that supports it.

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\nAn Outliner tool is a key digital list making aid (even if they all have their limitations). A good Outliner allows you to put making lists ‘on rails’ as Dave Winer put it.
\nMoving an item up or down, to the top or the bottom. Nesting a thing under another, or deeper still. Moving a nested item up a level of hierarchy. Hide the subitems under a thing, or revealing them. Make a connection with an element elsewhere in an outline or with/in a different outline. Turn lines into bullets into numberings and back. Switch between different types of visualisation, one of which is the outline. All made seamless with keyboard shortcuts.\n
\n

This is one of the (many) reasons I prefer an outliner-based notes tool like Tana over a notes-based tool like Obsidian.

\n", "date_published": "2025-10-26T19:29:31+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/10/26/an-outliner-tool-is-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/09/26/a-task-for-today-by.html", "content_html": "

A task for today by @HG21C:

\n
\nClose the week. Review the goals you set on Monday and set some for next week. Drop notes of thanks to those who helped. Write a note in your journal of what went well and what could have gone better and learnings. Do this for work and do it personally. Select a novel for the weekend. Go live life beyond e-mail, excel and PPT.\n
\n", "date_published": "2025-09-26T18:08:43+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/09/26/a-task-for-today-by.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/09/07/the-biggest-improvement-in-productivity.html", "content_html": "

The biggest improvement in productivity I experienced recently is due to good voice transcription combined with AI to clean up my ramblings. I use Tana for this, but there are many other good solutions available. You should definitely try it too.

\n
\nOnce I stopped treating the keyboard as my only entry point, the whole shape of my work changed: Ideas flow faster, structure emerges in conversation, and clarity comes from rounds and rounds of “How’s this?” and “What about that?”\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2025-09-07T15:34:04+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/09/07/the-biggest-improvement-in-productivity.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/08/20/of-generative-ai-implementations-in.html", "content_html": "
\n95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT\n\n
\n

No surprise here


\n", "date_published": "2025-08-20T17:47:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/08/20/of-generative-ai-implementations-in.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/06/27/pkm-systems-promise-coherence-but.html", "content_html": "
\nPKM systems promise coherence, but they often deliver a kind of abstracted confusion. The more I wrote into my vault, the less I felt. A quote would spark an insight, I’d clip it, tag it, link it - and move on. But the insight was never lived. It was stored. Like food vacuum-sealed and never eaten, while any nutritional value slips away.\n\n
\n

This hits close to home. I also went through that phase of hoarding information ‘just in case I might need it someday.’ The digital equivalent of keeping every receipt in a shoebox.

\n

Now I’ve learned to be much more intentional about what I capture. I ask myself: ‘Will this genuinely help me make a decision or take action?’ If the answer isn’t a clear yes, I let it go. Only the real gems make it into my system—the insights that actually move the needle.

\n", "date_published": "2025-06-27T16:15:42+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/06/27/pkm-systems-promise-coherence-but.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/06/01/i-have-never-seen-any.html", "content_html": "
\nI have never seen any form of create generative model output (be that image, text, audio, or video) which I would rather see than the original prompt.\nThe resulting output has less substance than the prompt and lacks any human vision in its creation.\nThe whole point of making creative work is to share one’s own experience - if there’s no experience to share, why bother?\nIf it’s not worth writing, it’s not worth reading.\n\n
\n

Show me your prompt!

\n

Via Jodi Ettenberg

\n", "date_published": "2025-06-01T21:14:08+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/06/01/i-have-never-seen-any.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/04/23/treat-llms-like-you-would.html", "content_html": "

Treat LLMs like you would treat your coworkers: give more than you receive.

\n
\nMy gold standard for LLM usage remains this: would I be proud to stake my own credibility on the quality of the end result?\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2025-04-23T07:34:28+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/04/23/treat-llms-like-you-would.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/02/04/what-we-believe-in-attention.html", "content_html": "

What we believe in:

\n
\nAttention doesn’t scale, no matter how hard we try.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2025-02-04T12:34:48+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/02/04/what-we-believe-in-attention.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2025/01/07/do-you-know-exactly-what.html", "content_html": "

Do you know exactly what your job entails?

\n
\nIf you’re serious about the project, it’s time to give yourself a promotion, and to hire yourself to do work that’s yours and yours alone to contribute. It’s almost certain that there’s someone cheaper, faster and yes, better at the other work than you are.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2025-01-07T13:23:54+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2025/01/07/do-you-know-exactly-what.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/12/19/make-your-own.html", "content_html": "
\nMake your own end of year lists. Choose your own important memories. Pick the songs you loved and share it with the world. You don’t need an algorithm.\n\n
\n

Yes, yes, yes!

\n", "date_published": "2024-12-19T16:46:17+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/12/19/make-your-own.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/11/02/life-any-other.html", "content_html": "

Life any other tool, you should first learn what it can and can’t do.

\n
\nWhile AI struggles to do any one thing better than an experienced human, it can elevate anyone to a better beginner status in many skills they’re unfamiliar with. Whatever you’re an expert in, chances are, AI will look weak in comparison. But take off your expert hat, and voilà, you might find it helpful here and there.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-11-02T15:29:40+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/11/02/life-any-other.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/10/16/una-consejo-muy.html", "content_html": "

Una consejo muy atrevido en la guĂ­a de Microsoft Outlook:

\n
\nNo es necesario (y en el caso de grandes volĂșmenes, probablemente no pueda) leer todos los mensajes que le envĂ­an.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-10-16T17:38:37+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/10/16/una-consejo-muy.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/06/26/i-forget-about.html", "content_html": "

I forget about this one all the time.

\n
\nThere’s not much point in packing light unless everyone is packing light.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-06-26T21:27:17+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/06/26/i-forget-about.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/06/10/efficiency-is-getting.html", "content_html": "
\n

Efficiency is getting stuff done.

Effectiveness is getting the right stuff done.

Technology aids us with the first.

Your brain facilitates the second; ensure it is rested, stress-free and well informed.

\n\n
\n

Learn the distinction.

\n", "date_published": "2024-06-10T14:02:47+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/06/10/efficiency-is-getting.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/03/21/email-is-not.html", "content_html": "

Email is not your manager.

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YOU decide what you do according to YOUR objectives. E-mail is at best an assistant, a reminder, a support mechanism.

It is not your manager.

\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-03-21T11:31:40+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/03/21/email-is-not.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2024/02/01/the-reason-i.html", "content_html": "

The reason I stayed in bed for an hour longer today:

\n
\nNo list, app nor productivity app will work if you are simply tired.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2024-02-01T09:54:07+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2024/02/01/the-reason-i.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/12/01/what-a-great.html", "content_html": "

What a great advice:

\n
\nTry to be surprised by something every day. It could be something you see, hear, or read about. Stop to look at the unusual car parked at the curb, taste the new item on the cafeteria menu, actually listen to your colleague at the office. How is this different from other similar cars, dishes or conversations? What is its essence? Don’t assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn’t matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it is. Be open to what the world is telling you. Life is nothing more than a stream of experiences — the more widely and deeply you swim in it, the richer your life will be.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2023-12-01T09:07:38+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/12/01/what-a-great.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/10/16/lets-walk-a.html", "content_html": "

Let’s walk!

\n
\nA goal needs a walk, some writing and considerable reflection to make it real.\n\n
\n", "date_published": "2023-10-16T18:47:59+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/10/16/lets-walk-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/09/25/such-a-great.html", "content_html": "

Such a great list!

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  • A ribeye fresh off the grill
  • Warm sun on your skin
  • An old favorite song on the radio
    • \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-09-25T07:58:26+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/09/25/such-a-great.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/08/24/be-aware-of.html", "content_html": "

    Be aware of scatter in your life.

    \n
    \nScatter is multiple monitors.
    Scatter is being busy without making progress.
    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-08-24T08:20:30+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/08/24/be-aware-of.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/07/23/walk-into-working.html", "content_html": "
    \n

    Walk into working Monday with a plan.

    \n

    (Best created Friday mid-PM)

    \n\n
    \n

    Until a few weeks ago I always created my week plan on Monday morning and now I usually do it on Sundays to start the week with impulse.\nOf course, Nicholas is right: Friday afternoon is the best moment to plan the week ahead.

