Walter Hottinga . Com

“Consciousness tells you where you are, Inspiration tells you were you want to go.”

 
How is it possible that we are often not conscious of what spurs us to action? Are you 100% conscious of what brought you to this website?
How is it possible that what seems to inspire us right now won’t inspire us very long? Sometimes the inspiration of yesterday seems even self-destructive today.

 
This Site
It is my intention that this site will hold more and more articles that will support you in living more consciously and stay inspired. Following your “heartfelt-inspiration” will like a compass keep you on your path, creating lasting satisfaction. Growing your consciousness will help you to recognize what is heartfelt and give you the means to live your own wisdom.
This site is not there yet, it now contains mainly old articles. A bit of a mishmash from growth models for organizations to travel and meditation experiences. As such they are a reflection of my life path. The central question I try to work out is how to create real satisfaction. Not that I am always conscious of this leading question

 
Change
The past twenty years, my main concern was change. As a consultant and coach I have helped a lot of organizations and people to reach their goals, to be successful and grow.
The past 10 years I have very intensively looked at myself and where I was with my personal levels of sustainable satisfaction. Based on what I learned and what inspired me, I made adjustments in my life.

 
Personal Change
On February the 16th 2005, as you can read in one of my first posts, this led to a flight to Mexico. I had sold or stored my stuff, sold the house and quitted my job. A strong longing spurt me to take this step; I wanted to look beyond my known horizons on all levels.
The next years I alternately, traveled most of the year in unknown territory. Then I went home long haired, to earn money, realizing a change of some sort.
These traveling years were a period of tremendous growth for me as a person. I quite literally looked at the limits of my being as human. Traveling and working this way was very insightful and fun. After a couple of years I felt a need for change. I sensed that I would have more satisfaction with a stronger grounding and different long time responsibilities.
I went back to Amsterdam and became a professional registered coach with my own fulltime coach practice. I combined coaching with contracts to realize changes in bigger organizations. Love the individual, thrilled by the complexity and impact of organizations.
On the road I had met in Lhasa, Tibet, my further wife to be with whom I started in this same period of settling down a family. We have two small children, Tom 2008 and Sarie 2011.

 
Next Shift
I am now in the middle of the next shift. I’d like to share my experience with more people and reach with them more substantial results.
You are now witnessing the first steps on this path and that is rebuilding this website as a platform to support that goal. It is my intention to write informative and inspiring articles on this site that help you to realize the changes in your life or work that help you to experience more lasting satisfaction.

 
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