You are not alone in success. Success is something you create with other people. And that was my resolution on the first of January. Working together with some great minds. People who inspire and work together as a team. Combine different talents and use them at the right moment.

I see this wolfpack explanation of leadership in my Linkedin feed everyday and even though it's an internet hoax, it still represents an easy way to explain the way a lot of companies are currently being run and why they are bleeding talent.

"Alrighty then... HR team what's the status on implementing the new corporate culture?" - Well, desktop wallpapers with our new non-unique values are fixed on people's computers, we have our mission printed on the reception desk, handed out a code of conduct with a great Shutterstock image of people from different nationalities on the cover and....we ordered pizza's. - "Ok team, I think we are pretty much done here..."

You have the feeling your lungs have packed their bags and moved into your throat. Air is becoming a luxury. Your mouth is dryer than a desert that just ate a whole box of rusk. You're sweating. You are producing more words per second than Gary Vaynerchuk on speed. If this sounds familiar, it can only mean one thing..., you are giving a presentation and are nervous as hell.

Money. No matter what the guru's or life coaches say, money is your first concern when starting your own business. You want it, you need it and you don't have it :) In the academic world, professors call this, a 'problem'. I come from an awesome lifestyle and just finished my first week as a full independent worker. Boy did I get confronted with reality...

Belgians are beer drinking, chocolate eating, too down to earth for there own good, compromisers. That live next to Dutch trailer pulling, cheap, orange, cheese eating, tulip lovers :) Or at least that is what the stereotypes say ;) I'm a Belgian and have spend the last two years traveling between Brussels and Amsterdam. The two questions I get the most is: "How long did you drive?" and "Do you see a difference between Belgian and Dutch people?"