I have known for a while that we, as humans, ignore information that is constantly presented to us.
My son’s drawings, enshrined on our fridge, are memorable and delightful. They are also soon blocked out, unintentionally, for I see them a few times a day. This is the mind’s focus weapon at work. If we were [...]
How do we value life?
In our South African society, the cash price may be as little as R500,00, if a cellphone resale is to be seen as the lowest common denominator.
How did we get there? Many years of Apartheid, for sure, eroded the self-esteem of the vast majority, who were seen as sub-human pawns on [...]
I think this word best describes the feeling many business owners have right now.
As a word, it is closely related to “despair”. Despair implies a state of virtual numbness, not knowing what to do – and lacking the energy to change it.
How do we get there? Speaking from my own experience, I would have to [...]
I need to agree with Ivan Misner, writing in Entrepreneur magazine, who said,” I refuse to participate in a Recession, now more than ever.”
I am not advocating delusional denial of reality, but avoidance of fear, panic and self-fulfilling prophecies. The first two concepts are abundantly clear – and seem to fill our airwaves constantly.
Self-fulfilling prophecy [...]