I have one fundamental goal in life: to be increasingly happy and alive. All other goals serve this ultimate goal and can be changed or adjusted accordingly if I realize that I am wrong. This hierarchy and this pragmatism are essential to me. I have ideas about how I could be happier, but I do not take them too seriously. I think it is particularly important not to get stuck with fixed, inflexible ideas, such as “I will be happy when I am successful” or “… when I have found the right partner” etc. The willingness to be right about how to achieve happiness makes you less open to what life teaches you on a daily basis. To me, humility means acknowledging that my Self, my essence, the universe, life, God, or whatever you may call it, knows better what is good for me than my ego.
HUMILITY
PRAGMASTISM
I have not developed my values and my approach to life dogmatically, but pragmatically. I have no claims to the truth and I want to live and coach based on principles that have proven themselves empirically and actually work. Beyond any idea of “good” and “bad”.
RESPONSIBILITY
I have come to realise that it is beneficial to take full responsibility for one’s own life and suffering and to get out of the role of victim. Nothing that has been “done” to us in the past (insults, violence, abuse, humiliations… etc.) is insurmountable and we are 100% responsible for what we have made and still make of it. It is more beneficial to say “I have perceived my mother as intrusive” than “I had an intrusive mother”. It is more beneficial to forgive my mother for her human mistakes, to take full responsibility for my suffering, and to ask myself how I can process the whole thing concretely and thus improve the quality of my life. Attention, this is not about guilt, it is about responsibility!
THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE
I am fascinated by human diversity. For me, every person is unique and equal. I want to treat each human being on the same level, whether it is a CEO, a cleaner, a doctor, an artist, an unemployed person, etc. I am convinced that I can learn something from anyone, and I always strive to grant my prejudice as little importance as possible.