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Rest Is Not Laziness

I used to think stopping meant falling behind. It took me years, a crash, and a lot of uncomfortable honesty to understand that rest is not the opposite of ambition. Sometimes it is the only reason you survive it.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-05-16 / ~4 min read min read
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ADHD, No-Travel-Days, and the Absence of Structure

I travel 180 days a year. Airports, hotels, conference venues, customer meetings. Every day has a fixed schedule. Flight at 08:15. Meeting at 10:00. Dinner with customers at

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-24 / ~4 min read min read
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The Unspoken Costs — Mental Health in Tech Infrastructure

745,000 people die from overwork every year. That number comes from the WHO and the ILO jointly, published in 2021, covering data through 2016. The actual number in 2026

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-23 / ~3 min read min read
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Social Selling in Infrastructure — Not the LinkedIn Version

A vendor sent me a LinkedIn message last week. "Hi Rene, I noticed you're in the optical networking space. We have a solution that could transform your

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-22 / ~3 min read min read
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The Invisible Battlefield — Infrastructure, Data, and the War Most People Don't See

In this post, I explore the reality of warfare targeting data centers and critical infrastructure, a shift that has been long predicted but is now becoming a harsh reality.

Rene Fichtmueller / 2026-04-07 / ~7 min read min read