    \n", "date_published": "2023-07-23T09:21:25+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/07/23/walk-into-working.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/07/21/what-we-believe.html", "content_html": "

    What we believe in:

    \n
    Productive\" data-author=\"Jason Fried\" cite=\"https://world.hey.com/jason/effective-productive-acfa210d\">\nWe believe in effectiveness. How little can we do? How much can we cut out? Instead of adding to-dos, we add to-don’ts.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-07-21T17:54:03+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/07/21/what-we-believe.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/07/19/do-less-and.html", "content_html": "

    Do less and achieve more.

    \n
    \nJust as an over-stuffed washing machine doesn’t do its job, an over-full day causes its owner to become stressed, fatigued and to lose focus on the true priorities.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-07-19T10:56:42+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/07/19/do-less-and.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/07/04/the-best-reading.html", "content_html": "
    \nThe best reading strategy I’ve come across is the idea of a wide funnel and tight filter. Be willing to read anything that looks even a little interesting, but abandon it quickly and without mercy if it’s not working for you.
    \n\n
    \n

    I have got the wide funnel in place. Now I only have to tighten my filter


    \n", "date_published": "2023-07-04T16:39:28+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/07/04/the-best-reading.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/07/03/you-can-still.html", "content_html": "
    \nYou can still set up your tiny quiet corner on the web, do your own things, and connect slowly with other people. You can still set up a forum dedicated to something you're passionate about and create a community with 50 other people, even if Reddit turns to shit. Things can live on the web simply because enough people care about them and pour time and love into them. And that is what makes the web special.\n\n
    \n

    Do you have your own tiny quiet corner on the web? I do!

    \n", "date_published": "2023-07-03T07:30:09+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/07/03/you-can-still.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/06/07/blogging-es-whatever.html", "content_html": "

    Blogging is whatever you want it to be. There are no rules.

    \n
    \nA few years ago I gave a short talk about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-06-07T11:13:19+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/06/07/blogging-es-whatever.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/03/20/something-to-reflect.html", "content_html": "

    Something to reflect on:

    \n
    \n

    Our brain craves focus.

    \n

    When it is focused, it is happy, still, powerful.

    \n

    But a focused brain is a rarity in today’s world.

    \n

    What do you do to keep your brain focused?

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-03-20T08:55:07+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/03/20/something-to-reflect.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/03/17/this-post-is.html", "content_html": "

    This post is hilarious:

    \n
    \nActually, You Should Wake Up at 4:12 a.m.—Don’t Ask Me Why, It Just Sounds Right—and Nine Reasons We Should Cyberbully People Who Wake Up Later Than That\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-03-17T11:41:29+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/03/17/this-post-is.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/02/21/if-we-did.html", "content_html": "
    \nIf we did go back to sleeping as much as we need to, as much as we did a century ago, then that would cause a huge recession as people would consume an hour less every day.\n\n
    \n

    In other words: If our physical needs were met, it would cause an economic crisis.

    \n

    Once again, a short-term problem (economic crisis) stands in the way of long-term progress (wellbeing).

    \n", "date_published": "2023-02-21T08:55:08+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/02/21/if-we-did.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2023/02/13/what-we-believe.html", "content_html": "

    What we believe in, and in fact one of the two key messages from our book #EffectividadKENSO.

    \n
    \n“Become A Scientist Of Yourself”\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2023-02-13T10:14:07+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2023/02/13/what-we-believe.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/12/27/because-of-the.html", "content_html": "
    \n“Because of the need for being more professional, more polished, more branding for your company, for your business, for your organization, there are more virtual backgrounds that are being created,” Golden says. “It helps you look more credible, trustworthy.”\n\n
    \n

    I have to disagree here. Using a virtual background makes you look less professional and less polished, unless you use a proper green screen and good lighting. In most cases, you’ll look more profesional and polished if you simply fix and arrange what’s behind you on camera.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-12-27T12:45:02+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/12/27/because-of-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/11/30/mastodon-could-use.html", "content_html": "

    Mastodon could use a well-designed client. This is great news.

    \n
    \nHello people of the Fediverse! Some of you may have heard that a new Mastodon client, Ivory,  is in development for iOS (and Mac!). This is true! Tapbots is going all in on Mastodon and we hope this place continues to grow and thrive. Tweetbot will continue to be developed alongside Ivory as a lot of code is shared.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-11-30T22:41:11+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/11/30/mastodon-could-use.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/11/27/the-story-you.html", "content_html": "

    The story you tell yourself creates your reality.

    \n
    \n

    Part of the activation energy required to start any task comes from the picture you get in your head when you imagine doing it. It may not be that going for a run is actually costly; but if it feels costly, if the picture in your head looks like a slog, then you will need a bigger expenditure of will to lace up.

    \n

    Slowness seems to make a special contribution to this picture in our heads. Time is especially valuable. So as we learn that a task is slow, an especial cost accrues to it. Whenever we think of doing the task again, we see how expensive it is, and bail.

    \n

    That’s why speed matters.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-11-27T21:03:43+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/11/27/the-story-you.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/11/22/and-yes-thats.html", "content_html": "
    \nAnd yes: that’s certainly how a lot of capitalist cultures think about time — as something that can be wasted or optimized. It’s often predicated on the idea that you should be focused on doing one thing, and one thing only, very efficiently: time is money, etc. etc. But that itself, sometimes referred to as a “monochronic” understanding of time, is no more or less “natural” than other ways of conceiving of time, like “polychronic” culture, which understands time as dynamic, flexible, and filled with several tasks at once, each of which will take the time that they need. Monochronic cultures may be more “efficient” in their use of time, but in their treatment of time as a commodity, they lose the richness that comes with allowing tasks, conversations, and interactions to move forward at a more natural and sustainable pace.\n\n
    \n

    My quest for the rest of this year: get better at living a “polychronic” life.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-11-22T09:53:39+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/11/22/and-yes-thats.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/11/13/it-is-simple.html", "content_html": "

    It is simple:

    \n
    \nEarly is on time.  On time is late.  Late is unacceptable.\n\n
    \n

    Via @Patrickrhone

    \n", "date_published": "2022-11-13T11:48:37+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/11/13/it-is-simple.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/11/07/nicholas-is-as.html", "content_html": "

    Nicholas is as inspiring as usual:

    \n
    \nRead. But the original. The long version. The fresh thinkers. Don't accept the hyperbole...Become your own expert.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-11-07T08:41:03+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/11/07/nicholas-is-as.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/10/13/i-agree-with.html", "content_html": "

    I agree with @jack:

    \n
    \nFirst, I don't need a Zettelkasten. If you're being honest, you probably don't either.\n\n
    \n

    For most people, a simple notes app to store a curated selection of bits of information is more than enough. A full-blown Zettelkasten is overkill.

    \n

    However, if you’re a thought leader and/or writer and need a systematic way to develop original thinking and store and retrieve those thoughts to combine them into new work, you may want to look at a Zetterkasten.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-10-13T08:08:03+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/10/13/i-agree-with.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/09/02/this-quote-merits.html", "content_html": "

    This quote merits to be converted into a nice poster in most offices:

    \n
    \n

    If you do anything at the last minute that takes more than a minute, you’re not organizing your project properly.

    The last minute is not a buffer zone, nor is it the moment to double-check your work.

    The last minute is simply sixty seconds to enjoy and to remind yourself that you successfully planned ahead.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-09-02T13:39:43+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/09/02/this-quote-merits.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/08/17/learn-to-say.html", "content_html": "

    Learn to say these words more often:

    \n
    \nNo. Nope. No thanks. Not at this time. Nuh-uh. Nah. Sorry, but no.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-08-17T08:19:53+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/08/17/learn-to-say.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/08/09/every-person-is.html", "content_html": "

    Every person is unique. Instead of trying to follow the daily schedule of your hero’s, you should carve out your own path.

    \n
    \nTheir Daily Ritual, to whatever extent it was truly daily or truly a ritual, was likely an emergent phenomenon. They did not read tons of productivity books and then pick the routine that seemed best to them, as many of us feel compelled to do. They worked, and over time, their ideal routine for sustained output emerged. They started walking and reinforced the paths with concrete as they went. \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-08-09T07:40:15+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/08/09/every-person-is.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/08/03/does-what-you.html", "content_html": "

    Does what you do during a day line up with what you said you are going to do?

