Dear friends This week the 2023 Booker Prize longlist was announced. It is wonderful to see the inclusion of Nigerian author Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s A Spell of Good Things. If you missed it, I shared my thoughts about it in this letter (it…
Hello friends I hope that you’re well today. A year ago, we took the decision to sell our house and look for a new place to live. Part one of that was accomplished a few months ago. Then, we found…
“…leading teams becomes a lot more joyful when you know and care about people. It’s freeing.” The Trillion Dollar Coach Good morning friends In the course of my coaching work, I am often asked, “How do I have more effective…
“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” ― Jean de La Bruyère Good morning friends I hope that you’re well today. As you know by now, last Sunday, South Africans Nomcebo…
Dear friends Today is our last letter for the year. Our next letter will be on 15 January 2023. Thank you for all the messages about last week’s letter on the power of reflection. I am pleased that you found…
Well, we’re into the final weeks of the year. Cicero’s reflection that “It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment; in these qualities old age is…
Summer has been creeping down from the equator and it feels like it has eventually reached Cape Town. The nights are still cool, but the days are sunny, albeit only warm not melting, and a touch breezy. If you’re here…
Good morning dear friends Summer has been making its way into the Cape. We have gone in search of views and vines, well actually wine but views and vines had a nice rhyme to it, and of course vines and…
This week’s letter has been hard to write. I have so much to share with you. As a start, I visited an exhibition of young artists at 99 Loop Gallery. Nazeer Jappie, Paul Wallington, Marolize Southwood and Jenna Wessels all caught my attention. Unfortunately, photographs flatten…
“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…
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…
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 themes that frame our individual journeys, so it was gratifying…