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Letters to a Young MakerQuestion Your DesiresAre your desires your own? Or are they what society taught you to want?We are slaves to our desires.Naval calls desires "a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you reach the thing you want."Perhaps it's not unhappiness, but a lingering sense of unfulfillment.Either way, something foundational seems worth asking:What do you really want?If you're not clear on what you want, you cannot achieve it.Going down the path of finding deeper answers to what you want...
2025-11-2502 minLetters to a Young MakerGet Dopamine From CreationYou should get dopamine from creation.But today, that’s harder than ever. We live inside a culture of constant interruption - a world shaped by phones, by noise, by an endless stream of micro-stimuli we never truly asked for.Always loud. Always distracting. Always pulling us out of the pure state of simply being.For makers, this is deadly. It destroys the conditions under which great creative work is born.Great creative work happens in silence, stillness, and solitude - in the quiet moments where the mind can descend into de...
2025-11-2001 minLetters to a Young MakerDon't Waste Your Timetime is like sand.if you're not careful, it can slip through your hands leaving you wondering where it went.and years if not decades can fly by without you having made meaningful progress on anything.it's so easy to look back at a day, wondering what you have actually finished that was meaningful.this is because distractions are all around us.emails.friends.co-workers.work that seems important but isn't. which, ironically is likely 90% of work for most...
2025-11-1901 minLetters to a Young MakerHow to do Great Workto do great work, you need to do bad work first.a lot of it.there are no hac ks, shortcuts, or tricks.there is just applying yourself to your work.this is true for products, writing, arts, engineering even.you can think of your ability to do great work as a muscle you are training.you will start out embarrassed. the first sessions will be hard. and you will want to quit. out of shame, fear, resistance or all of the above.but this...
2025-11-1801 minLetters to a Young MakerPoor Thinking Leads to Failureclear thinking creates good outcomes.the lack of it, leads to chaos and failure.the result of good thinking is intentionality.instead of just acting, and hoping for an outcome, you move with clarity on why you are doing the thing you are doing.and intentionality is the precondition to success, defined as getting what you want.good thinking is not just that you are clear in your mind.but your ability to communicate your thinking in a way others understand....
2025-11-1701 minLetters to a Young MakerHow Complexity Kills The Quality of Your WorkYou should do work in order.If you want to move fast, there is the temptation to multi-task.Solving a problem only to 80% and then continuing with the next 3 things that are on your mind.The problem with not doing work in order is that you will pay interest on the shortcuts you take down the line.So the idea of moving fast by cutting corners and not doing things right, and in order, from the start doesn’t exist.It’s an illusion of progress.And para...
2025-11-1402 minLetters to a Young MakerFiguring Out What You Should Have Been MakingYou won’t get it right on the first shot.Moving from an idea to something you can share with the world requires implementation.And through implementation, you figure out what you should’ve been building.Your sense of perfectionism doesn’t help.It’s an illusion that keeps you from completing the full creative cycle.At one of the companies I’m building, we went through this just a few days ago.We worked for weeks on a version of our product, taking it from the initial id...
2025-11-1301 minLetters to a Young MakerIntroRainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet has had a profound impact on me and my creative work.My university professor, William Hernandez, gave me the book a few years ago.It’s a series of letters between Rilke and Franz Xaver Kappus, a young aspiring poet who wrote to him seeking guidance.I return to it occasionally — usually when I’m looking for answers about my own creative path.And every time, I find something new.One less...
2025-11-1203 min
SBE PodcastHow will Robotics impact our world? | Dominik Mahr | SBE Podcast #012Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Dominik Mahr. Together they talk about Robotics and how big of an impact it will have on our world.
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Ruggiero, A., Mahr, D., Odekerken-Schröder, G., Spena, T. R., & Mele, C. (2022). Companion robots for well-being: a review and relational framework. Research Handbook on Services Management, 309-330. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781800375659/book-part-9781800375659-33.xml
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2023-03-1742 minSBE PodcastHow can VR shape the future of education? | Roberta Di Palma | SBE Podcast #011Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Roberta Di Palma. Together they talk about Virtual Reality and how we can use it to shape the future of education.00:00 Intro
00:00 Intro
01:20 Roberta's Background
04:00 What is Virtual Reality
06:25 What can we do with VR
07:50 What is DEXLAB
10:55 How can we implement VR in education
14:45 What is the impact already? How has VR already impacted education
17:00 Pro's and Con's of...