    \n
    \nWhen we give away our day, we give away our future.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-08-03T15:40:51+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/08/03/does-what-you.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/07/05/s-que-tens.html", "content_html": "

    SĂ­ que tens temps, encara que Ă©s un recurs que estĂ  mal distribuĂŻt (igual que els diners).

    \n
    \n(Re)plantejar la qĂŒestiĂł del temps Ă©s, en realitat, (re)plantejar els models de treball, de salut, d’educaciĂł, d’alimentaciĂł, de mobilitat, de consum, de reforma horĂ ria
\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-07-05T08:03:38+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/07/05/s-que-tens.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/06/11/this-resonated-with.html", "content_html": "

    This resonated with me:

    \n
    \nThe difference between things and events is that things persist in time; events have a limited duration. A stone is a prototypical “thing”: we can ask ourselves where it will be tomorrow. Conversely, a kiss is an “event.” It makes no sense to ask where the kiss will be tomorrow. The world is made up of networks of kisses, not of stones.\n\n
    \n

    Most ‘things’ in life — this blog, our house, yes, even my life itself, are actually events. Like kisses.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-06-11T10:08:14+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/06/11/this-resonated-with.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/06/10/i-love-this.html", "content_html": "

    I love this idea to schedule your “Uh Oh” moments:

    \n
    \n

    Have you ever had a moment where you look at the state of your work and feel, \"uh oh, I'm already halfway through my timeline, and I haven't made as much progress as I should have\"?

    These are your \"uh oh\" moments.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-06-10T07:39:50+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/06/10/i-love-this.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://jeroensangers.micro.blog/2022/06/06/the-workdays-of.html", "content_html": "

    The workdays of so many professionals are dictated by urgencies and emergencies.

    \n

    But there is another way to work, which I call ‘Calm productivity’. This is a major paradigm shift, which not many organisations are willing or able to make.

    \n
    \nWe can build slack into our lives. We can create cycles so that we don’t need to dance with a crisis around time on a regular basis.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-06-06T14:14:22+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/06/06/the-workdays-of.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/05/18/this-hit-me.html", "content_html": "

    This hit me at just the right moment as this morning I was thinking I should keep more in touch with my friends. I already texted one of them to get together for lunch next week. Thanks @Patrickrhone!

    \n
    \nSo that has me thinking a lot about friendships – especially amongst guys. We tend not to prioritize them. We tend to think that to get together there has to be a reason involved. We have to have an event or some purpose to it. A run or a round of golf. Making a batch of beer or building a deck. Or we need to get the families together, let our partners talk and kids play. Dinner or a barbecue. Often, we guys never seem to think of getting together “just because”. For no reason at all other than to connect. Have a chit chat about anything under the sun. Or, sit in silence together and just be.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-05-18T07:30:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/05/18/this-hit-me.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/05/16/give-yourself-permission.html", "content_html": "

    Give yourself permission to be human.

    \n
    \n\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-05-16T10:40:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/05/16/give-yourself-permission.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/05/05/so-true-productivity.html", "content_html": "

    So true:

    \n
    \nProductivity was once about time management. Increasingly it is about distraction management.\n\n
    \n

    The only thing you should manage are your intentions.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-05-05T07:41:39+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/05/05/so-true-productivity.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/04/30/i-never-understood.html", "content_html": "

    I never understood the appeal of the digital nomad lifestyle. Sure, it’s cool for about a week, but after that it gets really uncomfortable.

    \n

    As Oliver Burkeman explained exquisitely in his book ‘Four thousand weeks’, it is a lifestyle fueled by egoism.

    \n
    \nIf you’re thinking about taking off for far-flung locations so you can keep your job while seeing the world, think of this as a checklist of things to prepare for—and a warning that it won’t be as glamorous as you may imagine.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-04-30T09:23:24+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/04/30/i-never-understood.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/04/06/with-al-this.html", "content_html": "

    With al this attention for creating an external brain (David Allen) and building a second brain (Tiago Forte), we might forget this:

    \n
    \n

    But it’s also important to practice holding things in mind. That’s how we exercise the brain, folding ideas into our intrinsic memory and rebuilding them when they go awry.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-04-06T16:56:32+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/04/06/with-al-this.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/04/04/nir-argues-that.html", "content_html": "

    Nir argues that Time blocking can be useful for everybody, as long as you use it for Reflective Work (and not for Reactive Work), start small (maybe with a 15 minute block) and try to use it also for fun activities.

    \n
    \r\nWhen you timebox fun, you’ll see what true leisure feels like, unencumbered by the nagging feeling that you should be doing something else.\r\n\r\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-04-04T19:34:59+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/04/04/nir-argues-that.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/03/22/there-are-so.html", "content_html": "

    There are so many good ideas in this post, but this is my favourite:

    \n
    \r\n34 Go for a walk without your phone.\r\n\r\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-03-22T21:18:06+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/03/22/there-are-so.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/03/09/follow-seths-advice.html", "content_html": "

    Follow Seth’s advice and avoid dong things at the last moment whenever possible. You don’t want to have to deal with Murphy’s Law.

    \n
    \nThe last minute is an easy habit to fall into. Once you start focusing on crises, it makes it really difficult to find the focus and energy to begin planning ahead. But the last minute can be risky and expensive.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-03-09T18:57:49+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/03/09/follow-seths-advice.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/03/09/i-love-how.html", "content_html": "

    I love how @patrickrhone explains a simple habit with a lot of depth behind it:

    \n
    \nBasically, on the front of the card I write down the tasks I’d like to get done today (and really believe I can get done).  On the back of the card, I capture any incoming tasks that pop up or things I need to write down — like a scratch pad (i.e, things that won’t get done today but I’d like to keep for some other time). As I get stuff done, I mark it done. Things that don’t get done either get moved to the next day’s list or deferred for later.\n\n
    \n

    I love this idea of physically separating the tasks I’d like to get done today from any incoming tasks.

    \n

    Also, kudos for using the actual × symbol in the title instead of the letter X. (Small details matter)

    \n", "date_published": "2022-03-09T18:47:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/03/09/i-love-how.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/19/perhaps-like-you.html", "content_html": "

    Nothing to comment:

    \n
    \nPerhaps like you, I naively started out thinking that Google Slides was just a poorly maintained product suffering from some questionable foundational decisions made ages ago that worshipped at the shrine of PowerPoint and which have never since been revisited, but now, after having had to use it so much in the past year, I believe that Google Slides is actually just trolling me.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-19T16:37:22+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/19/perhaps-like-you.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/17/this-seriously-i.html", "content_html": "

    This:

    \n
    \nSeriously, I want to bookmark this, print it, share it far and wide, especially with people who are not on a twitter because, well, it’s an increasingly bad place for those who are mental illness survivors to be.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-17T08:45:20+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/17/this-seriously-i.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/15/were-almost-two.html", "content_html": "

    We’re almost two years in, and I still find a lot of people who do not have a headset for videoconferencing.

    \n
    \nWhen you’re speaking to a muted room, it’s eerie and unnatural — you feel alone even if you can see other people’s faces. You lose all of those spontaneous reactions that keep a conversation flowing.\n\n
    \n

    Once you have a headset, the next step is to clean up the space behind you, so you won’t have to use those horrible fake backgrounds.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-15T08:56:26+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/15/were-almost-two.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/14/a-zoom-or.html", "content_html": "

    A Zoom (or Teams) call is not a meeting.

    \n
    \n

    There are no humans on this call. Yes, there are 14 participants with their video on, one with their video off, and someone dialing in. Yes, you can gather some interesting signal from a single frame of this meeting, but this is a crappy 2D representation of the team; both essential signal and purpose are missing from this situation.

    \n\n
    \n

    +1 for using CGI Princess Leia from Rogue One to make his point


    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-14T15:42:16+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/14/a-zoom-or.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/04/there-are-some.html", "content_html": "

    There are some very interesting ideas in this proposal, but will Apple go that far?

    \n
    \r\n

    With \"Ask app not to track\" Apple recently changed the game of privacy, at the dismay at the global advertisement industry.

