The Strong-Willed Employee

The Strong-Willed Employee

“Winners never quit, and quitters never win” – Vince Lombardi Sometimes, potential employers set out to look for strong-willed employees when they consider their targets to be met. Who is a Strong-willed Person? “The question isn’t who is...
What is Success?

What is Success?

I have often wondered what the world would be like if we measured success by the richness of our relationships and not our bank accounts. Can you imagine a world where family takes precedence over financial wealth? Where parents actually spend time with their kids and...
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...