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What if the real win was letting go?

Joerg Kuehn · Jun 24, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Phtoto: Helena Lindnord – AleSocci-GreenPixel_Ecomotion_2013-0353, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=140698198

Mikael Lindnord was an adventure racer by heart. Since 1997, he had thrown himself into one of the world’s most punishing endurance sports — a mix of mountain biking, trail running, kayaking, climbing, swimming, and sometimes crawling through jungle mud. The winner is the team which makes the distance of 600 – 800km in the fastest time. Top teams usually take between 4.5 – 6.5 days and sleep in the range of only 6 hours across the whole race. It’s brutal. It’s tough. It’s beautiful. [Read more…] about What if the real win was letting go?

Face the leak before the storm

Joerg Kuehn · May 27, 2025 · Leave a Comment

A few months ago, as we prepared for our move here in London, it quickly became clear that the new place would need some renovation. Nothing out of the ordinary, but enough to keep us quite busy … some flooring, wall filling and decoration, some fixtures, and most notably … the roof.

The Science Behind The 4am Panic And How to Outsmart It

Joerg Kuehn · Apr 28, 2025 · Leave a Comment

It was just after I sent my last newsletter about the book Don’t Believe Everything You Think that I received a beautiful reply from my good friend Mattias Hulting.

Mattias and I met while working together on a tough and highly complex ERP and HR project designed to integrate the former Wella business into P&G across Asia. It was one of those projects full of highs and lows, and I came to admire Mattias’ ability to keep things light while still being deeply thoughtful and sharp.

The note he sent, which shares a very interesting perspective on overthinking during the early morning hours, was so insightful I wanted to share it with you here unedited:

The Instant Key to Inner Peace

Joerg Kuehn · Mar 25, 2025 · Leave a Comment

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Joseph Nguyen, a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages, once found himself in an overwhelming struggle. He was constantly battling feelings of anxiety, fear, frustration, irritability, and a persistent sense of emptiness.

Resilience – A Tale of Two Sculptures

Joerg Kuehn · Feb 20, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Image: Dr. Bernd Gross, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) is best known as one of Germany’s most influential poets, novelists, and thinkers. But in 1777, he also ventured into artistry. With the support of his former teacher, Adam Friedrich Oeser, Goethe designed and commissioned the above sculpture from a local stonemasonry, placing it in his garden in Weimar.

At first glance, it was a simple structure… a solid cube at the base with a globe resting on top. But its symbolism ran much deeper.

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Phtoto: Helena Lindnord – AleSocci-GreenPixel_Ecomotion_2013-0353, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=140698198

Image: Dr. Bernd Gross, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons

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