Images

Hello amazing!

Do you define your friendships based on your shard past or the imagined potential futures? Try this to find out. First, make a list of your best friends and make a note of how many years you’ve known each other(roughly). Second, make a list of the people you have met recently(past 6-18 months) who have made a big impression on you.

-Compare lists
-Are there overlaps?
-If you knew they felt the same way with you, who would you rather spend your time with tomorrow?
-Find your own conclusion of this. It’s probably correct.

With Love ❤️M

Hello amazing!

Today 53 announced the new version of the paper, including Think Kit. It’s an amazing new set of simple and intuitive tools that turns paper into the most powerful digital thinking tool I have ever tried. For example, you can use it to map out complex decision scenarios like the example below. When you run out of space you can use the cut tool to quickly re-arrange. You can read more about complex decisions on the link below.

With love,

Mathias

April 23, 2015

Hello amazing!

Two weeks ago, on April 7th, 2015, our daughter Uma was born. A very special day- especially because it’s also the day my mother would have turned 56. Uma is healthy, eating and sleeping and we are tired and happy parents. ❤️

Before Uma was born I was working on a project, and although it seemed to be going really well, I was overwhelmed with a highly critical voice in my head. I had this flood of negative thoughts- mainly unconstructive criticism of what everyone around me was doing. My friend and mentor Sarah suggested that I just write it all down instead of trying to ignore it, and it really helped. Seeing it on paper allowed me to find the useful 2%.

Critic-> Write it down-> Filter with appreciation-> Trash 98%-> 2%

The useful 2% helped me see where we were relative to where we want to be, creating creative tension.

Where you are -> “pull” creative tension-> Where you want to be

With love,

Mathias