Wim GE De Vos

Category: Pearls of wisdom

  • Why should we wait? The kung fu way 🥋

    7 AM. Waking up. 😴

    Lizzard brain 🛌 vs Thunderlizzard desire to make an impact 💥.

    Created a Jedi habit that helps. Use the Force. Us the 🧡 love for music 🎵…so does the lazy lizzard brain …press ▶️play.

    Bruce Lee kung fu 🥋 move because todays song track is already selected and puts the lizzard brain on the back foot. Great move. Behaviour is heavily influenced by context. So create the context 😎.

    Some straight to the heart blues 🎸 to get me on track. Shit to do, stuff to make happen. Forward motion 🚀.

    Why should we wait until tomorrow what we can do today? You know what to do. No one is going to see you through. It is all up to you.

    Waiting ain´t no use.

    Why should we wait until tomorrow what we can do today? It ain´t no use to put off that thing, that´s gonna happen anyway…

    Another fuckin´ beautiful day*

    Hell yeah. Be legendary, every day.

    And if you can do it 🕺🏼dancing, even better.

    *Why should we wait, Soapstone, Jedi masters of laid back blues

  • like riding a bicycle 🚲

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    Running a business is like riding a bicycle 🚲. You learn by doing, not by reading the manual.

    Hands on the steering wheel.

    Look forward.

    Pedal firmly and with strength.

    Shift gears when needed.

    And above all: you quickly learn that speed gives you stability.

  • wealth 💰 = financial freedom

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    wealth = financial freedom

    Yesterday I was discussing what wealth 💰 meant to me personally. Wealth is an important and interesting concept. Even useful day to day. It gives guidance 🔜 and offers me a sense of freedom.

    Wealth to me is my level of financial freedom 🆓. I can actually calculate it and reduce it to a simple number 🔢.

    my wealth formula:  liquid financial reserves / cost of lifestyle that makes me happy = financial wealth in months or years

    Eg: 100.000 € savings/5000€ monthly cost = 20 months. Wealth of 20 months.

    It shows that both parts of the equation are variables. Happiness 🐬 is a given.

    Be happy with less or more, earn or save less or more. All have an immediate impact on my amount of wealth, i.e. financial freedom.

    The same is true for small businesses. And financial freedom can be a basis for more innovation, risk taking, embracing change, creativity,…

    Do you know your wealth? Personally and as a business?

  • Partner up 🤝

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    Me looking “peaky blinder”-silly next to partner and friend Lars Omme, Steinway Lyngdorf

    You are an entrepreneur or work at a small business and determined to make an impact💥. That requires doing things you – and maybe nobody – has ever done before. R-I-S-K. Good. Expose yourself.

    But you do not want to be the lone rider, the kid on the playground without friends,… You can survive alone,  but you cannot grow 🚀 or be truly successful all on your own.

    Partner up 🤝. Determine who you are, why you do what you do and find like-minded people. Don´t take anyone. Be picky but partner up.

    You will have to work on the partnership. But when you do it will be worth it for all involved. Also your customers.

    PS: and if it does not work out – be straight and fold. No drama.

  • F%ck Patience

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    The problem with patience as a concept is that it’s passive 💤 – it’s a concept of tolerance. Literally. Here’s the definition:

    pa·tience
    ˈpāSHəns/
    noun
    1. 1.
    the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.

    What we need is passion 🌹, drive 🏎 and willpower 💪🏻.

    At least if you want to have an impact with your business.

    Peace ✌🏼 out.