    We think they could go even further:

    To lead the industry towards technology that is truly respectful of human attention. To align the incentives for developers with the users best interest. To change the course of technology once more.

    Here's how...

    \r\n\r\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-04T10:25:35+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/04/there-are-some.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/03/dont-forget-to.html", "content_html": "

    Don’t forget to schedule your breaks!

    \n
    \n

    A reminder to you all to make time for yourself and schedule your break moments in your calendar!

    \n\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-03T11:17:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/03/dont-forget-to.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/02/03/productive-procrastination-tip.html", "content_html": "

    Productive procrastination tip by @PatrickRhone:

    \n
    \n

    Task yourself with a huge must-do project that has a deadline far out enough that you can safely procrastinate on it for a day or two.

    Watch your productivity on every other possible thing go way up to avoid that one.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-02-03T10:53:35+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/02/03/productive-procrastination-tip.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/27/this-looks-very.html", "content_html": "

    This looks very promising:

    \n
    \n

    As a result of the non-standardization of blocks, our end-users suffer. If someone is using my blog engine, they can only use those blocks that I had time to implement. Those blocks may be pretty basic or incomplete. Users might want to use a fancier block that they saw in WordPress or Medium or Notion, but my editor doesn’t have it. Blocks can’t be shared or moved around very easily, and our users are limited to the features and capabilities that we had time to re-implement.

    \n

    To fix this, we’re going to create a protocol called the Block Protocol.

    \n

    It’s open, free, non-proprietary, we want it to be everywhere on the web.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-27T20:19:50+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/27/this-looks-very.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/27/teaching-online-with.html", "title": "Teaching online with the cameras turned off", "content_html": "

    This tweet caught my eye this morning:

    \n
    \n

    âŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïž
    \nâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïž
    \nâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïž
    \nâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïžâŹ›ïž

    \n

    Not wordle, just a zoom class.

    \n\n
    \n

    The issue of turned off cameras in zoom classes is, as many other issues, nuanced.

    \n

    I have been on both sides in online workshops and can sympathise with both the teacher and the students.

    \n

    A student might not have the fancy videoconference gear I have, nor a nice background. Maybe they are in their bedroom, maybe there are other people around
 They simply are trying to protect their privacy.

    \n

    As a trainer, I have only once faced a completely blacked out camera grid while giving my workshop and it was hard.

    \n

    Without any visual o audible feedback, you don’t know whether the participants understand you, whether you have the right rhythm and speed, whether the participants air high in energy or need a break


    \n

    However, a good training, whether online or in person, is interactive. The days of the teacher giving a masterclass have long gone. Nowadays we know that learning takes effort and time together is valuable. If a teacher uses this valuable time only to pass information, he or she could better have recorded a video or send the information in written form. Being together does add nothing if there is no interaction.

    \n

    Rather than passing information, a teacher should use the online session to answer questions, to work in groups on assignments, to discuss


    \n

    When the session flows and is interactive, the lack of turned on cameras will be no issue anymore.

    \n

    And as a last resort, you can also ask a colleague to connect to the session with the camera on, so you hace at least one face to talk to.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-27T11:05:59+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/27/teaching-online-with.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/21/un-buen-resumen.html", "content_html": "

    Un buen resumen del episodio de esta semana:

    \n
    \nDon't stop learning new things.

    Learning shouldn't be limited to school/college. It's a life-long journey.

    The more you learn, the more doors you can unlock in life.
    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-21T08:47:18+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/21/un-buen-resumen.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/18/this-is-a.html", "content_html": "

    This is a great feature:

    \n
    \nThe “Title bar window shake” is a lifesaver for those times when you have a million windows open and you need to really drill down and focus on just one of them. To do so, you simply click and hold on your desired window’s title bar and, while holding the mouse button down, give it a little wiggle back and forth. All the other windows you have open will be minimized.\n\n
    \n

    I wonder why Microsoft decided to turn this off by default in Windows 11.

    \n

    By the way, on Mac I simply use the ⌘+⌄+H keyboard shortcut.

    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-18T09:25:54+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/18/this-is-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/14/van-de-zzpers.html", "content_html": "
    \n93% van de ZZP-ers zijn hardwerkende mensen die klaar zijn met het klassieke baas-werknemers spelletje zijn. Ik noem ze al een tijdje Hiërarchische Vluchtelingen.\n\n
    \n

    I love this term. Instead of freelancers, lets call them “Hierarchical Refugees” (¿«Refugiados jerĂĄrquicos» en español?)

    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-14T19:59:24+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/14/van-de-zzpers.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/14/try-this-genius.html", "content_html": "

    Try this genius hack to clear your inbox and start fresh
 without deleting everything!

    \n
    \nAs someone with anywhere upwards of 10,000 emails in my inbox — many of them unread, to the dismay of my OCD friends — I am always looking for tips and tricks to help me manage my email. One of those is to start each new year with an absolutely clean inbox. Remember what that looks like? Yeah, me neither.
    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-14T19:17:17+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/14/try-this-genius.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2022/01/07/listen-to-patrickrhone.html", "content_html": "

    Listen to @PatrickRhone.

    \n
    \nSay what you mean. Mean what you say.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2022-01-07T08:38:44+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2022/01/07/listen-to-patrickrhone.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/12/27/something-that-preoccupies.html", "content_html": "

    Something that preoccupies me more and more lately:

    \n
    \nDigital communication has profound benefits in terms of helping people collaborate, stay in touch, and share things with each other. But social media has played a huge role in spreading misinformation that makes people suspicious of their governments. Social media feeds have become so personalized that you don't see factual information if it doesn't align with your profile.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-12-27T08:56:49+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/12/27/something-that-preoccupies.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/12/11/who-doesnt-want.html", "content_html": "

    Who doesn’t want to be a “time millionaire”?

    \n
    \ntime millionaires measure their worth not in terms of financial capital, but according to the seconds, minutes and hours they claw back from employment for leisure and recreation.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-12-11T14:51:04+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/12/11/who-doesnt-want.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/12/09/a-helpful-reminder.html", "content_html": "

    A helpful reminder:

    \n
    \n

    Reminding yourself you can do anything.

    \n

    But you really can’t do everything.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-12-09T21:44:51+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/12/09/a-helpful-reminder.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/11/30/unsubscribe-cyber-monday.html", "content_html": "

    Unsubscribe!

    \n

    Cyber Monday is a nice event to remind you that you are not using the “unsubscribe” links enough in your email inbox.

    \n", "date_published": "2021-11-30T08:48:06+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/11/30/unsubscribe-cyber-monday.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/11/27/to-me-the.html", "content_html": "

    To me, the ‘week’ is the most human unit of time.

    \n
    \n

    Days, months, and years all make sense as units of time—they match up, at least roughly, with the revolutions of Earth, the moon, and the sun.

    Weeks, however, are much weirder and clunkier. A duration of seven days doesn’t align with any natural cycles or fit cleanly into months or years.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-11-27T21:32:28+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/11/27/to-me-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/11/08/what-a-great.html", "content_html": "

    What a great list of mini standards by Nicholas Bate.

    \n", "date_published": "2021-11-08T08:37:59+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/11/08/what-a-great.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/11/01/definition-of-done.html", "content_html": "

    Definition of done by @patrickrhone

    \n
    \nDinner is not done once everyone has eaten. Dinner is done once the dishes are washed and the kitchen is cleaned.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-11-01T12:05:24+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/11/01/definition-of-done.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/10/25/another-example-of.html", "content_html": "

    Another example of a word that has lost its original meaning.

    \n
    \nWe’ve probably lost the battle to save the word masterclass. Much like the word “decimate”, masterclass has acquired a broader and less specific meaning, becoming an adjective rather than a noun, a way to describe the qualities of a performance or teacher.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-10-25T14:50:09+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/10/25/another-example-of.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/10/06/though-the-summary.html", "content_html": "

    Though the summary did not motivate me to buy this book, I love the quote:

    \n
    \nOne of the most unfortunate realities about being productive is that most of what we do is a total waste of time.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-10-06T15:44:58+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/10/06/though-the-summary.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/09/26/some-more-thoughts.html", "content_html": "

    Some more thoughts by Cal Newport based on the same research that led me to write this note in my Digital Garden.

