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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️
@manuel.koelman.de
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Entrepreneurship. Startups. Leadership. Personal development. Making business more human. Fascinated by the wonder(s) of life. Single dad of two. Founder and entrepreneur @ https://pirate.global. Building durable businesses.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 4h
Anger = event × meaning. And meaning can be changed.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 6h
The faster you move, the more mistakes you make.

The slower you move, the more opportunities you miss.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 8h
The best decisions are made with the most up-to-date information.

Sounds trivial. It's often not if you think about how long decisions often take (in companies).

That's why fast decisions are often good decisions.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 10h
Growth and comfort don't coexist.

If you want to build something real, you have to step into resistance - on purpose.

There is no shortcut to becoming.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 11h
In the age of infinite information, the rarest skills are focus, discernment, and the ability to ignore what doesn’t move you forward.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 13h
A workflow that can’t be automated by AI today… might be trivial to automate in 6 months.

This is what makes AI change management so tricky - you’re rebuilding a moving train.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
With AI agents, second opinions become default.

What was once too costly with humans is now trivial: multiple agents can attack the same problem, cross-check outputs, and reveal angles no single worker could.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
Love makes you vulnerable.

That’s not a flaw.

That’s the point.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
The content economy is heading for a future where no human ever sees most of what’s produced. Infinite noise, zero attention.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
Maybe the problem isn't the plan, but the reliance on plans themselves.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
The AI curve will outpace your company’s ability to adopt it.

That’s just reality.

The winners will be the ones who learn to adapt workflows fast, not the ones waiting for a perfect solution.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 1d
Automation may save time.

But attention is what gives time meaning.

What if we stopped optimizing and started noticing again?

Not everything sacred can be scheduled.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
There's no "normal." No "obvious." Just billions of valid- yet limited- realities.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
The greatest AI advantage today is not algorithmic, it’s organizational.

Teams that restructure processes for agents will accelerate.

Teams that wait for "plug-and-play" intelligence will stagnate.

Process design is now a competitive moat.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
Life is change.

In times of change, adaptability > knowledge.

That's why those that can consistently adapt succeed in life.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
Obsessively comparing your "now" to others' "now" is a recipe for misery.

Focus on your growth.

That's controllable.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
Nice people soften rejection with false hope.

Kind people say no and let you move on.

Kindness isn't always nice, but always necessary.

#BeKindNotNice
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 2d
Running one mile has more in common with a marathon than sitting at home.

Investing $50 has more in common with being wealthy than being broke.

Writing one sentence has more in common with a book than never writing.

Trajectory matters more than position. Start small.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
The world will always be noisy. If your peace depends on its silence, you’re trapped.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
Many people think they’re burned out because they work too much.

Often, they’re burned out because they’ve been working on things that don’t matter to them.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
The real value of learning isn’t what it gets you today.
It’s the mental resilience it builds for what’s coming.

Call it cognitive strength training - for battles you don’t yet see.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
Trust doesn’t scale.

Psychological safety can’t be optimized.

You can’t A/B test your way into real connection.

Some leadership truths are inconvenient - and deeply necessary.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
Stop blaming "they" or "it".

"They made me feel..." becomes "I'm feeling..."

Emotional responsibility isn't sexy, but it's freeing.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 3d
Commitment avoidance often masks a fear of facing the conditioning that tells you happiness resides elsewhere.

True happiness is already within.
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Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️ @manuel.koelman.de · 4d
Relationships are alive; they die when neglected.