Hello In his book “The 4 hour work week” , Timothy Ferris (3rd most followed person on Linkedin and worth a read) discusses things to avoid in order to save time. One of them was getting bogged down with news. According to him you do not need to know everything the President said or what […]
Continue ReadingHello For those of you that don’t know the term “vloermoer”, its best described as a teacher or coach that very vociferously chastises the whole class or whole team for unacceptable behaviour or performance, instead of calling out individuals. Now I think that is what President Ramaphosa did with his open letter to the ANC. […]
Continue ReadingHi there Following on last month’s social science lesson it strikes me that the “right” that seems exercised the most across the world today cannot be found in any constitution or bill of rights. JIP, I am talking about the “right to be offended”. While many of the actual rights appear to protect our freedom […]
Continue ReadingHello One of Isaac Newton’s famous laws of motion is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I believe the same applies to any rights we may enjoy as humans. For every right, there is an equal and opposite obligation. As example if you have the right to freedom of speech, […]
Continue ReadingHello there Phew, two months of lockdown done. While certain restrictions will remain, we will enjoy more freedom under Stage 3 as of 1 June 2020. Most of us will be able to go back to work (although working from home will remain a preferred option) and schools are set to reopen. We will get […]
Continue ReadingHello From newsletter #13 there was not a lot of response on your favourite business movies of all time, but some suggestions received include Wall Street, The Wolf of Wall Street (not to be watched with your kids…) and Margin Call. The lockdown is top of mind and so many people have expressed opinions on […]
Continue ReadingHello How much things change in a month! The world will never be the same hereafter, and we will remember the next couple of months for the rest of our lives. In this difficult time, I know WHO I believe in, and that gives me peace. The following words from the Just Jinger song “What […]
Continue ReadingHello Newsletter #12! That suggests a year has passed since the first newsletter. A year today I completed my last day at my previous employer and 1 March will mark the first day of year 2. Time truly flies. Some lessons learned: There are more people that believe in you and want you to succeed […]
Continue ReadingI cannot believe it is already two months since the last newsletter at the end of November 2019 – the previous decade. I also cannot believe that the first month of the new decade is done. Time flies when you are having fun or sitting in the darkness…It was sad that we had to welcome […]
Continue ReadingHello Arigato to the Boks. They sure did South Africa proud by winning the World Cup. They played well, almost and unexpected game plan, and they brought the Webb Ellis trophy home. Under captain Siya Kolisi they also inspired a nation, showed what believing in the guy next to you can achieve and that working […]
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