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Hi, I’m
Founder, builder &Nugget’s personal assistant, weekend rebound machine, part-time mountain goat, bow tie enthusiast, professional gelato holder, Sunday couch quarterback
I develop
businesses,
teams and
people with
friends I trust and
zero BS.
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In Lübbecke
Probably cloudy. It’s East Westphalia.
Chief Morale Officer

Nugget
Accepting pets 24/7.
Padello
150+
padel courts built
and counting

Sara & me
2008
Together for 18 years. That’s longer than Instagram exists.

On my mind
“Losers have goals. Winners have systems.”

Currently reading Excellent Advice for LivingKevin Kelly Why it’s worth it
On repeat
When It Rains It Pours
Luke Combs
Country · 2017
On my feet
My two favourites
Lübbecke, Germany
Est. 1991
150+ padel courts built
1 golden retriever
With Sara since 2008
2 favourite running shoes
Happy place: the USA
Football Sundays
Luke Combs on repeat
0 BS
Current focusReal businesses, built with people I trust.
Growing
Since 2023
Padel courts from first sketch to first serve: planning, permits and construction from one team. Plus a venue finder for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and a free booking & league system. Fair warning: padel is highly addictive.
Active
Since 2024
AI for the German Mittelstand: a leading AI platform plus an experienced team of AI strategists and engineers. Productive solutions in record time, EU-hosted or on your own infrastructure.
Live
Germany’s gift portal: thousands of unique gift ideas from selected partners, a gift finder and an AI assistant. Because the right present beats yet another gift card.
Operating systemThe settings I run on. Go ahead, try changing them.
NiklasOS
Build 1991 · Lübbecke
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Systems over goals
Goals set direction. Systems create momentum.

Leverage = zone of genius
Spend your time where you’re unfairly good.

Energy is the KPI
The one metric worth tracking is personal energy.

Stack the odds
You can’t force luck. You can stack the odds.

Health + freedom
= a good life. Everything else is decoration.

Setbacks are setups
The obstacle is the way. Annoyingly.

Grow like a lobster
Break the shell to expand. Discomfort comes first.

Actions over words
Watch what people do, not what they say.

A clear why
Makes almost any how bearable.

Your mind can be programmed
Thoughts become beliefs. Beliefs become reality.

Who am I becoming?
The most important question. Ask it often.


Hustle culture
Burnout as a badge of honor.

Info-product gurus
Teaching how to make money by teaching how to make money.

“Just quit your job” advice
Reckless leaps that blow up families and finances.

Motivational fluff
Feels good, changes nothing.
Curated, not sponsoredLike Tinder, but for books and gear. And with a better success rate.

BookTop pickScott Adams
“Systems over goals. This book changed how I approach everything.”
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SparksQuotes and pictures that stuck with me.
“I'll give you a program to follow every night, a very simple program. … One poem a night, one short story a night, one essay a night, for the next 1,000 nights. … At the end of a thousand nights, Jesus God, you'll be full of stuff, won't you?”
— Ray Bradbury
The dream setup.
“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
— Alan Watts
“Your brain remembers incomplete tasks more often than complete ones. That pending task, the unanswered text, the boundary you haven't set is literally sapping energy from you. Reclaim it.”
— Zero open loops
Clarity comes from action, not thought.
On the mapWhere I’ve been, and who’s reading along right now.
Countries
19
been there
Only 10% of all 195.

Land
29%
of the world’s land, though
Thanks, Canada.

US states
13 of 50
I just like being there.
More will follow.

Countries I’ve been to: USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, UAE, Oman, China. US states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia, Washington.