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I live by the sentence that 'we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are'. This means that I will always challenge myself to think differently and adopt a different mindset than my current one, no matter what other people say. In the background you see my hero Dick Fosbury. Dick was the first man to win a gold medal in the high jump event jumping with his back over the bar. Before Dick came along, everybody had been jumping with their front first. He changed this sport forever, just by daring to stand out and think different.

The same counts for the famous painting that Van Gogh made from the stars at night. When we look at the sky at night we see stars, the moon and a lot of darkness. Van Gogh saw something different, according to our perceptions of the sky his perception was wrong, but is beautiful isn't it?

An example of how I like to do things a little different is my current way of living: I am living like a digital nomad, curious what that is? Find out on the next page! (I have made it easy for you, just scroll down;))

I am a Digital Nomad: in 2011 I decided it was time to change my life from ‘working up the corporate ladder’ to becoming a travelling entrepreneur and to do meaningful things for and with the people I meet online and offline. I believe we have to bring a deeper sense of purpose of living back into our society. The unhappiness in so many lives should tell us that success alone is not enough. Material success and focus on constant growth has brought us to strange spiritual and moral bankruptcy. These realisations made us (together with Diana Vermeij) start a program called Working Wonderfully. I have a passion for startups, video / animation production, photography and travel and I love my life.

My specialties are:
Photography (Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture)
Video production (FCP X, After Effects)
The noble art of pitching
Web 2.0
Web development (WordPress)
Co-Creation
Workshop Facilitation (single day and big events)
Bringing energy into peoples lives

Most of my time I spend learning and thinking. I read, I watch, I listen, I feel and I taste as much as I can and transform this into stories and inspiration for a broad and diverse audience. The rest of the time I engage with people and connect people. In short: ‘I am here to run and jump and laugh and cry and hope and imagine.. To experience as much as I can, all for one purpose: to inspire others…’

If you would like to get in touch or you might want to work with me? Please choose one of these channels to contact me:

Email: szwerink@gmail.com
Mobile: +31646032335
Mobile: +525545146581 (Mexico)
Skype: Steven Zwerink (deschoen)

What is certainty?

Date: Mar 30, 2013

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(this blog appeared earlier on WorkingWonderfully.com) What is certainty? Is certainty knowing exactly what will happen in your life tomorrow or in a year from now? Is certainty the feeling of security? Ha

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10 life lessons from Startupbus 2013

Date: Mar 14, 2013

Tag: lessons, mexico, startupbus 2013

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A big hole. There is no other way to describe the feeling I have after having been on the Startupbus than falling in a very big hole. During the course of five days the lives of my and all my fellow buspre

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When things don’t work out the way they planned the real buspreneurs are separated from the weak (and tired)

Date: Mar 04, 2013

Tag: Emplify.us, startupbus

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What do you do when you have been working for almost 16 hours straight (5 of them on a driving bus) with your team on an idea you thought was great and turned out to already partially exist and have over a

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Startupbus 2013: before the start

Date: Mar 02, 2013

Tag: 2013, startupbus

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Tomorrow around this time I will be in a bus with forty mexicans travelling at 90km/h on our way to Austin, Texas creating new companies from scratch in less than 72 hours in a crazy experience called Star

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A random multilingual evening on Isla Holbox

Date: Dec 17, 2012

Tag: Argentinian, English, German, Holbox, Italian, Mexican, Polish, Spanish

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I am lying in my hammock on the beautiful Mexican island Isla Holbox. While sipping my sangria I am listening to the conversations around me. Slowly the chatter becomes clear: Behind me I hear a Polish guy

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I just love photography. Here you see some of my recent pictures of our journey around the world as Digital Nomadz. For best viewing experience, just click a picture and than use the arrows.