<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:56:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@sams-world/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Seeking Success (Let It Find You, Instead) w/ Bryan Reeves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear friends, I have had a thoughtful conversation with Bryan Reeves on his Podcast "Men this Way." In this interview we discuss topics such as achieving dreams, relationships, intimacy, willpower and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/stopseekingsuccessletitfindyouinsteadwbryanreeves-e6fbbaa0z5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/stopseekingsuccessletitfindyouinsteadwbryanreeves-e6fbbaa0z5</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 03:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQiAAViibfbSdQee3vuwTWv67dY5tLWemSBtTCPJLSpci5m8ugL1Wcn4zA9oUhTyGekNpgTimWiMMwxerNL9pVQ3g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Release Day of Pico Blanco]]></title><description><![CDATA[After more than a year of writing and rewriting, falling and getting up, my heart-project and first novel PICO BLANCO is finally here. It will be translated into 3 different languages and available in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/releasedayofpicoblanco-e1sex8clsr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/releasedayofpicoblanco-e1sex8clsr</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:34:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy8jTKAjc3CruwzdPiu3mfAcUf1JgGcZdTmYXMVJVwL9XaJXw1pd45jMR8a9XNCxsAMwBXAcbkbysMsuiEAAoztvJ5qq6xZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover Release Pico Blanco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear friends,It's less than a month until the release of my debut novel "PICO BLANCO." Yesterday, I received the final cover of the book, and I'm happy to share it with you today. Also: The ebook]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/coverreleasepicoblanco-wmvkxk0lox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/coverreleasepicoblanco-wmvkxk0lox</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:56:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy8jTKAjc3CruwzdPiu3mfAcUf1JgGcZdTmYXMVJVwL9XaJXw1pd45jMR8aiVv4843WiHVF7dU6jYCmAxj1Ue6F5pGr8436v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One step at the time (2min)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear friends, ​ On the white wall, in the living room of my parent’s house, there’s a sentence written in dark-grey color. “Alles hat seine Zeit,” it says. “Everything has its time.” ​ I am still far away]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/onestepatthetime2min-euczco6kzi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/onestepatthetime2min-euczco6kzi</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBZhtNw19DxUYyMEmBjUVSSKLyrZaTahHJLEXyP3HM8oFbvxqBRAUzWm3PbvSgVPJPVvF1qocdkudwDshn3Zu3aTXNJni?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eddy the Snail (Remastered) – A Story on Seizing the Opportunity (5min read)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eddy is a snail. And, from a snail’s perspective, he was quite a beautiful one. He had a nice light-brown house on his back, and his grey, slimy skin was still young and youthful. Eddy was handsome, but]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/eddythesnailremasteredastoryonseizingtheopportunity5minread-fd8tyim1l8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/eddythesnailremasteredastoryonseizingtheopportunity5minread-fd8tyim1l8</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:29:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe4LEfSGog8Kgz9bB5nJeXvhGNRHEK9zsA8X6UVLfFSKqp9DF51yLneKkgDfbvazGVHG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Warrior & The Blacksmith - Our paths of life (4min read)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There once was a blacksmith at the far end of a tiny village. Every day you could hear the clinking noise in the village each time he threw his hammer upon a hot iron. Clink, clink, clink. He welded, forged,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/thewarriortheblacksmith-ourpathsoflife4minread-0nmb6krzxd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/thewarriortheblacksmith-ourpathsoflife4minread-0nmb6krzxd</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsRdT99A6VK1MPHNF69iaBJ4hn45D7Ua9DzNeNqVcRVxLd1SnomSiEUSgHpQe6JZRsMYJDZDVjYf9sWAmM9AoLVdn9bC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Girl Who Left Paradise (6min)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grass was greener than anywhere else she had ever seen it. There was a large garden, an old wooden shack, goats and cows, and a well-furnished house at the end of the pasture. The property was surrounded]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/thegirlwholeftparadise6min-a4l1o9mtry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/thegirlwholeftparadise6min-a4l1o9mtry</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 08:55:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb3kMX3GiLiiMWCpy7QbsBMKzcmSpqiY8J7GeeWsAszGp3uRE3ueQ3e6241fMTdtDZwmsNqQsNiyQ6ooT8idc7re5L9NR4BaCFi1y2qtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas - A time to look within]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear friends all around the world, it has been months since I last gave a sign of life from me. Still I am in Mexico. The sun still shines and the weather is still hot. So hot that it feels weird to think]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/christmas-atimetolookwithin-m20cc77rua</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/christmas-atimetolookwithin-m20cc77rua</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 16:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6Qnbf467Z4S3xdz6KKkrXhHeqQVaoCLwE4anqJ2m4McQjAhidZnFgv8m9nDJYo1R1BgZ19YRdj6Pg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little acts of kindness will make the difference]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January 2017 I launched the "unconditional January". A facebook-event, location independent, free to attend by anyone in the world. 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One part of our brain (Hippocampus)]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/whatilearnedaboutthebrain-andthemanylittleannoyingsoundsaroundus1min-a0058ss4ll</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/whatilearnedaboutthebrain-andthemanylittleannoyingsoundsaroundus1min-a0058ss4ll</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgtowH5XkPMXn4GZDB3owHFzniep2hv8js2EFBRyj2QKcrd3s8BGTx3BYRaLCxsSAhxb8cySGqrVaARZXmHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unwanted discoveries and unexpected lessons 😆]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning I killed around 20 cockroaches. Or perhaps a little more. Little did I know about the life that took place just next to our door when I lifted up the heavy stone. 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When I receive an email or a message that says: "Thanks Sam, this post really inspired/helped me," I'm glad because, in many ways it feels great]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/winningandtryinghardtobesuccessful-91rjgnz8fu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/winningandtryinghardtobesuccessful-91rjgnz8fu</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 05:13:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQiAAViibfbSdQee3vuwTWv67dY5tLWemSBtTCPJLSpci5m8ugKzv1zx455KbHDsCC4zTJKneKmPBwMhC1ik8PVeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The small story about Tiger Woods (lesson on dealing with setbacks)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is this story about Tiger Woods - and gosh I'm not even sure if it is true or not. "Screw it," I thought, I share it anyways. 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Who would ever]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@sams-world/beinghappywithhavingalittlebitless-m4weh3b8gv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@sams-world/beinghappywithhavingalittlebitless-m4weh3b8gv</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sams-world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:12:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBZhtNw19DxUYyMEmBjUVSSKLyrZaTahHJLEXyP3HM8oFbvxqBMG5MHqEZEVMPexYTZZhJnHeyuKRgrxQjGeXx4kVSFp2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting, learning and sometimes surprising myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tuesday. 14.08.2018: I realised this morning that, just this year, I wrote about 300 articles and small posts. And a novel. And it feels good. 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