how are you really doing?
Would you choose the place you live in again? Is the work worth doing? Are your health and your head holding up? Are you giving something back?
Nobody asks, and what nobody asks, nobody counts. How we got this far is uncovered in the Business Hippie Way
create (y)our ideal world
Those four questions come down to one: what does a good day look 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. In your life, at work and in your city.
That’s the dot on the horizon guiding your decisions along the way.
a meaningful life
→ beyond consumerism
Enough instead of more. Time that’s actually yours, and the health to spend it on. An ordinary day you’d choose again.
work worth doing
→ beyond profit
Work that fits your life and adds something real. Days that ask the best of you and still leave you an evening. A say in how it’s done.
a living city
→ beyond GDP
Somewhere good to be alive, where the cost of living leaves room to live, and you know the people on your street.
know where you stand
You’ve imagined your ideal world. Now find out how far away it is.
The Ideal World Compass is a reflection tool that asks you two things: what a good life looks like to you, and how it actually is right now. 17 questions, about ten minutes. Point it at your life, your work, or your city.
You get a canvas written for you – where you are, where you’re heading, what to change first.
Take it again in six months and see what’s moved.
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.
The Compass is the question written down. During the Quality of Life tour I ask it out loud – visiting cities and events, 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. The staff of a manufacturer or a hotel group. The citizens of a municipality or a region. I find out where your people actually stand, what that means, and the direction you can take.
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