You’ve got to find yourself first. Everything else will follow,” the Canadian author Charles De Lint once said. Quite, but is everyone given the time? Tennis as a toddler Tennis player Andre Agassi had a tough father who loved tennis. After failed ‘attempts’ to transform his eldest kids into tennis prodigies, Andre’s father was determined…
Time is finite but, unlike money, time is also replenished every second,” the entrepreneur and writer Seth Godin once said. So as I wish you ‘Happy New Year’, dear readers, here’s hoping you can reach all the goals you’ve set this coming year. Also I’d like to wish you all a year full of good…
“Sometimes I long to forget … It is painful to be conscious of two worlds,” opines Eva Hoffman in ‘Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language’. Travelling from Denmark to Brazil is a long journey, and unfortunately there are no direct flights for this route yet. Heathrow Airport, despite all the bad comments…
I’ve heard so many times people claiming they want to be entrepreneurs. They want to have the ‘car of the year’ and have the freedom to choose where and with whom they spend their time. They want to live life as if it was a constant party every day. Comes at a cost Desiring things…
Asger Aamund, your show could be so much better! Tired old stereotypes! I write to you as I have followed a DR TV series in which you partake on a journey to understand some of the reasons why Danish integration programs in this country have failed. You follow a handful of foreigners who are all…
Recently, a major Danish media vehicle hired a Syrian refugee as an intern and started a discussion about ‘How to make it in Denmark’. My impression was that the goal of its series of articles was to discuss whether Denmark offers enough opportunities for immigrants and refugees, and in general to bring more nuances to…
I have just finished watching a documentary about a Danish chef who is acclaimed in the title to be the world’s best. ‘Verdens Bedste Chef’ tells the story of Rasmus Kofoed (and his assistant) aspiring to win the biennial Bocuse d’Or – the culinary equivalent of the Olympics, the world championship in cooking. From a…
Recently, over dinner with my wife, we were talking about the process of finding our true purpose in our working life. When talking to people, and digging a little deeper than the usual small talk, I have noticed that many have no idea about their purpose in life. Clarity about goals The upside of investing…
My name is Carlos, a Brazilian happily living in Odense. I have a degree in business administration from PUC in Sao Paulo. I also studied economics for three years before deciding that the marginal cost of pursuing economics was higher than the marginal happiness derived from it. (That was a bad economics joke.) The big…
Locking yourself out of your house happens to the best of us. However, it can also pose some serious risks, particularly if there’s someone inside who needs you, like children or a family pet. If you find yourself locked out of your home in Copenhagen, there are a few ways to get back inside. This…
The extension of the restrictions in Denmark means home-schooling a tween and working from home continues in our house – any other parent out there wishing they had a teacher qualification just to help their child with maths? Utter frustration daily. Easing the panic If you are dealing with all of this and looking for…
