Are you doing your little bit?
"Let's have a talk about what we can do to save water." Words from my wife, tbV to me last night.We live in Cape Town and our city...
Mastering temptation
Bill battled drug and alcohol addiction for many years before starting his journey to freedom. Relapsing is a scary thought to contemplate for the addict and their loved ones,...
A New Year’s Evolution?
Next year I will...In 2016 I will stop...From this moment I promise I'm going to be more...Fill in the gaps right? And being New Year's Resolutions, they have as...
The gift of blindness
Cobhams Asuquo was born blind, a condition that could not be attributed to family history or genetics. The first impulse upon first seeing a blind man or woman is...
How To Deal With Regret
There is nothing worse than the horrible feeling of absolute dread and despair. That feeling often comes about when other people disappoint us or when circumstances outside of our...
Are you too selfish?
It's all around us, isn't it? This blaring message everywhere we turn that it's all about us; it's all about what we want, what we need and where we...
You Can Stop Smoking
Was that one of your resolutions for 2016? And 2015? And 2014? And, will it be on your wish list for 2017? You long to stop smoking, but you...
Stay Positive If You Get Retrenched
Stay Positive If You Get RetrenchedIf you were retrenched twice at the peak of your career in your 40s and then again in your 50s, would you:(a) Lament that...
Investing money in people over projects
I love giving money away.To be fair, I never quite have Bill Gates or Warren Buffett type amounts of money to pass on, but I do love opportunities to...
Waiting for Christmas?
I recently came across this advert for the John Lewis online store. It's a quirky little video about a little boy who couldn't wait for Christmas. The thing that really...