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Survey Arno’s life

Posted on 2026-04-27 21:38 in surveys • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, dreaming circle, vision, mission, 9 ways of observing, thinking in patterns, Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps, Integrated Needs Analysis Matrix, 6 ways to die, forms of capital, bookkeeping, personal finance

This survey is part of Arno’s design for his life. This is a living document. The first version of this survey came about in 2018. In 2026 I reviewed and updated it.

Vision and mission

I created the vision and mission in 2018 using a dreaming circle.

Key words …

Patterns in Business

Posted on 2024-05-31 20:46 in tools • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with thinking in patterns

Some of the patterns most businesses will face at some point.

legal structure
- See Wikipedia: List of legal entity types by country
- what capital requirement is needed for its foundation
record keeping
- bookkeeping
  - what counts as business expense
  - what counts as income
  - is the business liable for taxes
    - VAT
    - income …

Thinking in Patterns

Posted on 2023-05-05 15:09 in tools • Modified on 2024-05-08 11:40 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with thinking in patterns

Below is a list of patterns found in nature. Every pattern is a response to a specific challenge.

branching / fractal
- scattering or gathering information / nutrients
- cover a lot of surface with little material requirements
- applications: leafs and branches
circle / ring / torus
- strong
- small interior, large exterior
- used for constriction
- applications …