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Parenting is not a job!
Being a parent is the most intensive personal development training that you can have, so say Peter Koijen and Ligia Ramos from...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Aug 27, 20192 min read


“My profession? I’m the partner of an expat”
As we move around in the world of expats, we have found out that it is much more than moving countries every four years. An expat is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Apr 16, 20192 min read


Remote Leadership
“Remote Leadership” Everyone that has been managed or led from a distance might recognise this: either you are happy because nobody is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Sep 5, 20187 min read


The tragedy of summer time
Summer is not only the time for holidays and rest. For a lot of expats time it is time to move to the next adventure. For others it is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Aug 3, 20183 min read


High self-confidence can come from low self-esteem
High self-confidence can come from low self-esteem! A lot has already been said about self-confidence, not only about how it can help in...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
May 7, 20183 min read


Learning Dutch takes more than words alone!
“afstandsbediening” is listed in the top ten most difficult words to pronounce in the Dutch language. This list could actually be much...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Apr 4, 20183 min read


Talent doesn’t come in a box
A lot of people out there are looking for their talent. Maybe you are one of those people? You feel that you don’t know exactly what you...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Mar 4, 20183 min read


If you want to be a good person just be selfish
“People were invited to donate anonymously and investigators measured their brain activity. And the fact is that every time that someone...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Feb 28, 20183 min read


Life is a remix, though for some people a bad one
These days everyone wants to be creative, unique and different. But most people only produce a (very) bad repetition of all the things...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Feb 7, 20182 min read


Your brain is changing, and you?
Every day, more than twenty articles labeled ‘scientific’ and ‘life-changing’ appear on my feed on Facebook or LinkedIn, or come via...

Peter Koijen
Dec 10, 20173 min read


Your CV is no longer enough
It still amazes us that after 10 years of not working directly in HR management, candidates still focus their CVs on studies they did or...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Nov 30, 20173 min read


No excuses drive your own bus
No Excuses, Drive Your Own Bus! There are two sides of life. You are either on the “effect side” or on the “cause side”. When you are on...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Aug 3, 20174 min read


Simplify
Go back to a moment in time where you felt like “this is it”. That moment when all of your ideas, thoughts and actions were going in the...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Jul 4, 20173 min read


Slowing down to speed up
“How are you?” “Busy!” This seems to be the most common answer to this question nowadays. And it’s true. People are busier than ever. But...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Jul 4, 20173 min read


Sales Mindset
“Sell me this pen!” was the first thing I was asked to do in a job interview I did a long time ago. Of course, this was intended to test...

Peter Koijen
Apr 3, 20174 min read


How to master the art of public speaking
As human beings, public speaking is one of our top three fears. Dying is another one! This makes public speaking a topic high on people’s...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Jan 31, 20173 min read


Leadership is Simple
“Babies cannot do anything and they are allowed to do everything, and adults can do everything but they are not allowed to do anything.”...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Jan 15, 20174 min read


Live your life and do it your way
Live your life and to it your way! This is the slogan for our company in2motivation, and it has been since the very beginning. And what...

Peter Koijen
Jan 7, 20173 min read


Adding value through questions in successful sales, coaching and leadership
Recently we won a great client deal by only asking questions. It was one Tuesday afternoon, when I went with my junior account manager to...

Peter Koijen
Dec 3, 20165 min read


Team Dynamics
Over the years we have seen and trained a lot of different teams, with different “problems”, with different types of leaders and in...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Sep 4, 20163 min read
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