A more human life. Again.
what is quality of life
Quality of life is how your life actually goes. Sleep, work, the people around you, the time you own, the place you live, what you’re part of.
Standard of living measures what you have. Quality of life measures whether the days work. The good news: it’s more in your hands than it feels.
create (y)our ideal world
So the useful question is what a good day looks like for you.
Enough good days make a good life. That’s your ideal world – not a perfect one, but one you’d love to live in. The dot on the horizon that guides the decisions along the way.
a meaningful life
→ beyond consumerism
Enough instead of more, time that’s truly yours, an ordinary day you’d choose again.
work worth doing
→ beyond profit
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.
a living city
→ beyond GDP
Somewhere good to be alive, where the cost of living leaves room to live, and a street where people know each other.
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To improve something you have to see it. So, I created 17 reference points you can use to check how you are actually doing in daily life: home, money, work, health, people, place, time, nature, safety, and eight more. Once you can name it, you can do something about it.
I call them the 17 Living Goals
know where you stand
You’ve imagined your ideal world, and you can name its parts. Now see where you stand today.
The Ideal World Compass is a free reflection tool that reads your life across the 17 Living Goals. It compares where you are today with the (ideal) world you’re working towards.
You’ll receive a personalised canvas showing your current position, your direction, and the changes that can make the biggest difference.
free, no sign-up.
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 – having coffeetalks with residents and employees about how life and work actually feel. Passing through, or fancy a chat? → contact me
Peace, Love and Happiness
Ps. I read businesses and cities too. A manufacturer, an agency, a hotel group. A municipality, a regional authority. I find out where your people actually stand, and what to do about it.
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