Wednesday evening at the Sandton Gautrain station around 1800. I get to the platform and it’s rush hour, people from… Read more Unsocial Media: Captured by our smartphones
Month: February 2017
Unsocial Media: Addiction
Texting, e-mail, the number of likes we collect, the ding, the buzz or the flash of our phones that… Read more Unsocial Media: Addiction
Shut the door
Successful relationships are those where there are only two people involved. To be intimate in a relationship means shutting the… Read more Shut the door
Marketing honesty, trust and respect
A friend’s car got involved in an accident and he is struggling to get the insurance to pay up due… Read more Marketing honesty, trust and respect
Quit: Not the Same as Failing
To quit is not the same as failing. Strategic quitting is a conscious decision you make based on the choices… Read more Quit: Not the Same as Failing
Quit: Coping is a lousy alternative to Quitting
Coping is what people do when they try to muddle and limp through. They cope with a bad job or… Read more Quit: Coping is a lousy alternative to Quitting
Quit: The Noise Inside Your Head
Right at this moment, my clairvoyance tells me you are having a conversation that involves a lot of rationalisation. You… Read more Quit: The Noise Inside Your Head
Quit: Never Quit
What a spectacularly bad piece of advice. Never quit? Never quit wetting your bed? Never quit that job that makes… Read more Quit: Never Quit
Quit: More often
It is okay to quit, sometimes. In fact, it is okay to quit often. It is smart to quit smoking,… Read more Quit: More often
Quit: Work and mediocrity
Mpho just got another promotion. He worked for a software company in Johannesburg, and, over the last fourteen years, he… Read more Quit: Work and mediocrity
