simplicity of happiness

It's the end of the year, a time for personal episode again. 2023 hasn't been an easy journey for me, and I believe it's crucial to discuss struggles, fears, and losses. Life isn't defined by the absence of problems but by how we deal with them. Everything in life has a flip side of the coin. You can't choose 'no problems,' only the price you're willing to pay. By sharing that I also confront my d...

Over a year ago I recorded this philosophical conversation with Rob White. Rob being an author and inspirational speaker and philosopher. We talked about the meaning of life, how to overcome the ordinary obstacles of being human and grow up to the person you deserve to be. Best, Floh QUOTES "You bring your world into the world." — Rob. "The ultimate goal of life is death." — Floh. RESOURCES https:...

Life is a rollercoaster, and the constant ebb and flow are what make it truly interesting. After taking some time off and prioritizing different aspects, I want you to know that I never forgot about you, and now I’m back. In the upcoming weeks, I’ll be sharing some prerecorded episodes before launching Season 6 of the podcast. I’m still shaping the focus for the new season and would love to hear y...

If you had to make a sacrifice to find your freedom, would you do it? Sacrifices pay off, but sometimes not. Making sacrifices is a risk that few have the strength to take and go forward with, and those who do are worthy of admiration since they put all their effort and work into something uncertain. Today's guests are a couple who sacrificed much of their personal lives to pursue adventure; they...

We all want to reach it, but what is success? Today's guest The Success Factor author, Ruth Gotian. A woman who has dedicated herself to meeting the most successful minds to study them and learn about their mindset and practices. Her investigation yielded a surprising result—she discovered that all these people had four elements in common that allowed them to achieve success. Ruth will share with...

So often, people need to have a reason to take action. It can become difficult to chose between investment and return, especially when helping others? Does there really need to be a return or is it about how we feel ourself doing it in the first place? A while ago, I had the chance to help a friend who found himself in a difficult situation. All I did was asking others, including my newsletter sub...

Introvert or Extrovert. Most of us heart these terms before, but who can recall any business training, strategy or job motivation that did not seem to be for the extroverts. I belief that this is more on the behavioral site than a real character trade and this behavior being caused by different intrinsic motivations. Nevertheless it occurs in each one of us. Jon Bakers, todays guest specializes in...

While working on this podcast episode, I stumbled upon this text: F–– You Money Back in the 1920s, the actor Humphrey Bogart used to keep a $100 bill in his nightstand at all times. That’s the equivalent of over $1,200 today. He referred to it as his ‘f–– you money’, because it meant he’d never be forced to take a part he didn’t want. He once said that the only good reason for making money was so...

I met Carlos and Susanne when they interviewed me for their podcast life design and there I had the feeling there is more to discuss in further details. At first glance they seem to be a happy couple that found their role by successfully raising 4 children and having a career. But, there is more to it and it did not go as expected and they had to take some unconventional turns. Let me not spoil it...

Is a minimalist life possession free? No, it is well curated! Things that minimalists own, fulfill a purpose and often you will find a lot of high quality items in their daily life. That is because they don‘t like trash in their life and things that are used regularly are therefor higher quality. You see, being a minimalist is not about saying no. It is about saying yes to the right things. Owning...

I am a great fan of Mike Mandel and the work he does. Together with his co-host and business partner Chris Thompson he runs a wildly crazy podcast called Brain Software where they offer tons of value and deep insides into coaching and NLP. In his podcast Mike often gives people numbers and refers to the Enneagram. Since I enjoy talking to Mike so much I saw this as a good opportunity to have Mike...

Often I am addressing those of you, to whom happiness is a choice. I include myself into this category. 
No matter how much we think that life is fooling us, it is on us to choose what we make of it. Basically we close to unlimited options and often that is a reason for our misery. As soon as we take a decision for something, we have to say no to everything else that we could possibly do. Because…...

I am finally sharing an episode with you that I recorded a while ago. As you may now, am I a a fan of John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneurs on Fire (https://www.eofire.com ) and admire him for what he did with his podcast and most of all for the Podcast community all together (https://podcastersparadise.com). Some of my best inspirations came from him and I enjoyed my conversations with him as he is, al...

