#129: Three Thoughts To Consider
Some of you have asked me to include the images of the artworks I reference. You want to see the art but don’t want to leave the words. I’m still thinking about that. For now, I want to keep the…
Category Leadership
#127: Evolving Your Life
Dear friends Thank you for your caring messages after last week’s letter. Your generous responses reminded me of this line from Jerry Colonna’s Reboot “When leaders, parents, lovers choose to share the reality of their heart, it gives everyone in their lives…
#116: Take A Starter Step
Good morning friends If this is the first time you’re reading this letter, you can subscribe here and learn more about my coaching practice here. This week The Doc, a documentary about one of the pioneers of rap, D.O.C., was released at the…
#115: Compassion And Performance
Good morning friends Don’t you love this vintage Borghesani wooden robot bar? That’s my kind of AI 😊 A few weeks ago, I introduced you to the work of Cape Town illustrator, Russel Abrahams, so it was great to see that…
#114: Angélique Kidjo, Ed Catmull, John McPhee And Skin
Good morning friend Mindfulness practitioners guide us to smell the smells, see the shapes and feel the textures of the world. Writers tell us that writing helps them see the world differently. They’re constantly hearing fragments of dialogue that they…
#113: Know Your Story
Good morning my friends I’ve had a fun week watching South Africans popping up all over the global stage. Cape Town illustrator, Russel Abrahams contributed the editorial illustration to an HBR Ascend article on imposter syndrome. Jan Ernst’s Womb collection opened at Collectible Fair in Brussels; Matthew Hindley’s majestic…
Invisible Women
Good morning friends Thank you for the messages checking on my recovery. Like Covid itself, it is filled with unpleasant surprises. I feel strong and positive, only to be hit by an unexpected fit of coughing that feels like I…
How You Can Build Sustained Performance
“You only have to understand this basic point: Beauty nurtures the soul. Expose yourself to the beautiful, and let it do its work. It will accomplish what you could never dream of. All you have to do is trust it…
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 author, whose debut novel I told you about in Behaviour Design,…
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 with tapas at Pinchos, where we reminisced about Barcelona whilst enjoying…
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. And because we fail to notice that we fail to…
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 through two roadblocks on last year’s 1.2 km Easter grocery…