Recently, I had a meeting in person and I noticed myself quickly changing my T-shirt for a dress shirt before leaving. I have met this person digitally many times in the past eighteen months and I always wore a T-shirt….
Author: Niels Vink
Niels Vink (1975) is a behavioral economist and sports enthusiast. He has Master degrees in Social Psychology (Leiden University) and Industrial Design Engineering (Delft University of Technology) and holds a PhD in Consumer Behavior. He lives and works in Haarlem.
It was my first day going back to the office after working from home for over a year. I was exited. But I was not exited for long. In this blog I urge you to pick your first day back…
Padel is a new sport that I recently picked up. It is a combination between tennis and squash. Since I started playing, I continuously receive confirmation that padel is the right sport for me. Although it helps me justify my…
Summer’s in town. With temperatures rising, people flock to the beach amass. Including thieves looking for their next loot. The beach visitors can be divided in two groups. There is the group that gets robbed and the group that doesn’t….
Now that I am watching the new season of my favorite series The Blacklist, I notice I am speeding up near the end of this season. Every night I watch more episodes and stay up later than the night before….
I have recently started watching the Netflix series Disenchantment. And I have also finished watching it recently. I find it so funny, that I quickly watched all three seasons. I noticed, however, that on occasions that my wife was also…
At the entrance of my supermarket is a homeless person selling De Daklozenkrant. Whenever I buy one of these newspapers I also come home with more potato chips and chocolate bars. If you have similar experiences, you are not the…
How would you respond to receiving an exclusive invitation for getting vaccinated, that is send by a trusted friend? There has been lot of debate about who should be vaccinated first, so why not give the people themselves a voice…
A new year, a new you. You may have set some good intentions for the New Year. You may have experienced that following up on your intentions requires willpower and self-control. I know exactly what you mean. In this blog…
Employees miss the physical interaction with colleagues and clients. Students are not satisfied with their online education. Athletes lack progress without their regular training. The new online environment brings new challenges for many of us. Especially when it comes to…