Author Archives: de1991

Two wild business ideas I keep thinking about…

I have these two crazy ideas that keep coming back to me. I don’t know when or if I’ll ever do them. But today I decided to write them down because maybe one day I’ll look back at this post and think, okay, it’s time. 😉 Idea 1: A boutique travel agency with a fullContinue reading “Two wild business ideas I keep thinking about…”

Living in Germany: Set up these accounts

There are three key types of accounts to set up if you want to start your investment journey: My rule of thumb is simple: If it costs you nothing to open and maintain, and it helps you manage your money better, do it. Open it. Today. Which bank should you go with? Again, it dependsContinue reading “Living in Germany: Set up these accounts”

Some of the books I loved in 2024 / 2025

… and still read again sometimes 🙂 #1. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect #2. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness #3. Siddhartha: Hermann Hesse #4. Loving What Is #5. and I read a loooooooooot of thrillers from Freida McFedden #6. Becoming Bulletproof #7.Continue reading “Some of the books I loved in 2024 / 2025”

How I Read in the Age of AI

Lately, I have been struggling with… reading, especially content online. The reason is: I don’t know if I can trust the content. I had written about this in my blog The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?. I ended this blog with some open questions, asContinue reading “How I Read in the Age of AI”

Okay great! This is me giving you an update one week after my worst food poisoning experience… 

Last week around this time, I traveled home from Berlin after attending this year’s ITB – not precisely so, because I actually didn’t go to ITB at all. This is the first time I was in Berlin in March and didn’t go to the trade show! Over the past few days, I have been reflectingContinue reading “Okay great! This is me giving you an update one week after my worst food poisoning experience… “

The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?

The past few months, I have had an experience that changed how I view AI. I wrote a book and used AI to help with the editing. It was faster, and why not? But during that process, I realized how easily I could lose my voice if I let my guard down, even for aContinue reading “The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?”