A changed world...
It has been a while since my last post and my god how the world has changed.
I wrote to my friends a while back that it is sometimes hard to stand for what you believe in, especially in a business that revolved about profits and money. By now the world has realized that somehow this is not a sustainable way of doing business and ethics is back on the agenda.
As most of you know I work for a Dutch bank myself and an interesting book was published recently which has made bestseller list around the country. It is called "de prooi" (the prey in english) and is about how ABN Amro became what it is now. The journalist has managed to talk to all important persons involved and it is an interesting expose on the management team, advisory staff, consultants an investment bankers involved. It reads like a novel which makes it even more spectacular. How can an entire management team be so disfunctional???
Insights from books like this one, the credit crunch crisis, discussions about ethics and leaership have given me new energy. I feel the path ahead becoming clearer, although i cannot define it yet.
As for my personal life, I am experiencing a turbulent year. I enjoyed other people's life altering happiness very much. Kreta, who is getting married soon, Veronica and Joost, who has this amazing wedding in Peru, my friend Britt who is such a good mom to Sara (3 months old now), Jaklien who is getting married to the man of her dreams. In the end I turn out to be quite the romantic.
My belief that people enter your life for a reason has gotten stronger. So did the belief that if they want to leave, you have to let them. I try to keep my balance and reach harmony but 2008 has been nothing but turmoil. I still feel strong though, you live, you learn and did I learn some lessons this year.It all seems to come together though. I have never been more determined that this is the way it needs to go.
My energy levels got renewed during my trips to Corfu, Peru and Florida. My next trip will be London or India. I hope life is well.
I wrote to my friends a while back that it is sometimes hard to stand for what you believe in, especially in a business that revolved about profits and money. By now the world has realized that somehow this is not a sustainable way of doing business and ethics is back on the agenda.
As most of you know I work for a Dutch bank myself and an interesting book was published recently which has made bestseller list around the country. It is called "de prooi" (the prey in english) and is about how ABN Amro became what it is now. The journalist has managed to talk to all important persons involved and it is an interesting expose on the management team, advisory staff, consultants an investment bankers involved. It reads like a novel which makes it even more spectacular. How can an entire management team be so disfunctional???
Insights from books like this one, the credit crunch crisis, discussions about ethics and leaership have given me new energy. I feel the path ahead becoming clearer, although i cannot define it yet.
As for my personal life, I am experiencing a turbulent year. I enjoyed other people's life altering happiness very much. Kreta, who is getting married soon, Veronica and Joost, who has this amazing wedding in Peru, my friend Britt who is such a good mom to Sara (3 months old now), Jaklien who is getting married to the man of her dreams. In the end I turn out to be quite the romantic.
My belief that people enter your life for a reason has gotten stronger. So did the belief that if they want to leave, you have to let them. I try to keep my balance and reach harmony but 2008 has been nothing but turmoil. I still feel strong though, you live, you learn and did I learn some lessons this year.It all seems to come together though. I have never been more determined that this is the way it needs to go.
My energy levels got renewed during my trips to Corfu, Peru and Florida. My next trip will be London or India. I hope life is well.
posted by Floor @ 1:22 PM
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