    \n
    \nThe allure of productivity is therefore a complex one. We cannot dismiss it as the result of the evil master plan of mustache twirling capitalists. We also cannot embrace it as an unalloyed good. It’s a human drive tangled with the contradictory imperatives of culture.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-09-26T19:07:14+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/09/26/some-more-thoughts.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/09/16/the-netherlands-offers.html", "content_html": "

    The Netherlands offer so much more than Amsterdam and tulips. Most tourists do not take the opportinity to visit the heather field, which especillay in august, are very beautiful as shown by these spectacular photos by Albert Dros.

    \n
    \nIt usually starts mid or early Augusts and lasts until the end of the month, and it turns a lot of areas completely purple. What am I talking about? The heather plants. Compare it to the France’s Lavender fields that start a couple of weeks earlier in July. The purple heather fields in the Netherlands are a dream for any landscape photographer. Combine them with mist and you’ve got yourself a dreamscape that looks like it popped straight out of a fairytale.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-09-16T17:04:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/09/16/the-netherlands-offers.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/09/08/heck-even-i.html", "content_html": "

    Heck, even I would love to go back to school if this were the curriculum:

    \n
    \nThe basic foundation is student-centered, self-directed projects. In service of learning to solve interesting problems and how to lead as well as follow. And to support that, the “courses” are practical tools students can use on their projects.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-09-08T16:28:42+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/09/08/heck-even-i.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/08/25/this-quote-perfectly.html", "content_html": "

    This quote perfectly descibes my current professional situation:

    \n
    \n\tYou teach best what you most need to learn.\n\t\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-08-25T16:31:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/08/25/this-quote-perfectly.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/08/22/many-things-may.html", "content_html": "
    \n\tMany things may be important but only one thing can be the most important.\n\t\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-08-22T18:15:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/08/22/many-things-may.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/08/19/meetings-are-the.html", "content_html": "
    \r\n
    Meetings are the worst form of productivity. The “doing” gets done outside of meetings. Doing happens when you have time to think.
    Doers schedule thinking.
    \r\n\r\n
    \r\n

    As Jason Fried once said, meetings should be like salt on a meal.

    \n", "date_published": "2021-08-19T09:00:36+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/08/19/meetings-are-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/08/18/focus-and-scattterfocus.html", "content_html": "

    Focus and scattterfocus is all that matters.

    \n
    \nTime and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-08-18T07:56:27+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/08/18/focus-and-scattterfocus.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/08/03/forget-about-time.html", "content_html": "

    Forget about time management.

    \n
    \nProductivity is not at all about having planners.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-08-03T08:00:04+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/08/03/forget-about-time.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/07/27/how-we-make.html", "content_html": "

    How we make decisions:

    \n
    \nWe like to think we make complicated decisions based on rational analysis, but most of the time, we actually make an emotional decision and then invent a rational analysis to justify it.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-07-27T15:34:30+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/07/27/how-we-make.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/07/23/much-time-management.html", "content_html": "
    \nMuch time management and getting things done is not about time: it's about scale.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-07-23T21:22:23+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/07/23/much-time-management.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/07/20/this-caught-my.html", "content_html": "

    This caught my attention:

    \n
    \nTaken as a whole, these results suggest that, sometimes, attention can mislead us about the world. This is not to say that attention always distorts our knowledge of the world, but it does suggest that it might not be the unproblematic guide to knowledge that we originally thought.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-07-20T00:19:39+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/07/20/this-caught-my.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/06/29/investing-advice-a.html", "content_html": "

    Investing advice:

    \n
    \nA recommended daily habit: Replace one hour of screen time with one hour of reading in your job's subject area.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-06-29T07:43:54+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/06/29/investing-advice-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/06/28/slow-down-an.html", "content_html": "

    Slow down!

    \n
    \nAn easy trick to slow down is to ask: “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the quality of the output?\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-06-28T07:53:40+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/06/28/slow-down-an.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/06/21/what-do-you.html", "content_html": "

    What do you do when all of your inboxes are empty or ignored? That’s your purpose in life.

    \n
    \n

    What activities act as a magnet for your attention? Which of today’s actions will you dream about? What makes you truely happy?

    \n

    You can find breadcrumbs to your purpose in many corners of life.

    \n", "date_published": "2021-06-21T08:02:51+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/06/21/what-do-you.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/06/19/effectiveness-the-flipside.html", "content_html": "

    Effectiveness:

    \n
    \n

    The flip-side of the \"To-Do\" list should always be the \"Not To-Do\" list. 

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-06-19T15:09:40+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/06/19/effectiveness-the-flipside.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/05/07/im-loving-this.html", "content_html": "

    I’m loving this quote:

    \n
    \n

    Develop what’s inside first, because what’s inside is reflected outside.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-05-07T12:30:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/05/07/im-loving-this.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/28/what-we-believe.html", "content_html": "

    What we believe in.

    \n
    \n

    Efficiency is getting stuff done.

    \n

    Effectiveness is getting the right stuff done.

    \n

    Technology aids us with the first.

    \n

    Your brain still has to facilitate the second.

    \n \n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-28T07:38:53+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/28/what-we-believe.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/27/an-interesting-metric.html", "content_html": "

    An interesting metric to evaluate email campaigns: Risk

    \n
    \n

    We measure email risk, in its most basic iteration, by dividing the number of unsubscribes by the number of clicks for each individual email campaign.

    \n

    Total Number of Opt-Outs / Unique Clicks = Risk

    \n

    This is the most basic and broadly applicable version of this metric but, in a few moments, we’ll discuss ways you can tailor it to fit your specific program.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-27T15:34:28+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/27/an-interesting-metric.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/25/some-interesting-insights.html", "content_html": "

    Some interesting insights into the consequences of the jump to “remote work” in many organizations:

    \n
    \nWith over 40 percent of the global workforce considering leaving their employer this year, a thoughtful approach to hybrid work will be critical for attracting and retaining diverse talent. To help organizations through the transition, the 2021 Work Trend Index outlines findings from a study of more than 30,000 people in 31 countries and an analysis of trillions of productivity and labor signals across Microsoft 365 and LinkedIn. It also includes perspectives from experts who have spent decades studying collaboration, social capital, and space design at work for decades.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-25T11:20:53+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/25/some-interesting-insights.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/24/this-is-how.html", "content_html": "

    This is how you buy things.

    \n
    \nDid I comparison shop? Nope. Ask around? Nada.
    There's no buyer's remorse when you just don't want to know.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-24T20:09:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/24/this-is-how.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/16/the-best-way.html", "content_html": "

    The best way to deal with information overload is to embrace it.

    \n
    \n

    Think of Information as Food.

    \n

    Imagine you’re at a 5 Star buffet, with loads of options. It’s stressful if you think you have to consume it all. But it’s liberating if you know what you want to eat so that you can find the right balance of taste and nutrients to create your meal.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-16T08:09:07+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/16/the-best-way.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/12/what-were-doing.html", "content_html": "

    What we’re doing is not the same as working remotely.

    \n
    \nWe’re not working remotely. We’re surviving a global pandemic while trying to get some work done.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-12T14:55:54+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/12/what-were-doing.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/08/this-is-outrageous.html", "content_html": "

    This is outrageous!

    \n
    \nA database containing the phone numbers of more than half a billion Facebook users is being freely traded online, and Facebook is trying to pin the blame on everyone but themselves.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-08T15:40:11+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/08/this-is-outrageous.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/04/07/after-many-years.html", "content_html": "

    After many years in the productivity space, I still have to remind myself sometimes that the tool won’t solve my issues.

    \n
    \nThere’s no getting out of this fact: these apps are all going to take more constant input from you than you’d wish for. They don’t take away the need for some amount of self-discipline to use them effectively.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-04-07T07:53:30+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/04/07/after-many-years.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/03/31/so-true-these.html", "content_html": "

    So true:

    \n

    These huge threaded tweets drive me insane.

    \r\n

    It sounds really interesting but hard to read, impossible to follow and can disappear at any point.

    \r\n

    Write a bloody blog post!

    \r\n
    \r\n

    The real issue is that the author is more interested in getting likes and retweets than in being read and understood.

