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Affirm Yourself
"Never underrate your confession. Destiny transformation begins when you begin to make a positive confession about yourself" - Benjamin Suulola I watched a short documentary where a homeless man was very discouraged by his circumstances. He used to be an influential...
The Fear of Failure
A few years ago, after spending 14 years in a banking industry where I was working, I felt the time had come to move on and to pursue my life’s dream, which is to become a consultant in the development of human capital, equipping leaders in Africa to become the best...
Living and Leading with Balance
Like so many principles discovered in my life, the latest reminder came during one of my morning runs in nature. If you have ever physically stretched beyond your existing level of fitness, be it because of exercise, work or an unplanned activity; you would have...
Focused Rebellion
What a paradox! Conformity, Standard operating procedure, Rules and regulations, Policies, Boxing everything up! When is enough, enough! The will or the neural wiring to take one from being a conforming Leader to one who is willing to test the boundaries and break...
What Type of Attitude Do You Have?
George Eliot said, “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” Think win-win is an attitude toward life, a mental frame of mind that says I can win, and so can you. It’s not me or you, it’s both of us. Think win-win is the...
Looking for Success Can Be Tedious When Going At It Alone So… Where Have All The Mentors Gone?
According to the successful people the one major influencing factor for success is the need for a mentor. Someone who can lead by example with the personal interests of the student at heart. In ministry terms they are called fathers. In sport terms they...
The Effects of Modern Day Evolution
The pace of our social and technological evolution has vastly outstripped our physiological and emotional evolution. It took us 200,000 years to discover electricity (almost three centuries ago). At an incredible pace, we then produced the telephone (1870’s), motor...
Procrastination, A Thief of Time – Do It Now
One of these days, is none of these days – Proverb In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, businesses have had to regroup and restrategize because dynamics in the business world have changed and are still changing. Leaders are having to be more forward-thinking so...
Leadership Lessons
His name is Jack. He is a 7-year-old Boerbador. I’m not even sure if there is an actual breed like that, but that is my name for it. He is a cross between the powerful South African Boerboel and the well known, lovely natured Labrador. In my opinion, he was lucky to...
Have You Ever Wondered How Powerful Perception Is?
The expression, “I cannot believe my eyes,” comes out so easily. Have you ever asked yourself, why? Obviously, whatever happened was unexpected and yet it just did happen. The simple answer is that we are governed by what has transpired and thus we can only...
Perspective Matters…Especially in a Pandemic
Perspective matters. Right? And it does help to take a look at where we are seeing things from. Increased Hope With renewed waves of the pandemic, the one thing that is presented to us constantly is the statistics. The majority of the official sources emphasize the...