A BETTER CAREER

EXPLORE THE WORLD

CREATE VALUE

A BETTER ME

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This is your life guide to experience everything the world has to offer.

Introduction to ‘A better career’

Are you figuring out what career to pursue? Or are you stuck in your career and want to explore new avenues, but don't know where to start? You have come to the right place!

1.1 Focus on your strengths

The key to success is to steer around your weaknesses and focus on your strengths as they are part of your innate success mechanism.

1.2 Follow your vocation, not your passion

What will see you through is not a surface level passion but the sense of deep connection to what you're meant to accomplish.

1.3 You’ve got to find what you love

This is a transcript from the second story in Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Scroll down to watch the full video segment.

Introduction to ‘Explore the world’

This section of IWANTTHEWORLD gives you a multi-layered insight in the happenings from around the world: trends, cultural values and educational travel opportunities.

Cambodia: how microcredit is making the world’s poor even poorer

Microcredits for the world’s poor have long been considered the ideal way to combat poverty. But this film documents a bleak scenario

China: nightlife in the megacity Chongqing (2024)

This megacity is growing at a blistering place. But beware, it is not a place for anyone with a fear of heights, or a sensitive stomach.

Ireland: housing crisis (2024)

Ireland has a severe shortage of homes with hundreds of thousands needing to be built. With rents in Dublin spiralling, many families are homeless.

Introduction to ‘Create value’

Want to make the world a better place and create something of value to others? You have come to the right place!

“Marketing is about values” (1997)

The slightly modified transcript below is taken from the famous marketing speech by Steve Jobs. Scroll down for the full video.

Types of value creation in business

In general businesses solve customer problems by providing functional and emotional value.

Types of value creation in public

A public place can refer to a country, region, city, neighborhood or common area such as a shopping mall, gated community or holiday parc.

Introduction to ‘A better me’

This section focuses on helping people to (1) understand their thinking, (2) deal with anxiety and (3) become aware of biases that impede decision making.

Psycho-Cybernetics part 1: You are a goal striving machine

The theory of Psycho-Cybernetics assumes the fundamental nature of people to be goal striving machines.

Psycho-Cybernetics part 2: The importance of self-image

Whether we realize it or not, each of us carries with us a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves. It has been built up from our own beliefs about ourselves.

Psycho-Cybernetics part 3: How to change your self-image.

This article discusses how (1) to practice your new positive self-image, and (2) undo negative self-images with relaxation and rational thinking.