What is HowToLiveWow.com?
On HowToLiveWow.com you can find inspiring stories, useful tools and helpful advice on how to achieve your highest potential, so you can live a happier, healthier, wealthier and more successful life. This website also helps you to connect with others, spread the word and to positively change your environment and the world we live in.

Why HowToLiveWow.com?
I want to be able to summarize my entire life in just one magical word: ‘Wow!’ The love of my life: Wow! My children: Wow! The friendships I had: Wow! The career I worked on with dedication and joy: Wow! The things I learned and passed on in life: Wow! The most beautiful spots on earth I had the opportunity to visit: Wow! What I managed to do for others: Wow! Then, the next question was obvious: How to live ‘Wow’? Through this website, I want to share my personal journey of finding the answers to that question, and I want to inspire you in finding yours. Read the original blog post explaining the concept behind ‘Wow!’..

Can I also contribute to HowToLiveWow.com?
Yes, please! If you have an interesting Wow-story, or if you feel like you can contribute regularly to HowToLiveWow.com, feel free to drop a line. You can fill out the form on the contact page.

How To Live Wow – a book?
Parallel to posting on HowToLiveWow.com I am writing a book, describing the extraordinary search for the answers to the questions that keep our generation busy, and write a book about it. The odds of coming up with an eye-opening book that can change the world, our personal happiness and our common future are very small. But I am willing to give it a try, because I believe it is worth it. The goal is to finish the book in the first half of 2010. You can find more information about this humble book project on the book page.

Who are you?
My name is Sietse Bakker, 25 years young, and based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2003, at the age of 19, I made my first big dream come true: I started my first company, providing communications and public relations services. At the age of 22 I was hired as Project Manager Internet by the European Broadcasting Union, two years later (2008) I became Manager Communications & PR for the Eurovision Song Contest, which is Europe’s most prestigious television entertainment event. An absolute dream job, which I still enjoy every single day!

Are you perfectly happy?
An interesting question I get on a regular basis: “If you know all this inspirational stuff, you must be perfectly happy, aren’t you?” The answer is simply no. Although I feel very happy, positive and grateful, I am in no way perfect, neither perfectly happy. Life is a fascinating journey, full of ups and downs, beautiful moments to cherish and mistakes to learn from. No happiness without unhappiness.

Where can I find that lovely website background image?
The website background image is based on a wallpaper design of young Russian designer Vlad Gerasimov, who’s creativity I admire deeply. You can find the wallpaper on his website, amongst many other great wallpaper designs. Vlad, keep up the good work!