Yesterday, my mother and I were driving from Bergen to Hønefoss, from the West coast of Norway to the East. The trip goes along the fjords, through beautiful villages, and over the still snow capped mountains. On a normal day the view is absolutely breathtaking. Yesterday when we got up one the mountain we were…
DetailsI am in Bergen, Norway, visiting my wonderful mom. I was watching the news this evening, and there was some very sad news. My hometown’s soccer team, Brann, has had a very bad start to the season. They haven’t had a season opening as bad as this in 11 years. They have lost game after…
DetailsNone of us is ever going to find her (or his) future. The future is not something that suddenly appears out of the blue. Nor is it a place we stumble upon by accident. At least not if it is the future you desire, the one you really want, your dream. The only future that…
DetailsMy friend, Tonje, once posted this great quote: When I talk to people about their dreams and aspirations, I am often surprised by how small their dreams are. The reason is usually that instead of beginning with a big, blank canvas on which to paint their dreams, they begin with a smaller canvass that is limited…
Details[pullquote]The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. – Robert Cushing[/pullquote] Having to start working when you don’t feel completely ready may not sound scary to you,…
DetailsLife is too way too wonderful for any of it to be wasted. Life is fantastic. Granted not every day may seem that way, and not everything we do may turn out as we had wished. But life is a gift that should never be wasted. How many people in the world are right now…
DetailsThat may not make much sense to you, unless you are Norwegian. Today is the Norwegian Constitution Day, also knows as the National Day of Norway. The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814, 200 years ago today! The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom. Today…
DetailsIf you don’t know what you want, you won’t get it. No way. It’s impossible. So many people live their lives dreaming about a brighter future, more money, a better relationship, but the only problem is, they never stop to figure out what that really means to them. It’s just a vague reverie about wanting…
DetailsThat is the truth for all of us as individuals as well. We all have the means and the resources at our disposal to do the seemingly impossible. There is no obstacle so big that we can’t find a way to overcome it. There is no problem so difficult we can’t find a way to…
DetailsFor years I had a problem with not being as productive as I would have liked to be. In order to improve, I read countless books about organization, time management, goal setting, and how to get things done. I was frustrated because I never seemed to be making much progress. It didn’t seem to matter…
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