You me and happiness is the project of this weeks guest Helen Müller with whom I have a wonderful conversation about life, change and finding happiness. What it means to leave home and travel the world in order to find oneself. Helen's total focus is helping Top Entrepreneurs and Leaders fulfil their Greatest Potential.  The You, Me and Happiness Program focuses heavily on Heightened Awareness and...

Speaker, teacher, writer and researcher Liam Naden helps you understand the process for creating true success in your life by understanding how to use your brain the right way - overcoming your problems, achieving your goals and ending frustrations. He is the host of the podcast: "Using Your Brain for Success", author of "Re-Balancing Your Brain for Success" and creator of Neuro-State Rebalancing...

Around a decade ago. Around 2012 I had accumulated a lot of emotional and physical luggage that started to wear me out. I questioned who I was, who I was becoming and most of all who I actually wanted to become. Amongst others I found inspiration by people like Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, Colin Wright (https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/happy150/) and the minimalists Josh and Ryan. In fact they ha...

Another meaningful conversation with a person I would have never met without this Podcast. I am grateful to welcome John Davis aka „the corporate action hero“ to the show. John is an internationally known Speaker, Comedian, Fight Director and Action Hero. As an international entertainer, John has traveled extensively throughout the world speaking to audiences of all ages and backgrounds in 28 coun...

For this year I am aiming to have as many meaningful conversations with people I don‘t know yet, as I possible can. After all, deep connections with real people is what makes us human, right? Way too many of us were lacking real conversations during this pandemic year. The first guest I never met and interviewed was Bas Lebesque. Bas became a big fan of minimalism and got rid of 75% of his stuff,...

I am thrilled to have my teacher, mentor, friend and above all timeless wizard Mike Mandel as my guest on the show. If you want to find out more about Mike and the outstanding work he does together with his business partner and former Podcast guest Chris Thompson of Episode 158 (https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/happy158/) visit his website or listen directly to his recording „journey to the cas...

Again I welcome a returning guest from my German podcast. Bernhard Tewes well known hypnotist from Berlin and his practice Kiez Hypnose https://www.kiez-hypnose.de. He is also the founder and owner of the trending app HypnoBox https://www.hypnobox.com. I can tell you, that you will find all sorts of therapists and so called hypnotherapists out there, but Bernhard is one of those he is at the top o...

happy#209 - changing the system CONVO One of these conversations that occur unexpected. Every once in a while I look into my twitter feed and find something I like. Some time late in 2020 I found this piece: https://twitter.com/oetting/status/1314571435504021504?s=21. A small cartoon by Martin Oetting who is quite a remarkable personality and has changed further and further to a political active p...

For todays episode I decided to go with a solo episode and with a citation again. A person I value a lot for almost 10 year now is Leo Babauta. He is a minimalist and founder of the super successful blog Zen Habits. I read most of his blog posts and get inspired by a lot of his thoughts. What I find especially interesting about Leo is that he lives in a family of 8. His wife, their 6 children and...

What feels like ages ago, I was preparing for my first big adventure. A solo Sahara tour by foot. During that time many people around my simply declared me for nuts and only a very very few were encouraging. One of the people always uplifting was my friend Tony. Apart from being a mentor and person to talk to he invited me several times to his Podcast: Guerilla FM. I liked it so much, that I wante...

These years lockdowns turn out to have something quite positive for me. I don‘t think that I have stayed for so long at the same place in the last 10 years. That meant for me not going on any adventures, not traveling and not starting anything new. Well, at least not except for my tiny farm project in the Swiss mountains. I was frustrated about that at times, but after accepting the fact it forced...

I am a huge fan of a coach of mine. Rich Litvin is a phenomenal coach and often giving me inspiration through his writing. I could especially relate with one of his latest newsletters: looking for batman. I am going to share large parts of his newsletter with you hoping that you can relate with it as well. You can find out more about Rich at https://richlitvin.com and you can find the entire posti...