    \n", "date_published": "2021-03-31T16:57:57+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/03/31/so-true-these.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/03/29/llevo-muchos-aos.html", "content_html": "

    Llevo muchos años explicando que, antes de comunicarte, siempre debes parar un momento para seleccionar el mejor canal de comunicación para este mensaje. Y Zoom, correo electrónico o WhatsApp rara vez son el canal óptimo.

    \n
    \nA medida que este tipo de elementos culturales se van normalizando, sigue persistiendo una tendencia al exceso de uso de la videoconferencia para cuestiones que, seguramente, podrían solucionarse de manera mucho mås sencilla y directa con una simple llamada de teléfono. De hecho, un estudio llevado a cabo en Carnegie Mellon viene a certificar que las videoconferencias generan una falta de sincronía y una disminución de la inteligencia colectiva frente a otros medios de comunicación mås sencillos como el teléfono.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-03-29T20:01:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/03/29/llevo-muchos-aos.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/03/25/a-small-jewel.html", "content_html": "

    A small jewel from James Clear’s newsletter:

    \n
    When people hesitate to give honest feedback on an idea, draft, or performance, I ask for a 0-10 score.
    No one ever says 10. Then I ask how I can get closer to a 10.
    It motivates them to start coaching me—and motivates me to be coachable. I want to learn how to close the gap.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-03-25T18:01:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/03/25/a-small-jewel.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/03/02/all-we-have.html", "content_html": "
    \n

    All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

    \n
    \n

    — J. R. R. Tolkien

    \n", "date_published": "2021-03-02T10:50:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/03/02/all-we-have.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/27/some-useful-dutch.html", "content_html": "

    Some useful Dutch words:

    \n
    \n“Mierenneuken” Literally translated as: “ant fucking.” This should be a common term in productivity. Nitpicking things that don’t matter, especially within projects that should not exist, is a daily frustration.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-27T14:18:12+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/27/some-useful-dutch.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/27/is-there-something.html", "content_html": "

    Is there something missing on your to do list?

    \n
    \n

    Looking back, there was one chore that I should have put on every list and saved time for every day.

    That missing item was \"Thinking.\" 

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-27T10:01:38+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/27/is-there-something.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/24/some-intresting-thoughts.html", "content_html": "

    Some intresting thoughts on intelligence:

    \n
    \r\nThe brain is the organ that named itself and created all that we are discussing but it is a odd thing. It takes over 20 years of education before it is even remotely useful to an employer or society. To attribute ‘intelligence’ to he organ is to forge that, compared to machines, it can’t pay attention for long, forgets most of what you teach it, is sexist, racist, full of cognitive biases, sleeps 8 hours a day, can’t network, can’t upload, can’t download and, here’s the fatal objection -  it dies. This should not be the gold standard for intelligence, as it is an idiosyncratic organ that evolved for circumstances other than those we find ourselves in.\r\n\r\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-24T18:46:23+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/24/some-intresting-thoughts.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/23/hey-is-a.html", "content_html": "

    Hey is a fantastic email service that is about to get a whole lot better as you can send email to the world which will be published on your personal Hey blog.

    \n
    \nWhen I write a certain kind of email — aka a blog post — why do I have to address it to someone? Why can't I just address my thoughts to the world? Direct to the web for anyone and everyone? Rather than define the recipients, I just write and let the recipients find me.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-23T16:27:09+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/23/hey-is-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/23/of-running-a.html", "content_html": "
    \n90% of running a business is making a bunch of tiny improvements that nobody notices but end up being transformative over time.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-23T10:38:20+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/23/of-running-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/06/the-personal-website.html", "content_html": "
    \nThe personal website seems to making a comeback.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-06T17:41:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/06/the-personal-website.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/02/02/this-is-the.html", "content_html": "

    This is the way:

    \n
    \nPublish. Consistently. With patience. Own your assets. Don’t let a middleman be your landlord. Yell at Google for blocking your emails and hope it’ll work eventually. Continually push for RSS and an open web. With patience.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-02-02T16:16:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/02/02/this-is-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/28/this-is-the.html", "content_html": "

    This is the basis for a functioning society:

    \n
    \nTo reduce conflict in our lives, we need to fully accept the truth that other people are not meant to think the same way as we do, since we all have fundamentally different thinking systems, informed by our past experiences, upbringing, education, the things we read, etc.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-28T08:49:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/28/this-is-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/17/michael-wade-proposes.html", "content_html": "

    Michael Wade proposes adding a fifth quadrant to the Eisenhower priority matrix and he calls it Important and Ugh.

    \n
    \nYou know the characteristics of Important and Ugh: not urgent but so distasteful that an extra effort will be required to trick/nudge/cajole you into tackling it.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-17T15:42:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/17/michael-wade-proposes.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/10/whatsapps-canary-died.html", "content_html": "

    WhatsApp’s canary died 😔

    \n
    \nUh-oh. WhatsApp's canary just died; they removed the statement that they never have access to your private keys. If you were using it because of its privacy, it's time to find something else.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-10T17:34:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/10/whatsapps-canary-died.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/06/well-said-discussions.html", "content_html": "

    Well said:

    \n
    \n

    Discussions of ‘time management’ and ‘productivity’ often hide the real issue.

    \n

    Soul management.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-06T19:37:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/06/well-said-discussions.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/04/as-usual-effectiveness.html", "content_html": "

    As usual, effectiveness is a question of habits. Tools come in second place.

    \n
    \nSo more than the bells and whistles, ask yourself which app feels useful to you. Which one helps you get to what you want? Which one do you feel inspired to write in? Which one feels enjoyable to write in? Which one feels like the initial seeds of a system can be enjoyable to maintain?\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-04T22:45:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/04/as-usual-effectiveness.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2021/01/02/nicholas-base-reminds.html", "content_html": "

    Nicholas Base reminds us to be a good gardener:

    \n
    \nAlthough he/she wouldn't be so bold as to proclaim it, the good gardener has stumbled upon a brilliant approach for business, parenting and life.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2021-01-02T16:22:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2021/01/02/nicholas-base-reminds.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/12/30/it-seems-seth.html", "content_html": "

    It seems Seth was listening in on our Zoom call this morning, in which we decided to dedicate the month of January to review our processes and systems.

    \n

    When will you sharpen the saw?

    \n
    \nIn any given moment, an urgency that feels like an emergency gives us the permission to abandon our systems and simply dive in and fix it, as only we can. And this permission is precisely why we get stuck, precisely why the next urgency is likely to appear tomorrow.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-12-30T15:45:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/12/30/it-seems-seth.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/12/15/i-love-this.html", "content_html": "

    I love this quote about Serena Williams using Toggl Track:

    \n
    \nCover subject Serena Williams tells senior writer Nicole LaPorte that she uses the app Toggl to help track her time with her daughter, Olympia. Victory, for this athlete-entrepreneur-investor, is when she overindexes on parenting.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-12-15T16:49:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/12/15/i-love-this.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/11/18/we-need-to.html", "content_html": "

    We need to be careful to not optimize everything to be efficient. Efficiency is for robots, humans are inefficient.

    \n
    \nDiscovery, adventure, every single thing that we really value as humans is terribly inefficient.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-11-18T08:57:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/11/18/we-need-to.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/10/07/this-sounds-like.html", "content_html": "

    This sounds like a perfect day to me.

    \n
    \nthe goal for this day is simple: Calm\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-10-07T08:00:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/10/07/this-sounds-like.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/09/09/the-unexpected-consequence.html", "content_html": "
    \nMore than ever before, we’re using technology to connect with the outside world. And with so many of us now working from home, we’re relying on our phones to stay updated with colleagues and clients. However, when you’re receiving endless Zoom calls and emails, pings on Slack, and notifications from everywhere else, it begins to hinder productivity and focus.\n\n
    \n

    Unexpected? Only if you’re not used to mindful communication.

    \n", "date_published": "2020-09-09T15:42:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/09/09/the-unexpected-consequence.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/09/08/so-true-life.html", "content_html": "

    So true


    \n

    Life is slower on paper, and that’s a good thing!

    \r\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-09-08T12:15:56+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/09/08/so-true-life.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/08/31/seth-on-dates.html", "content_html": "

    Seth on dates:

    \n
    \n

    One of the most expensive things a service business or freelancer can do is promise that work will be done by a certain day. Which is something we need to do, of course, but we should charge appropriately. “It’ll be done soon,” should be way cheaper than, “It’ll be done at exactly 11 am on Tuesday.”

