{"id":4496,"date":"2025-05-07T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/live-or-survive\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:41:30","slug":"live-or-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/en\/live-or-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Live or survive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I was in survival mode for years.<br\/>Successful. Popular. Dead tired.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you know that?<br\/>You work. You perform. Everyone says: \u201cWow, he&#8217;s really got it.\u201d<br\/>But inside you&#8217;re empty.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Always 110% for the job.<br\/>Always available. Always \u201cstrong\u201d.<br\/>Always one more project.<br\/>And in the evening? No longer in the mood for conversation. To family. To YOU.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s not life.<br\/>That&#8217;s a system error.<br\/>And we men sell that as a strength.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOthers have it harder.\u201d<br\/>\u201cThat&#8217;s just the way it is.\u201d<br\/>\u201cRetirement is coming soon&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bullshit.<br\/>If you don&#8217;t live today, you won&#8217;t start tomorrow either.<br\/>Then you&#8217;ll wait your whole life for the perfect moment &#8211; which never comes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are not here to work through Excel lists and regenerate at the weekend.<br\/>You are here to create something, to feel, to move &#8211; to lead <strong>YOUR life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s exactly what I want to encourage you to do.<br\/>Get out of the autopilot.<br\/>Get out of the permanent guilt and the \u201cI just have to\u201d.<br\/>Get into your damn driver&#8217;s seat.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ask yourself an honest question:<\/strong><br\/>When you wake up tomorrow &#8211; do you want to carry on in the same way as today?<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your answer is <em>no<\/em>, then change something. <strong>Today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you want to go deeper:<br\/>Listen to the latest episode of <em>\u201cCan you feel yourself &#8211; the men&#8217;s podcast\u201d<\/em>.<br\/>Topic: <strong>Life or survival?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: #021 Leben oder nur \u00fcberleben?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/37vA2AILR93RGjriwR5Eux?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and at Apple Podcasts:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/za\/podcast\/021-leben-oder-nur-%C3%BCberleben\/id1761337825?i=1000706641873\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/za\/podcast\/021-leben-oder-nur-%C3%BCberleben\/id1761337825?i=1000706641873<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in survival mode for years.Successful. 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