Patrick van der Jagt on reinventing yourself | Anders Denken Podcast #15

Patrick van der Jagt on reinventing yourself | Anders Denken Podcast #15

How do you adapt in a difficult situation? How do you manage stress? And how do you seek help? In other words, how do you reinvent yourself? In our latest Anders Denken Podcast, photographer and motivational speaker Patrick van der Jagt provides answers.

Patrick van der Jagt is known from Beau van Erven Dorens' RTL program The Rotterdam Project, in which five homeless people were given the chance to get their lives together. Patrick got help, paid off debts and bought a phone and later a camera. He managed to kick the habit and turned out to be a talented photographer. Patrick has since organized several exhibitions and works as a motivational speaker.

"Wherever you come from and whatever happens, you can reinvent your life. Then you have to dare to take a whole new path. And that's going to hurt, because it doesn't feel good. It doesn't feel like yourself and that's right, because you become a new person. And that doesn't happen overnight. If you want to change, you're going to hit your "bum" at some point. Then the trick is to keep trying, just until that new thing starts to feel "your own. And that can be tough, especially if you're caught up in your own problem."

Curious about Patrick's insights and advice?