by Stefan Lessing | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stefan Lessing | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stefan Lessing | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Stefan Lessing | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
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....
by Stefan Lessing | Jul 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
My mom has a favourite saying when it comes to conflict:” Do you want to be RIGHT, or do you want to live in Harmony?” She says that because she hates conflict and heated arguments. She says this because she’d rather NOT get her way than arguing with someone. On the...
