Good morning dear friends This is 2024’s final letter. This year’s favourite letters were How To Listen Better, Love &, Stay in Your Comfort Zone and How To Be Effective, Part One and Two. I will return on 19 January.…
Dear friends If you’re looking for some December reading, this is the pile I’ve built myself and these are some I have finished over the last two months. /strategyIn my coaching work, I often hear the protest, ‘I don’t…
“Perfectionism is one way our muscles cramp. In some cases, we don’t even know that the wounds and the cramping, are there, but both limit us. They keep us moving and writing in tight, worried ways. They keep us standing…
Good morning, dear friends Before we start today, join me in congratulating Nthabi Kekana who this month becomes the third, and youngest artist to date, to participate in the Makwande Art Residency in France. I love these two works. / strategy I was unhappy with last…
Dear All Two of my favourite artists have recently opened new shows. Ceramicist Zizipho Poswa opened iiNtsika zeSizwe (Pillars of the Nation), at Galerie56 in Tribeca. These astonishing photographs form a backdrop to her magnificent bronzes. This show, and her previous show uBuhle boKhokho (Beauty of Our Ancestors),…
I have had a wonderful week reviewing my reading list. As always, I asked some trusted people for their recommendations. Mervyn Sloman, the owner of Cape Town’s fantastic The Book Lounge, made these non-fiction and fiction recommendations. Then, Prof Sarah Mosoetsa, CEO of the National Institute for…
I got a little enthusiastic with this week’s topics, so we’ve got to jump right into it. It’s a bit long today. I think it’s worth it. I hope that you agree. But before we do, we must pause to…