Marko van Gaans, Author at Wu-Wei XP

Why We Can Always Have More Together …

Marko van Gaans — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:37:03 +0000

Stone Soup – La Soupe au Caillou I recently came across a short story which caught my attention because, although it’s a folktale of European origin, its message aligns very well with the underlying principles of the concept of wu-wei. It’s not a new story, folklorists believe it first appeared as an oral tale in…

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Why You Feel So Empty Most of the Time

Marko van Gaans — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:19:37 +0000

Staring into an Abyss of Nothingness I’m sure you are familiar with the sense of loneliness, confusion about your life and goals or just a lack of motivation that plagues all of us from time to time. But what is this feeling of emptiness? Is it sadness? Melancholy? Boredom? Well, it is probably a bit…

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3-Cs of Thinking: Creative Thinking

Marko van Gaans — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 04:16:44 +0000

Diverging Your Water Wings This article is about Creative Thinking, arguably the most important skills of the 3-Cs. We’ve actually already done a bit of creative thinking with the Five Hats of Thinking technique I introduced you to in a previous article, but … there’s so much more to creative thinking than that. Before I…

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3-Cs of Thinking: Critical Thinking (How Your Brain Deceives YOU)

Marko van Gaans — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 06:45:07 +0000

Not Quite the WYSIWIG You’d Expect Let’s be honest, before the actual title revealed itself, after clicking the play button on the video above (WQNDFBS QE PFBCFPTLQN), I’m sure your read WONDERS OF PERCEPTION without hesitations. This is because our brains are masters at filling in blanks when necessary and, of course, this ability of…

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3-Cs of Thinking: Complexity Thinking

Marko van Gaans — Fri, 27 May 2022 04:52:34 +0000

What is Complexity Thinking? How to Deal with It? In a previous article I introduced you to the concept of the VUCA world, the Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous environment we find ourselves in today and the 3-Cs of Thinking. In this article I’d like to delve deeper into the field of complexity thinking and…

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