what it is
A good life stands on four parts. Get one wrong and the whole thing tips.
Live Good
Home, money, time.
A steady base you don’t have to worry about.
Work Good
Craft, purpose, fair reward.
Work you’re glad to wake up to.
Feel Good
Body, mind, spirit.
At ease, connected, yourself.
Do Good
People, place, planet.
Leaving things better than you found them.
The 17 Living Goals map these four pillars in detail — so “out of balance” becomes something you can point to and fix.
create (y)our ideal world
Growth measures more. It was never meant to measure good. These three show the shift – in your life, your work, your society.
beyond consumerism
→ a meaningful life
Enough instead of more, time that’s truly yours, an ordinary day you’d choose again.
beyond profit
→ work worth doing
Work that fits your life and adds something real. Where the days ask the best of you without taking everything, and profit follows the work instead of driving it.
beyond GDP
→ a living society
Somewhere good to be alive, where the cost of living leaves room to live, and a street where people know each other.
You don’t earn a good life at the end. You live it now.
know where you stand
You can’t improve what you haven’t measured. If you don’t know where you stand or where you’re heading, you’re guessing.
The Compass gives you the read: ten minutes across the 17 Living Goals, for your life, your work, or your city. See where you’re strong, where you’re thin, where to focus next. Free, no sign-up.
[ PERSPECTIVES on life, work, places ]
a place that knows you
I’m the wrong person to write this. I’ve spent years moving. The Netherlands, Aruba, Ibiza – and my present work takes me through cities I stay in for a few weeks and then leave. I’ve made a life out of not being anywhere for very…
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Athens: a good life, before the fieldwork
On 3 July I fly to Athens. I’ll be there for three weeks, taking a proper look at what a good life looks like there – told by the people living it. I’m starting here for two reasons. Because Athens is where the good life…
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the engine, not the driver
A week ago I wrote about where AI is taking the economy. Short version: it will run it, better than we ever did. The AI agents will buy the shoes, match supply to demand, take over the small daily decisions – and remove the moment…
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what AI removes
I spent an afternoon talking with my AI system about where AI is taking us. Starting the conversation about the customer journey: decisions, purchases, supply chains. The whole picture. The basics of our economy. That sounds like a strange loop – asking the machine about…
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everything is a transaction now
Somewhere along the way, a conversation became networking. Helping someone became a way to build reputation. Kindness started arriving with a quiet little invoice attached. You know the feeling. A chat starts open and human, and then near the end the vibe changes – the…
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the return of ritual
Across Europe, ancient fires are burning again. Druid gatherings in Ireland. Seasonal festivals in forests. Pilgrimages returning. People dancing around bonfires instead of sitting through another productivity webinar. At first glance, it looks confusing. But underneath the folklore and fire ceremonies sits something much bigger.…
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Hi, my name is Hans van de Rakt
I believe quality of life is the new success. My work is helping people see where they actually stand, and giving them a direction worth walking.
I run the Quality of Life tour, city by city – coffee talks with locals about how life actually feels. Passing through, or fancy a chat? → contact me
Peace, Love and Happiness
Hans