Life

People have opinions about all sorts of things. Religion, politics, economics, raising children, drinking, gambling, smoking, exercise, diet, brands, cars, wealth, money, respect, love, sex. And everyone has a right to their opinion. Unfortunately 90% of opinions have been so ingrained in us, that we follow them religiously - without

Last year was the first time I ever did a review of the past year and set some goals for 2024. I will now do it again, review how I did in 2024, and set some new goals for 2025. If you would like to check out last year’s

Find your passion and you’ll never work a day in your life. How many times have you heard the statement above? The problem is, it’s easy to say it but much harder to actually do. The Unrealistic Expectations The point in time when we’re supposed to find

Picture this.. You have an idea and you’ve spent a few years dreaming about starting your business. The simple act of making the decision to pursue your dreams is much harder than most people think. Which is why the average person never does it. If you are lucky, you

My parents visit Recently we had the privilege of my parents coming to visit us from Namibia. We stay in Cape Town, about 1200km’s from them and we don’t get to see them very often. We had a lovely time, laughed ourselves into tears, drank too much beer

Something to consider.. What is one thing in your life, which if it did not exists, would result in significantly more joy? Here’s my example: We moved into our current house ± 5 years ago. In our back yard, we have a Bougainvillea (yes that’s how you spell it,

As you go through life, you hear things, people give you advice and you learn lessons. If you don’t write them down or internalise them somehow, they will go missing. That is why I decided to write this post. I wanted to write down all the maxims, sayings, principles

This post ended up being a monster, and probably the longest blog post I have ever written. I do think it is important to take stock of the year that has passed and to evaluate where you are going. So here goes. First I wanted to start with the goals

When you’re a kid, all you want, is to be an adult. And when you become an adult and responsible for your own life, bills etc. You realise very quickly, that it’s not everything you thought it would be. Enter the Rat Race All of a sudden, you

Recently I came across an interesting word. Bikeshedding. Well, it’s more of a made-up word, but I thought it was pretty remarkable. Formally known as “Parkinson’s Law of Triviality”; Bikeshedding is an observation about the human tendency to devote a great deal of time to unimportant details, while