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Where Do You Stand?
Today during a walk on the beach, I was contemplating our life in this amazing place. I was counting my blessings whilst quietly cursing the unconsciousness of mankind. At that time I was dragging behind me a semi-full plastic refuse bag, filled with a myriad of...
What’s Missing in the World of Leadership?
After a journey of more than 20 years searching for the essence of excellent leadership, I have uncovered a crucial missing link that must be mentioned and acted upon if we are going to dramatically improve leadership worldwide, collectively speaking. Why, despite a...
Self-control: The Master Key for a Successful 2021
Self-control is defined as our ability to manage our thoughts, actions, feelings and emotions. This quote from James Allen is quite thought-provoking - “Self-control is strength, right thought is mastery, calmness is power.” In this article, we will focus on the...
Life Consists of Hills and Valleys
2020 -> 2021
Unpredictability is the new Predictability. A roller coaster of a ride is the only way to describe 2020. We learnt patience, built resilience and more importantly appreciated all the things we took for granted. The sad part is that we lost some good friends and loved...
Dream Big – The Power of Imagination
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.-Albert Einstein There's a song by Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band titled 'Dream Big'. A chorus of the song goes this way-And when you dream, dream big,As big as the...
Talent + Hard Work = Success
Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth president of the United States, said the following statement; “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is...
Gratitude a Powerful Weapon
I read this statement some months ago about the power of gratitude. A man was listening to a gentleman complain and this is the comment he made when the gentleman was done. “I see that our friend here is living on Grumbling Street. Every day of life there is a...
Let’s Talk About Failure
Three Reasons Why You Should Develop Leaders Through Exposure
There are a number of ways to develop leaders around you but I think that nothing beats exposure and I will share with you why that is. If you are not exposing the people you are developing as leaders, then you are falling short in your leadership development efforts....
8 Selling Principles For Your Sales Team
Working with both corporates and companies large and small all around the world, I've come to realise the vital key of a motivated, goal directed and well trained sales team. Sales is the tip of the spear of business. I have seen inferior products outsell their...
Time and Value
“Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today.” – Pierre de Ronsard Many of us agree with the statement, “…life is fleeting”. This is part of a quote made by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In a time like this, we do not need to reason too...