Daan Weddepohl (peerby.com) video interview Founder Institute (NL)
Daan Weddepohl (peerby.com) in een video interview bij het Founder Institute
Using Voice-Over-IP for your business
I am a tech geek, I guess, and I love gadgets. Actually, I love free stuff and everything which has something to do with the internet and communication. No wonder I got hooked on voice over IP because this brings all of this together.
How to have a secure computer
On a Windows computer, it’s very important to have good security software installed. But you shouldn’t over do it as well, because if you have too many programs installed that deal with security, your computer might slow down.
Delegating Work
A boss who delegates work to one’s employees will gain a lot of benefits. But there are several reasons that could discourage one from delegating work. For example, the boss might be afraid that his employees will make big mistakes, or he might think that he can do the work better, or he might be afraid that his employees will become better than him. However, the true measure of a good boss is one who knows how to delegate work to his employees. By doing so, he is showing that he trusts his employees, and takes work delegating as an opportunity for them to improve and grow.
How to Make Perfect Links
Links are so important because they give meaning to all the content on the Internet. The Internet is an enormous space of content. The content would be useless if we do not have a good way of structuring it and showing the relationship between different pieces of content. This is where links come in.
Nick Vujicic: “No arms, no legs, no worries!”
“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
The Caveman Principle
Let me tell you about a concept I have when I try to analyze human group behavior as well as individual behavior. I call it the Caveman Principle.
Human Thinking: Is it Rational or Creative?
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.
How to Choose What to Focus on
I believe that if we look at nature, we can grasp at strategies that are very successful and use these in our own life. For example, take the idea of evolution. Evolution means the strongest survives. If the strongest survives, what then is the strongest point or quality in your life? Of the strongest things in your life, what is the most positively motivating?
Why Your Business will Profit when You Go on Vacation
I was first hooked to GTD [getting things done] by a very easy metaphor and question. The question David Allen asked was, “What do you do before you go on vacation?” The answer was, “You get everything ready so you can go on vacation.” What does ‘get everything ready’ mean? It’s about taking care of all unfinished business you might have. And because I will be going on vacation, it’s what I will do; I will take care of unfinished business.