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Personal Mastery
A Strategy, Soul, & Self Toolbox
Hello friends Today’s letter is coming to you from Schuilhoek Cottage. Thank you to Defijn founder, Eckardt Kasselman, for introducing me to this place of quiet beauty. I am staying…
Building emotional courage (thank you Susan David)
Good morning humans Forgive the oddball greeting. I have been immersed in Tade Thompson’s excellent sci-fi Wormwood trilogy. I came to know about it reading The eight must read African Novels to…
Building Personal Mastery
Good morning everyone Personal mastery is challenging. One must inspire oneself and others with a vision that, in the current moment, feels optimistic, maybe even a touch fantastical. And,…
Lessons from Jim Collins
Good morning everyone I wrote today’s letter from bed. Generally, my week is made up of a trilogy of foundational habits – yoga, meditation, journaling – overlain with regular dips…
Strategies to help manage
Good morning everyone Everyone I speak to is motivated to make the best of the lockdown. Yet, this is an entirely unique moment and we all know that motivation is…
The start of lockdown
Happy Sunday Everyone It is a privilege to be connecting with you in this moment. Thank you for helping me feel part of something bigger than myself. In his book,…
How toxic leaders destroy people and organisations
Good morning friends In Good to Great, leading business thinker Jim Collins developed the concept of the flywheel. In an accompanying monograph he writes, “No matter how dramatic the end…
Understanding context
Happy Sunday Everyone Today I am writing to you from the Cederberg mountains. We are here because it is here, 13 months ago that I made my decision to…
Leadership Lessons from Horst Schulze
Do you force or do you lead? Horst Schulze started his career as a restaurant busboy at 14. He went on to be the co-founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotel…
Focus: Do Just One Thing
Happy Sunday Everyone It is stupefying to think that 3 weeks ago, I was writing a ‘back to it all’ letter and today the first month of the new decade…
Feeling Blue About Budgets?
Hi All Given that it’s the start of a new year, in fact of a new decade, this week’s newsletter is focussed on the things that typically get in the…