As we rapidly make our way to the December holidays, I am always reminded that these holidays are always filled with conflicting emotions. On the one hand people celebrate Christmas and getting together as a family, and on the other hand people are mourning the loss of friends and family members. On December 25 we celebrate the most important date…
When I was a student Benjamin Franklin’s now famous quote “By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail” is one of my favourite quotes. I think, because I spent so many years in boarding school, I enjoy structure and routine. At times I feel it becomes a bit debilitating as I don’t do impulsive things often enough. Sometimes the…
In the last few weeks, I have really been battling to stay positive. I think we all underestimate how negative load shedding can make you. To be honest I feel that no riots, weak rand or corruption makes our nation as negative as load shedding does As I am sitting on a plane writing this blog, I feel that we…
The Oxford Dictionary says aspiration is “a hope or ambition of achieving something”. To hope that you will achieve something will only remain a hope if you don’t actively pursue a dedicated plan to reach that goal. Without an action plan nothing will happen, and people will continue to hope and dream. When you set your plan in place it…
There is a very good reason why death and public speaking are the two most feared things in the world. People fear public speaking more because it is more likely that you might need to get up and speak somewhere today than dying. So what exactly is the fear about? What could possibly put the fear of death into you…
I returned to South Africa when I stopped playing rugby in England at the end of 2005. Having just had my daughter, who was only a couple of months old, I had to make some decisions regarding work, training and family time. I had heard many stories of men and women who had worked so hard that they had started…
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