Martin Metzmacher

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“When you keep on concentrating on the things you wish you had or you wish you didn’t have – you forget about what you DO have!”

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“It’s a lie to think that you are not good enough – it’s a lie to think that you are not worth anything.”

Nick Vujicic

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For a long time we have been taught to think in a specific way, and that is the rational way of thinking. Rational is a word that originated from the Latin rationalis. This way of thinking was, somehow, created mostly by Europeans, Rene Descartes being the most famous in the group, but actually this kind of thinking dates far back in the days when the Greeks gave birth to logic and coherent thoughts.

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I think we all agree that it is important for people to know themselves; that you know yourself. Why is this so? Why should you know yourself and how should you know yourself? There are lots of different kinds of knowledge, but which one in particular is geared towards knowing yourself? Let’s look at the different ideas on how you can know yourself and what you can do with it.

Know more about yourself

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My original post about the Dutch-German cultural differences has been read quite often and there has been more interaction around that topic than usual. That’s why I thought I made a little video telling you about one of the differences. It’s small – actually it’s tiny – very subtle – but it helps to explain the bigger picture very well.

Video about Dutch – German cultural differences

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I was in New Zealand from July 2000 to July 2001.  I lived there with a host family and Norm was my host dad.  Norm is a very special person.  You have to keep in mind that New Zealand is a very young country.  People have only been living there for three to five generations –  Norm is/was a third generation farmer; as most of the people in New Zealand.

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Matt Mullenweg is the creator of WordPress, but he is so much more.  He’s a little bit younger than me but he’s been voted as one of the most influential people in IT. He has also been voted as one of the top 25 most influential people on the Internet.  He is just a normal guy but he has an authentic belief in community, that together we can be so much more than when we’re alone.  Through the different software he has developed, he has inspired me because he started something new.
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This is about a person called Daan Weddepohl. We first got to know each other when I was applying for a room in a student house in the center of Nijmegen. Daan was happy living there for about two years. I actually got the room, and we were roommates for quite some time; around one and a half years or two years. We got to know each other pretty well during that time, and we started out as just having a fun roommates relationship. We were just joking around, drinking beer and having a good time. That went on for quite some time; we did that for quite a few months before I discovered that Daan was an amazing person to talk to.

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I am into networking and I know quite a lot of people. However, not every relationship is based on mutual respect, trust and success. There are just some people that blink out and that have opened doors for me that I never thought would be possible. Here are my top four network nodes that opened the most number of possibilities to me at this point in time.

Henrik Hessel

I’ve known Henrik since school times. We’ve always been good friends and we have similar interests, even though our personalities are quite different. We work together as a team very efficiently, and it’s fun to work together with Henrik. Together we found the company, “Bit Dynamics” a few months ago, including Jan Peters and Ulf Stöhrer. The four of us formed a great team, and Henrik has played a major role in bringing us together. He kept us focused on what we want to achieve. I always thought that acquisition would be a problem, but that is not the case because we are four people, and each of us brings in new leads. It feels like the work is never ending. It just pours in, and we don’t have to do anything to have enough work. That’s pretty amazing, and I’m very thankful to Henrik for co-initiating Bit Dynamics.

Simone Levie and Matthijs Douwes from Social Medium

I met Simone Levie and Matthijs when we were all starting out our own businesses, and it’s been an unbelievable ride. Both companies have grown so much faster than we’d ever imagine, and that is due to a very, very fruitful collaboration. Our personal and business relationship is very special, and I’m happy to know them. Much of what I do today is attributed to them and vice versa. We owe each other who each on of us is individually.

Jules Martin

I got introduced to Jules through Simone. He is actually a second tier multiplier, but a very, very forceful one. Jules introduced me to the Durftevragen network, which is a group of Dutch Freelancers. Conducting the first WordPress workshop at the New Year’s meeting of networkers actually gave my business the boost it really needed. It has been awesome since then. I gained immediate expert status as a WordPress professional in those circles, and I am very happy that I have been able to deliver. I am very thankful for all the projects Jules has given to me, and I was able to support him in doing so.
Professor Jan Jonker

Professor Jan Jonker is a very new contact and so I am not sure yet what is going to happen. However, I do know that this is definitely another entry point to an enormously big international network. He is a very special person. He’s one of the leading figures in the topic of sustainable business development. He has written numerous books and more than a hundred articles in the topic. I’m very thankful that I could take part in his business development course, and that he has asked me to support him in various tasks related to his project.

Do you want to be my network multiplier force too? Join me on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and tell all the people about what I’m doing. If you like, your network does as well. If you connect me to other people and I can be of service, they will remember who connected them. Everyone’s happy in the end. That’s what the new business is all about, isn’t it – making each other happy. So let’s do it!