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Food for Thought 2021 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year (now also as a Podcast)

Food for Thought 2021 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year (now also as a Podcast)

Fabian
Life

If 2020 was the year that turned life upside down, 2021 was probably the year where we settled into the new normal. At least for me, it sure feels that way.

2021 was a year of routines and consistency. And it is without saying that in a year of routines, I am not breaking with the tradition of the annual book review. After all, this is already the 7th consecutive edition of Foods for Thought.

Read about my top five Life-Sparring books of the year, or alternatively tune in to the first Food for Thought Podcast Special.

Food for Thought 2020 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year

Food for Thought 2020 - The Life-Sparring Books of the Year

Fabian
Life

In a year that brought a lot of changes and turned many things upside down, I wanted to uphold at least one little tradition: the annual "Food for Thought" blog post, reviewing the best books I read in the past year.

Please imagine a dramatic drumroll, as here come the five Life-Sparring books of 2020! Enjoy!

Quarterly Lederhosen Report Q2 2016 - Checking in on my New Year's Resolution

Quarterly Lederhosen Report Q2 2016 - Checking in on my New Year's Resolution

Fabian
Life, Health, Happiness

This is the quarterly check-in on the goals from my New Year's resolution. Just as a reminder, the idea was to choose targets that fulfill the S.M.A.R.T criteria: being specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-related. By making my goals public and checking-in regularly with you out there, I hoped to keep me motivated over the year to achieve all goals for 2016. And just in case this is not enough, I added a punishment on top, promising to go to work in original Bavarian Lederhosen on the first working day in 2017 if I miss more than one of the six goals for the year. Still pretty scary! So let's see where I am at the half-year mark of 2016.

Quarterly Lederhosen Report – Checking in on my goals for the year

Quarterly Lederhosen Report – Checking in on my goals for the year

Fabian
Happiness, Health, Life

After many years of New Year’s resolutions that lasted hardly longer than a few weeks, I wanted to do it all differently in the first full year of my Life-Sparring experience. Choosing targets that fulfill the S.M.A.R.T criteria: being specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-related to be effective; making my goals public; and checking in regularly with you out there hopefully is enough to keep me motivated all year to achieve all goals for 2016. And just in case this is not enough, I added a punishment on top, promising to go to work in original Bavarian Lederhosen on the first working day in 2017 if I miss more than one of the six goals for the year.  Scary!

So let’s see how I fared during the first quarter of the year!

Food for Thought - My Books of 2015

Food for Thought - My Books of 2015

Fabian
Life, Happiness

In this round of life-sparring I would like to present my personal top 5 books for 2015. The list might come a little too late to serve as a Christmas gift guide, but in case that you are looking for some fruit for thought over the holidays you might get some inspiration.