    \n

    And one of the most important things we can do to focus our energy and commitment is be prepared to promise a date certain. It sharpens everything.

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-08-31T07:57:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/08/31/seth-on-dates.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/08/21/seth-nailed-the.html", "content_html": "

    Seth nailed the essence of a Zoom meeting:

    \n
    \nThe purpose of a meeting is not to fill the allocated slot on the Google calendar invite. The purpose is to communicate an idea and the emotions that go with it, and to find out what’s missing via engaged conversation.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-08-21T12:27:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/08/21/seth-nailed-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/08/06/messier-is-better.html", "content_html": "

    Messier is better.

    \n
    \nFor meetings, I have a yellow legal pad and a .5mm rollerball. I used to roll with a .38mm, but the .5 feels way more messy and therefore better.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-08-06T21:18:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/08/06/messier-is-better.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/08/05/productivity-is-a.html", "content_html": "
    \nProductivity is a philosophy.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-08-05T12:04:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/08/05/productivity-is-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/07/31/influencers-make-us.html", "content_html": "
    \nInfluencers make us feel that productivity is important, and yet they rarely define the term, let alone helpfully. For example, David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) book, which became very popular in software circles, uses the term productivity very loosely. Many of the core examples in the GTD method relate to general activities such as cleaning one’s garage as opposed to working with knowledge. And the GTD principles have no reference to cognitive science, even though cognitive science is the modern interdisciplinary science of understanding the information processing we do in our brains, with or without the aid of technology.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-07-31T12:52:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/07/31/influencers-make-us.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/07/27/write-about-the.html", "content_html": "
    \nWrite about the things you practice; practice the things you write about. Words without action is fraudulent. (It’s hard, but I try.)\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-07-27T13:14:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/07/27/write-about-the.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/07/21/professionals-dont-need.html", "content_html": "
    \nProfessionals don’t need fake deadlines and don’t respect them. Instead, we have the chance to build in appropriate slack, get our priorities straight and keep our promises.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-07-21T15:05:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/07/21/professionals-dont-need.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/07/13/in-the-world.html", "content_html": "
    \nIn the world of the compass, direction is important. Where are we going? Why excatly are we once again on a Monday morning feeling out of control? In the world of the compass we are concerned less about 'getting stuff done' and more about getting the right things done. Do those and we invariably have to get less stuff done tomorrow.\n\n
    \n

    Change your clock for a compass.

    \n", "date_published": "2020-07-13T07:36:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/07/13/in-the-world.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/06/23/having-a-clear.html", "content_html": "

    Having a clear purpose is the key for a happy life.

    \n
    \nEven when researchers compared lonely people with purpose to social butterflies without it, purpose came out on top. In other words, it’s possible when we’re doing things to better our society, the body assumes there’s a society there to better. We’re technically alone, but it doesn’t feel that way.\n\n
    \n

    Via Jason Kottke

    \n", "date_published": "2020-06-23T08:00:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/06/23/having-a-clear.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/06/07/what-a-great.html", "content_html": "

    What a great idea! I would love to work as a CWO.

    \n
    \nTo see themselves through the I.T. revolution, companies hired chief information officers. Perhaps the coronavirus pandemic will make chief workflow officer an equally important role.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-06-07T15:55:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/06/07/what-a-great.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/06/03/i-closed-my.html", "content_html": "

    I closed my Facebook and Instagram accounts over a year ago and have not missed it for a single day. I am still dreaming of leaving WhatsApp as well, but that proves to be more difficult.

    \n

    Since then, not a single month have gone by without news coming out about Facebook’s blatant disrespect of its users, privacy and ethics.

    \n
    \nI have made my choice, and I encourage you to make yours. If you disagree with Facebook and its policies, leave. You might be one account, but if you are one among millions, you will make a difference.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-06-03T08:18:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/06/03/i-closed-my.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/05/07/nicholas-bate-is.html", "content_html": "

    Nicholas Bate is the master of helpful advise in bite sized lists. I’m already waiting for the second part of the list Covid–19, 101, 1–10m

    \n
    \n8. Your business will continue to be a blend of high-tech and high-touch. The former must be fast, easy and responsive. The latter must be fast, easy and attentive.\n

    [
]

    \n
      \n
    1. A phone call without visual distraction can be surprisingly productive. Try it.
      2. \n
    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-05-07T08:05:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/05/07/nicholas-bate-is.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/04/30/for-his-th.html", "content_html": "

    For his 68th birthday, the amazing Kevin Kelly shares 68 bits of unsolicited advice.

    \n
    \nThere is no limit on better. Talent is distributed unfairly, but there is no limit on how much we can improve what we start with.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-04-30T08:16:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/04/30/for-his-th.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/04/19/so-i-propose.html", "content_html": "
    \n

    So, I propose a different definition of productivity: It’s about selecting a specific focus for every interaction—and taking actions that arise out of that focus.

    In other words, productivity boils down to intentionality

    \n\n
    \n

    This coincides closely with my own definition of effectiveness: intention management.

    \n", "date_published": "2020-04-19T15:18:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/04/19/so-i-propose.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/04/18/you-cant-control.html", "content_html": "

    You can’t control the future:

    \n
    \n

    When the future doesn’t cooperate, we spend even more time trying to change the next bit of future so that it ends up more closely matching the future we were hoping for.

    \n

    What if, instead, just for a little while, we simply did our best?

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-04-18T15:13:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/04/18/you-cant-control.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/04/15/what-i-believe.html", "content_html": "

    What I believe in:

    \n
    \n

    While there are many benefits to using software tools, there are many hidden costs as well. Consider all the time you’ve spent researching, learning, evaluating, upgrading, and maintaining various software tools. Are you getting a good payoff for your investment when you consider the total time you’ve had to invest?

    \n

    Now add the additional time you may have lost from digital distractions when you use software tools, especially on an Internet connected device. How often did you break away from using a genuine productivity tool to check email or social media or to look something up online?

    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-04-15T13:28:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/04/15/what-i-believe.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/04/09/years-of-experience.html", "content_html": "

    40 years of experience working from home compressed into 10 pieces of solid advice:

    \n
    While there are many benefits to using software tools, there are many hidden costs as well. Consider all the time you’ve spent researching, learning, evaluating, upgrading, and maintaining various software tools. Are you getting a good payoff for your investment when you consider the total time you’ve had to invest?\n

    Now add the additional time you may have lost from digital distractions when you use software tools, especially on an Internet connected device. How often did you break away from using a genuine productivity tool to check email or social media or to look something up online?

    \n \n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-04-09T16:01:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/04/09/years-of-experience.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/03/25/please-remember-were.html", "content_html": "

    Please remember:

    \n
    \nWe’re always in control of the two most important determinants in our lives:\n

    a.) How we spend our time.

    \n

    and…

    \n

    b.) Where we direct our focus.

    \n\n
    \n

    (Via Wally Bock)

    \n", "date_published": "2020-03-25T16:51:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/03/25/please-remember-were.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/03/25/i-always-published.html", "content_html": "

    I always published under my real name, but the concept of pseudonyms interests me

    \n
    \nOver time, doing things under your real name on the internet will be a bit like putting your social security number out there. It won’t commonly be done. Instead, people will earn and speak under different pseudonyms.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-03-25T09:10:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/03/25/i-always-published.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/03/04/the-list-is.html", "content_html": "
    \nThe list is your assistant\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-03-04T08:52:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/03/04/the-list-is.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/03/02/curiosamente-en-la.html", "content_html": "
    \nCuriosamente, en la era en la que mĂĄs informaciĂłn tenemos, menos sabemos manejarla.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-03-02T08:59:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/03/02/curiosamente-en-la.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/02/24/how-about-if.html", "content_html": "
    \nHow about if we replace mission statements with invitation statements instead? Invitations are much more agreeable. Invite people to participate in your vision to create a better future, but don’t push your vision on the whole world because people will fight you on that. If you force your mission onto people without consent, so much of your otherwise creative energy will be wasted on defending yourselves eventually, and you’ll deserve that kind of response.\n\n
    \n

    What a great idea to make businesses more humane.

