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Skin: It Takes Blood And Guts
Good morning everyone I am in a celebratory mood today. If you aren’t, I hope that you will be by the time you’ve finished reading. Rémy Ngamije, the Rwandan-born Nambian…

Living A Meaningful Life
Ten days ago, Aqeela Davids did an unusual thing. She posted this. She told the world that she had failed her South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) exam. Her post triggered hundreds…

Be Sad…
Good morning We live in a world in which millions in one part get vaccinated and speak of a return to normal whilst COVID devastation tears apart the families of…

Creating Growth
Good morning everyone Today’s letter is coming to you from The Beach Hut in Paternoster where we are ending off my birthday week. It was a fun week of celebrations that started…

How we limit ourselves
Good morning In Coaching to the Human Soul Alan Sieler cites psychiatrist R.D. Laing’s observation, that “The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.…

The Power Of Knowing Who You Are
Good morning Today’s letter might seem like a peculiar marriage, a sports apparel company and an award-winning author and activist. Yet, as I reflected on the Nike’s and Ngũgĩ wa…

Three Quotations To Consider
Hello Everyone Today’s letter is lucky number 13, our thirteenth letter of the year. We’re in April. Remember where you were this time last year? Yep, locked inside! I went…

Some Leadership Lessons
Dear friends Thank you for the replies to last week’s letter, What World Do You Want? It is never an easy decision for me to turn my attention to the broader socio-political…

The Inequality Virus
Good morning Today is South Africa’s Human Rights Day. In my 6 December letter, I promised to share my reading of Charles van Onselen’s The Night Trains in January. I haven’t been able…

Make Work Happier
Good morning friends Earlier this year the prestigious Philadelphia Museum of Art acquired one of South African ceramicist Zizipo Poswa’s works. This followed a 2019 purchase of two of her works by the LA…

Build Your Life
Good morning everyone We’re in March. I had planned this week’s letter to focus on the tweaks we can make to our work-lives to alleviate stress and burnout. However, I…

Working With Soul
Last week Sihle Nontshokweni celebrated the fact that her children’s book, Wanda, which she had co-authored with Mathabo Tlali had received its first international review. They wrote the book to “encourage young children to love themselves…
