2015 is into the 3rd month and all the hype and euphoria of New Year resolutions has faded into oblivion. By now, the majority of New Year resolution takers have abandoned their resolutions, and are back to where they were when they started. According to the University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology study of […]
July 18 is the International Nelson Mandela Day and with the drive, ‘give your 67 minutes’, the day is associated with giving and extending a helping hand and a hand of generosity to those less fortunate. On this day, multitudes of people take time off from work and contribute time and effort to help with […]
Are you living your life with regret? Haunted by the mistakes you made in the past and unable to move on? Tried to do something and failed at it, and now, you’re scared of attempting to start again? Did you make decisions that you found were wrong for you, and you’re embarrassed by those decisions, […]
Season Ten of Idols 2014 has begun. Idols is South Africa’s search for a singing sensation. According to the Idols website, ‘South Africa’s biggest reality competition, Idols, is back! For over a decade, the South African version of Idols has been one of the country’s biggest shows, always full of spice, scandal and above all, […]
The above heading looks uninteresting and meaningless, but it actually carries a lot of weight. It refers to the twenty four hours that every human being has on a daily basis. We always hear about how valuable time is. Some people value it even more than money, because they utilise it effectively and efficiently to […]
It is very common these days to come across people who feel sorry for themselves. I call them self-pitiers. If it’s not an unemployed HIV+ woman with nine kids, who was continuously misled by the different fathers of her children, it’s a woman who was abandoned by her husband, an unemployed youth who can’t find […]
No matter what you do in this life, one of the things that can make you live a happy life is to follow your passion. Following your passion for work or hobby helps you tap into your gifts and talents. The act of following your passion allows you to gain skills in areas you’re already strong in and pushes you […]
A lot of people don’t make decisions about their dreams, or what they want. They always postpone, and procrastinate. This is mostly based on the fact that they’re in their comfort zones – where they’re comfortable not being challenged, and living mediocre lives. Why are we stuck in our comfort zones? The main reason though, […]
Perhaps you’re in a job you don’t like, you’re not getting on well with your boss. The relationship is stifling your creativity, and going to work on a daily basis is a drag. In fact, you don’t look forward to going to work. You tried to resolve this issue with your manager, but she brushed […]
I met an individual two days ago who said to me ‘I’m so unlucky, I don’t get the opportunities I want in life’. I was so gobsmacked by the comment and I started thinking about how as individuals, we often miss on the things we want because of our thinking. That comment on its own was […]
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