Winter’s coming. 5 lessons from a ‘modern Viking’ on how to stay productive during the dark days

The Norwegian “business philosopher” offers five takeaways to unleash the Viking within and be productive, even in the darkest of winters.

I still remember those freezing winters growing up in Røros: a small World Heritage-listed mining town nestled near the Swedish border in the middle of Norway. At age three, I experienced a chilling -65°F, and even today during the cold season, it gets below -30°F with only a few hours of daily light.