    \n", "date_published": "2020-02-24T08:54:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/02/24/how-about-if.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/02/17/modern-educational-institutions.html", "content_html": "
    \nModern educational institutions care a lot about content: what theories we teach, what ideas students are exposed to, what skills they come away knowing. But we rarely address the more general question of how one transforms their mind into a tool well-honed for elite-level cognitive work.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-02-17T08:36:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/02/17/modern-educational-institutions.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/02/08/all-human-evil.html", "content_html": "

    💬

    All human evil comes from this: our inability to sit still in a chair for half an hour.

    \n
    Blaise Pascal
    \n", "date_published": "2020-02-08T18:04:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/02/08/all-human-evil.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/02/08/when-it-comes.html", "content_html": "

    When it comes to personal effectiveness, the tools are never the issue.

    \n
    \nI say all this to suggest that, perhaps, email is not “broken” but the way we are using it is. Perhaps there is a solution that could make things better for you that doesn’t involve a new app or service. Perhaps, if you hate it, in changing the way you approach it you’ll find a way to love it again.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-02-08T16:16:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/02/08/when-it-comes.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/02/06/intuition-is-a.html", "content_html": "

    💬

    \n
    \nIntuition is a poor guide but a great guard. \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-02-06T09:14:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/02/06/intuition-is-a.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/29/how-to-plan.html", "content_html": "

    How to plan for life hitting you in the face?

    \n
    \nThe short answer is, you don’t. There are too many variables to control for.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-29T09:01:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/29/how-to-plan.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/26/wise-words-found.html", "content_html": "

    💬 Wise words found on a trail in Costa Rica:

    \n\"IMG_0517.jpeg\"\n", "date_published": "2020-01-26T14:20:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/26/wise-words-found.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/21/the-way-i.html", "content_html": "

    💬

    The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

    \n
    Dolly Parton
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-21T10:29:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/21/the-way-i.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/17/when-you-support.html", "content_html": "

    💬

    \n
    \nWhen you support free, you support billionaires. When you pay, you support sane businesses and real creators. \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-17T20:55:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/17/when-you-support.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/06/mtodos-puede-haber.html", "content_html": "

    💬

    Métodos puede haber un millón y alguno mås, pero principios hay pocos. El hombre capaz de captar principios puede luego escoger sus propios métodos. El que aplica métodos ignorando los principios con seguridad encontrarå problemas.

    \n
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-06T22:03:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/06/mtodos-puede-haber.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/04/reasons-why-reflection.html", "content_html": "
    \nWe live in a world that values action and where back to back meetings are a badge of productivity. Quarterly targets mean that we tend to be focused on the next thing on our to-do-list rather than looking back to evaluate how the last thing we’ve just completed could be improved. Few of us routinely take time out to reflect on past events. However, by missing out on opportunities for reflection you may be making yourself less effective than you could be. Reflection brings three distinctive advantages.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-04T22:55:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/04/reasons-why-reflection.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2020/01/01/why-do-we.html", "content_html": "
    \nWhy do we always wish that the New Year will be different from the old year? Why do we believe that we have the power to change future events? Let's stop thinking about how to change the new year, and concentrate on what we can control: today.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2020-01-01T20:02:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2020/01/01/why-do-we.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/12/26/optimal-is-ultimately.html", "content_html": "

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    \n
    \nOptimal is ultimately sterile. It leaves no room for much of anything else, including joy.\n\n
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    💬

    \n
    \nWe get what we pay attention to. Our narration determines what we experience and what we remember.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-12-21T13:19:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/12/21/we-get-what.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/12/16/so-true-with.html", "content_html": "

    So true: with enough white space, deadlines don’t matter.

    \n
    \nMake no mistake, real deadlines are irritating impositions upon the desire to be free of any such responsibilities\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-12-16T21:46:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/12/16/so-true-with.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/12/08/when-you-feel.html", "content_html": "

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    When you feel like you’re not productive, it’s not necessarily because you’re lazy or because you have bad habits, it’s because you’re not working on the right projects and you haven’t found the ones that are intrinsically motivating and meaningful to you.

    \n
    \n

     

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    \n
    \nWhen you rush you maybe do more. But you also miss more.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-12-07T20:35:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/12/07/when-you-rush.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/11/20/seth-godin-on.html", "content_html": "
    \nCapitalism is an efficient system for surfacing and addressing the needs of consumers. But once it veers toward control over markets by a single entity, those benefits disappear.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-11-20T09:02:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/11/20/seth-godin-on.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/11/10/very-insightful-thoughts.html", "content_html": "

    Very insightful thoughts on how combat firehosing, burying the truth under a huge pile of low-quality information and even lies:

    \n
    \nthere is no substitute for teaching actual critical thinking, for good quality journalism, and for scientific literacy.
    \n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-11-10T12:16:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/11/10/very-insightful-thoughts.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/11/05/far-too-many.html", "content_html": "

    Far too many people are unaware of the real consequences of giving up their privacy. As Carissa VĂ©liz writes, privacy is not a private problem, privacy is a collective issue.

    \n
    \nBecause we are intertwined in ways that make us vulnerable to each other, we are responsible for each other’s privacy. I might, for instance, be extremely careful with my phone number and physical address. But if you have me as a contact in your mobile phone and then give access to companies to that phone, my privacy will be at risk regardless of the precautions I have taken. This is why you shouldn’t store more sensitive data than necessary in your address book, post photos of others without their permission, or even expose your own privacy unnecessarily. When you expose information about yourself, you are almost always exposing information about others.\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-11-05T16:43:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/11/05/far-too-many.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/10/30/as-you-start.html", "content_html": "

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    As you start with your meditation practice, the first thing you’ll notice is that your mind is completely out of control.

    \n
    Sam Harris
    \n", "date_published": "2019-10-30T10:32:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/10/30/as-you-start.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/10/23/derek-sivers-discusses.html", "content_html": "

    Derek Sivers discusses what it is like to live according to your values:

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    \nOnce you realize that one value is more important to you than another, you have to ask yourself if you’re living accordingly.\n

    What’s ultimately more important to you?

    \n\nOnce you know which takes top place, consider taking it to an extreme, to its logical conclusion, and optimizing your entire life around that top priority, letting go of almost everything else.\n\n
    \n

    This is so important. If everything is a priority, nothing is and your output will most likely be mediocre.

    \n", "date_published": "2019-10-23T07:28:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/10/23/derek-sivers-discusses.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/10/20/garrett-dimon-on.html", "content_html": "
    \nWhat over a decade of number-crunching analytics has taught me is that spending an hour writing, sharing, or helping someone is infinitely more valuable than spending that hour swimming through numbers.\n\n
    \n

    This is so true. I do have statistics, but hardly ever look at them.

    \n", "date_published": "2019-10-20T11:48:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/10/20/garrett-dimon-on.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/10/18/personal-effectiveness-basics.html", "content_html": "

    Personal effectiveness basics: steps you can take to keep your concentration and accomplish everything faster.

    \n

    One tidbit I liked:

    \n
    \nCreating lists can be a double-edged sword,” cautions Hicks. “Lists can certainly help you keep track of and prioritize tasks, but if a lack of focus is due to feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work that needs to be accomplished, then creating a long list of tasks may make things worse\n\n
    \n", "date_published": "2019-10-18T15:45:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/10/18/personal-effectiveness-basics.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2019/10/16/visto-los-acontecimientos.html", "content_html": "

    💬 Visto los acontecimientos de esta semana, esta cita es más actual que nunca:

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    La no violencia es la mayor fuerza a disposiciĂłn de la humanidad. Es mĂĄs poderosa que el arma de destrucciĂłn mĂĄs poderosa concebida por el ingenio del hombre.\n
    Mahatma Gandhi
    \n", "date_published": "2019-10-16T14:59:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2019/10/16/visto-los-acontecimientos.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] }, { "id": "http://JeroenSangers.micro.blog/2004/06/29/quote.html", "title": "Quote", "content_html": "

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    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.\n— Albert Einstein

    \n", "date_published": "2004-06-29T17:01:00+02:00", "url": "https://jeroensangers.com/2004/06/29/quote.html", "tags": ["Quotes"] } ] }