“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
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Category Real Life
Goddamn This Dusty Room, All My Life I’ve Been Dreamin’ of Something
Love. Hate. The Future Belongs to…
As life moves on and the years start adding up, people tend to sit down and reflect more. This is probably still my weakest point, I like moving forward too much to really sit down. Nevertheless I have learned to not always immediately react on things anymore, sometimes I even know when to shut up. Occasionally I still fail at the latter.
Generally though, I tend to live a quiet background life all while being the dynamic me people know. While trying to still be prolific I really enjoy living in the shadows. It is nice there, not too hot nor too bright.
Believe me when I say that I do know how it feels to live in the spotlights and the three people who have followed this blog since years do know that I do not shun these spotlights either. But I’m getting old and people change.
Suffice to say that I was very surprised today to find myself in the crossfire or rather the line of fire from someone I do not know. In the middle of a very hostile and spiteful attack. Read more
Content Baby. Content, Yes
Now more than 25 years ago I first discovered the Internet. Soon it would start to take a main role in my life. I was only a kid. But from the first day I discovered the Internet I knew this was my thing. Never had I dreamed I would be able to make a living from the online world but today I realise it was an unknown dream.
A dream which became reality.
As a kid I have always been a reader. I would read more than 100 pages per day already when I was only 7 years young. I loved my parents’ Winkler Prins. On rainy days you could find me in my room, on bed with most of the time at least six tomes around me. I was a knowledge leech as kid already. My parents had a Wikipedia without online connection.
I was a reader with an unsatisfied hunger for knowledge. My life seemed complete. Read more
On Hiring People; Making People Feeling Wanted
Rands explains the importance of making the desired candidate feel wanted. Both to make sure the candidates becomes the ‘new hire’ but also because every great hire is a new award for your own career:
If you’re hiring well, you’re hiring people not just for this job, but for your career. These are the people who, for better or worse, will explain to others what it is like to work with you. They’ll explain your quirks, your weaknesses, and your strengths. When they eventually leave the group, they’re taking your reputation with them. You may never talk to them again, but they’ll continue to talk and my question is: what stories are they going to tell?
One of the most important things to make this double-edged sword highly successful is to assure that the employees still feels wanted after joining; the hire is an important pilar of the department.
How long does it take you to settle in a new job? That period is arguably even more important than the actual ‘chase’; it’s when the new hire grows roots.
In Which I Have No Clue, Return to My Roots and Turn The Site Red
Blogging on iFranky hasn’t really been a priority in the last 18 months and design was only one of the reasons. The main reason though was because I really didn’t have a clue, not about the focus of the site or about my life.
The time at Emmaus Preston was rather limited and even though I was happy not to have to deal with that board anymore, it has taken me around a year to reorganise and refocus.
Refocus and return to the colours of my roots: Racing White Daring Molenbeek, the first club I played football for.
I am no person who stands still for a long time or will whine about how miserable life is, but as the years slowly accumulated I certainly needed some time.
Know when you’ve achieved something. Don’t settle yet, achieve more!
If there’s one thing you can learn from publishing online, especially in the news sector, it’s that you can’t let complacency set in. You have to grab things by the balls and do what you have to do.
The same applies to dreams, plans. They won’t happen while sitting there, waiting for a miracle. To be happy you have have to pursue your dreams and get active, get of that lazy ass of yours and stop bitching if that was what you were doing. Sometimes you might need a reminder, but when you have been lucky enough that someone woke you up… act! Don’t wait and talk about it, just do it!
How much do bloggers get paid and valuable application advice
Andrew D. Rosen asked an interesting question today over at the Blog Herald: how much do you earn per post?
Many people nowadays wonder how to make money from blogs, some still think we can get rich doing nothing, sitting at home naked.
The truth couldn’t be more different.
Life’s Too Short
Not many things can make me go silent, but reading a post yesterday evening certainly did not help my recently increased sleep problems. Go read it yourself. Send Lisa a little prayer. Give her a minute of your time.
I’m off again, reading about one more friend probably not winning the battle with cancer just weighs too heavy on me.
Update: Luckily Lisa Lisa hasn’t given up yet still a very sad day.
Franky’s Exclusive
I have been waiting with this entry until the Holiday season and ‘remorse period’ was over because it means a lot more to me than just ‘the time of the year’.
I owe an apology, a huge apology to my (former) colleague for ever having doubted his honesty at times, even after we had a great chat some week ago.
Money or Trophies
Anfield sensation Fernando Torres on the rumored deal around Mancester City and Kaka. A transfer worth 108m GBP and a possible 500k GBP/week:
Being a Manchester United fan I obviously do not fear Man City or see them winning trophies anytime soon. I must admit that the prospect of seeing Kaka in the Premier League is an interesting one, but at that price?
No one is worth that kind of money. And to be honest, I kind of ‘gave up’ on football some months ago after realizing how negative fans, me included, think. I want to be entertained and enjoy what players offer me, not scrutinize their every move.