Lead-a-ship: Leading Through Difficult Times

Lead-a-ship: Leading Through Difficult Times

Leadership interestingly can also be read ‘Lead-a-ship’; which brings a number of valuable scenarios into play. There are principles we can learn from a sailboat sailing even in calm seas; strategies to deal with the normal practices – direction,...
The Power of Words

The Power of Words

In most cultures, people greet – a habit of finding out about each other’s well-being or wishing another well. In some cultures, more meaning is attached to this tradition than in others. The Jews wish each other peace with “Shalom”. The Zulus...
It’s NOT my Fault

It’s NOT my Fault

I recognise a whole list of excuses I love using when people – friends, peers, colleagues, or strangers ask me about my profession, my finances, my family… about the life I’m living, for that matter: My father was a teacher, not a businessman. He tried hard but had...
Get THESE Three People out of Your Life!

Get THESE Three People out of Your Life!

We have all been in situations where we felt implicated, side-lined, or victimised by someone in our professional circles or even social circles. Sometimes it feels as if nothing goes our way, one bad thing after the other. Live is difficult for everyone. Everyone had...
Find JOY in what you do WHERE you ARE

Find JOY in what you do WHERE you ARE

Someone once told me a joke that some people could find offensive; but like so many jokes imply very powerful lessons. This person wakes up in the middle of the night, the night before their 20th anniversary, and finds her spouse is not in bed where he always sleeps....