A few months ago I ran an experiment where I posted on Twitter a brief thoughtful sentence once a day. The try out revealed that quite a number of tweets inspired people to comment and continue discussion. However, these discussions occurred in Facebook, not in Twitter.

Here they are (latest first):

• The wise know but barely show.
• Denial is ignorance of perception.
• Old errors cannot be covered by repeating them.
• Spring is about bursting bubbles of creative energy.
• Only those who do not think need others to tell them what to do.
• New day, fresh canvas.
• Constant unpredictability – a sign of creative living.
• Experiences and knowledge shape your future.
• Planning helps, but doing works.
• Expectations lead to disappointments.
• Strategy is holographic actions.
• Why the only constant is so often such big news: Change!
• Humbleness is a friend of acceptance.
• Organisations don’t exist, people do.
• Drama is imaginary life of others.
• Poor judgement is often followed by drastic measures.
• Creativity is the sound of silence.
• Remove fear and you are free.
• Integrity starts by facing the mirror.
• A civilised society does not need public servants or masters.
• Public good is something that removes your individual choice, resources and control.
• Practical example persuades the most.
• Smile impacts others.
• Success is a subjective phenomenon.
• Kind words and encouragement result positive outcomes.
• Poor perception means a lot of action.
• External conflicts are created by internal turmoil.
• Telling others what to do is easy. Keeping your  mouth shut and minding your own business is harder.
• Happiness is not a dictum to be followed.
• To erode our individual rights is to sell out our future.
• We can worry only now.
• To choose is to discriminate.
• A more sophisticated form of slavery is called taxation.
• Lack of understanding is called complexity.
• To make a difference is to change oneself.
• Uncertainty is the price of change.
• Welfare model: Remove freedom of choice, take the resources by coercion and provide one-size-fits-all package solutions in return.
• Business model of politics: take other people’s money and give it to others, and gain more power, prestige and influence in the process.
• Receipt of politics: separate benefits (and responsibility) from the costs by coercion.
• Lack of clarity precedes blurry actions.
• Getting funding is easy, preparations for it usually are not.
• What are we doing and why?
• When you don’t know what to do, do nothing.
• Speculation is futile and patience is everything.
• Resist the temptation to do last minute “fixes”.
• Solid (recession) business model: Money now and money in the future.
• Unconditional love drives where selfishness blinds.
• Simple rules are the hardest to follow.
• Doing good is more popular than being good.
• Rainy day is perfect for absorption.
• We take things for granted, till they are gone, like your fillings.

Helsingin Sanomat (30th of May, 2010) ran a feature article about me in their People-section where the subjectivity of happiness and entrepreneurship were discussed among others. The photo is taken by Liisa Takala.