2022-12-0826 min
SBE PodcastHow to Succeed as a Student Entrepreneur? | Jermain Kaminski | SBE Podcast #010Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Jermain Kaminski. Together they talk about entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, Machine Learning, and more.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Jermain’s background
02:30 Career in Maastricht
3:30 Jermain’s thoughts on entrepreneurship
6:40 Silicon Valley and tech hubs in Europe
8:35 How can we mimic Silicon Valley in Europe
10:25 Causal data science meeting
12:45 Where to start as an entrepreneur during your studies
20:40 How to decide if a problem is worth solving
26:08 The importance of fundin...
2022-08-0447 min
SBE PodcastWhat will the future of education look like? | Carla Haelermans | SBE Podcast #009Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Carla Haelermans. Together they talk about education, the Dutch education system's effect on children, how technology is (and should be) used in education, and more.
00:00 Intro
01:15 Carla's background
05:35 Career in Maastricht
08:04 What is Education?
09:51 How the Early Tracking system affects children
13:54 What is good Education?
16:27 Problem Based Learning
19:20 The disruption of Education due to COVID
25:13 Is Technology Enhanced Learnin...
2022-06-0836 min
SBE PodcastHow Can Data Contribute To A Fair Future? | Sidi Amar | SBE Podcast #008Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Sidi Amar, a researcher at the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) and member of Fair and Smart Data (FSD). FSD is one of three unique Spearheads at SBE and aims to tackle the EUs Sustainable Development Goals.
00:00 Introduction
04:33 Fair and Smart Data
07:25 Smallholder Farmers
15:03 Data as Fuel for the Economy
17:14 Data and Fairness
20:00 Influencing Stakeholders
24:45 The Role of Regulations
28:45...
2022-05-0656 min
SBE PodcastHow to Win in The Labour Market? | Prof. Dr. Didier Fouarge | SBE Podcast #007Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this third episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Didier Fouarge. Together, they discuss the research done at the Centre for Education and the Labour Market. They also talk about the future of the labour market, how student can prepare for their first jobs and whether or not university degrees are even still relevant.
00:00 Didier’s career path
08:57 What is the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA)?
11:13 How can you win in the job ma...
2022-03-2443 min
SBE PodcastWhat Does It Take to Become an Effective Person? | Prof. Dr. Piet Eichholtz | SBE Podcast #005Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this fifth episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Piet Eichholtz to chat about lessons learned in his exciting career.
Piet Eichholtz is a Professor of Real Estate Finance and has founded multiple successful businesses throughout his career. In this episode, Louis and Piet discuss his most important lessons learned throughout his career and some timeless advicefor young professionals that want to make the jump from idea to execution.
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Piet’s career path
7:30 Identifying op...
2021-07-1538 min
SBE PodcastDemystifying Common Myths About Migration | Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel | SBE Podcast #004Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this fourth episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Professor Melissa Siegel.
Melissa Siegel is a Professor of Migration Studies at SBE and Head of Migration Studies at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT. Together, they explore how research can impact policy around migration. They also discuss and demystify myths about migration.
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Melissa's career path
05:52 How research can impact policy
15:35 Demystifying myths about migration
34:21 Education, migration and globalisation
2021-05-2045 min
SBE PodcastHow to build the next electric car? | Dr. Robert Suurmond | SBE Podcast #003The sector of supply chain management is facing an era of unprecedented change. Not only has Covid-19 disrupted supply chains around the world, the industry has also been shaken by new digital technologies and changing consumer preferences. So what is the future of supply chain management?
In this podcast episode, Assistant Professor Dr. Robert Suurmond discusses the future of supply chain management with our host Louis M. Morgner. In particular, they explore the impact of the rising demand for electric cars on supply chains and the need for more evidence-based management to help guide us into the...
2021-02-0344 min