on life and leadership
It is not always easy to judge sincerity. Especially when surrounded by great need. A couple of weeks ago about five hundred people in an informal settlement in Cape Town were affected by fire that ravaged their (makeshift) homes. Fifteen minutes’ walk from my house there’s glaring need. There are people who’ve made the cover …
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I normally do my writing and most of my talk prep on my MacBook Pro. When online the temptation to work on another document or email is always near. When online, “hello, again Twitter, Medium, blogs…” Time for thinking more with less distraction. Writing and thinking by hand (writing) notepad and hard copy books has helped …
There are those questions we all ask… For instance: “of all sodas made, WHY is this one only available in 200ml and not 340ml as well?!” Perhaps this company doesn’t realize opportunity. Maybe they they make more money this way? Do all these questions matter. How deeply can or should I about this? I suppose …
So, I just had a huge accident. I messed up. Sadly we can easily undermine the importance of being honest with our frailty and mistakes. The important thing when we do mess up is to acknowledge and then focus energy and attention to the clean up. Making things right is more important than leveling blame. …
Nothing significant is ever achieved in isolation. You need others and, likewise, they need you. No man or enterprise is a piece of land surrounded by water. We all have everything we need to do things that matter. We just don’t have them all within ourselves. Thus, we are sometimes at the mercy of others …
