Jesse Meijers

Getting Real – The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application

A friend of mine recently recommended this book to me. The book discusses the down to earth methods that the people at 37signals used to build their massively popular web applications, used by hundres of thousands of users world wide. With only three people!

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How to accept yourself

Every year at the end of December, I sit down and go through my agenda of the last year. I revisit all the events that have taken place, because while they were happening, time seemed to fly by without slowing down. In all fairness, time seems to go by faster and faster these days. Reflecting back on the achievements of a year slows time down again. It is a great technique. Please note that I am not one to boast. The reason I am reflecting is because I need to feel good, but I don't. I don't think that I have achieved much, if anything. Every day I think about where I want to go, instead of accepting that where I am is actually the best place to be!

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The 4 Hour Work Week – Tim Ferriss

The Four Hour Work Week (4HWW for short) has been a New York Times and Wallstreet Journal bestseller, and isn't doing too shabby worldwide either. This book was recommended to me by a friend when we were working together for a big project of mine. I remember thinking 'well, sounds lame' and actually almost forgetting all about it. But I decided to pick up a copy anyway because he so highly recommended it. Well that turned out to be a total winner of a choice!

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Product Launch: How to Throw Like a Pro!

Today is a historic day. After a lot of hard work filming, editing, designing, setting up a website and more of those creative processes, it is finally here: How to Throw Like a Pro! The definitive source for learning how to throw a frisbee disc, aimed at novice and intermediate ultimate players around the world.

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Wealth formula

In a previous post I was writing about the difference between being rich and being wealthy. As I intended in that post, I will post an update of my own wealth every month. I won't disclose any details about the values most of the time, but I will tell you what decisions I made and how I think they are going to work out for me. In the end I hope this series will be a valuable resource for beginning entrepreneurs, who want to learn more about which decisions make the most sense.

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