A year ago was my first day being “on my own” again after my time at PokerStrategy.com. Looking back it has been like life always seems to be, a big roller-coaster. I had an amazing start being back as a consultant and made more money during my first 6 months than I did at my
As human beings we are constantly getting feedback from the surroundings. Sometimes it is positive feedback and sometimes it is negative. Just as with so many things in life you need to plan on how you react when getting it. Getting negative feedback is always the hardest, but what most people do not think of
It is not always easy to be fully focused at work, at least not when working your notice period with so many interesting and exciting things coming up. My body might be at work, but my mind is on vacation With that said, in Gibraltar those things are not very far away from each other…
Considering how often I refer to poker when I write my blog posts I should maybe write a book about how the same skills are used to become a successful poker player as to become a successful entrepreneur. While waiting for me to start that project however, let me give you another very important (yet
My grandmother would if she was still alive tell me when I called her to bring today’s news. Everything has its own place and its own time Even though I suspect that this particular proverb does not exist in English I like the overall meaning of it. The message I wanted to bring forward today is
If it is one tip that you will hear entrepreneurs and business leaders repeat over and over again it is that you will have to be passionate about what you do in order to succeed. This is something that sounds so fundamental and easy, yet it is so often done wrong. I will give just
When I was just a kid I discovered sailing through a friend and went to my first sailing camp at the age of 8 or 9. As I am that type of person that when I do something I want to do it to 100% I did not stop at spending 3 weeks in the
Living in Gibraltar makes it very easy to be humble in life. Constantly being in the shadow of a huge rock makes you keep your feet on the ground and makes you feel small. I like it, I take it as an inspiration to always improve and to find new ways of looking at things.
Being raised in Sweden I have grown up with a view on employee rights that many people would probably be surprised over. In examples there is the right to four consecutive weeks of holidays during summer and the right to stay home with a descent amount of your salary with your kids up to 480
This weekend I went with my family to the city of Almuñécar, 70 km from Malaga. The reason to why we choose a town that we do not even know how to pronounce the name of was basically pure chance. We decided to book a car, and as it was a long weekend we decided we
This is the blog from the Swedish entrepreneur Per "Illvillja" Wolf who currently lives in Gibraltar with his 3 kids and his lovely wife.I constantly works towards my dream, but sometimes get lost and finds a better one. I write about living in Gibraltar, combining a career with family and kids, about cultural differences living abroad, management challenges and how to take over the world one step at the time. I live by the motto that I use in my company Illvillja Consulting (inspired by the musical Annie get your gun) - "Anything you want to do, I can make better", meaning that I believe that there is always something that can be improved, in any company. I am good at finding those things...