Visualise, Clarify & Simplify an Idea to turn it into a Viable Project — What is an Opportunity Study? a short time to explore and test an idea (can also be referred as a Sprint). From an original idea, you try your best to clarify your concept, narrow down who it is for, define where and when it can take place, visualise it as…

Early Time Restricted Eating (or Intermittent Fasting) put to the test. — What is Time Restricted Eating? It simply means eating daily within a time limited window usually from 8 to 12 hours. You question your eating habits not looking at WHAT you are eating, but WHEN your are eating. I covered this approach in details in two previous articles: “What did I learn from two years…

Finding your own Path. — Self-Actualisation? Self-actualisation is a term used by Abraham Maslow in “A Theory of Human Motivation” and the ultimate stage of his hierarchy. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often represented as a pyramid, with the basic needs at the bottom and moving up to motivations: physiological (food, water, shelter, rest…), safety (security…

Map ideas to organize thoughts and then communicate a vision — What is Mind Mapping? Mind Mapping is a concept mapping technique that consists of drawing a map of words to connect ideas and clarify your thoughts. A Mind Map is a colorful radiant diagram that helps to visualize and organize ideas, notes and informations. Mind Maps were popularized by Tony Buzan in 1974 during…

Sharing our experience on podcasting about plant-based cuisine, plant strong lifestyle and the development of wellness projects — The original idea It all started as a joke during one of our lively conversations while having breakfast at Blue Lotus in Thailand. We launched Blue Lotus in February 2017, the first plant-based learning center in Asia based in a resort, Evason Hua Hin. After two…

Focus on Outcomes. Not Hours. Care about your Work. — Where to Start? A first principle for pricing is to prevent from working at loss. In order to avoid this, you need to figure out what are your usual expenses, how much it costs you to work and evaluating how much you can work to finally deduct what is your minimal viability. These…

Dream with a Plan. Develop with Constraints. Set Simple Rules. — The Project Operating System is a set of simple rules to be formulated in a concise way. These simple rules consist of constraints and guiding principles to operate with, to facilitate the decision making process, to simplify the key processes and to guide the project development. Type of Simple Rules: How-to: project governance, dependencies…

Share Your Magic, Tell Your Story and Send Your Message — Tell Your Story People don’t know you “yet”. Introduce yourself: Who are you? Where are you coming from? Why did you start this project? How are you planning to do it? Connect dots of your journey to make it understandable and remarkable for your audience. Everything that is relevant, but only what is…

A personal manifesto is a letter to yourself, a reminder and a call to live under your terms. — For some reason, people tend to struggle to draft their manifesto. Maybe it is the word “manifesto”. Maybe it reveals a lack of self-knowledge. Maybe it has to do with the fear to discover your true personality. Writing down your manifesto should not impress you this much. It is simply…