One Small Step For A Man It was 10.15pm on Monday the 21st day of July 1969. Many of you reading this blog were not born then. After travelling non-stop for three days, three hours and forty-nine minutes, Neil Armstrong took the next and final step to become the first man to step on the…
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney The New Year presents you an opportunity to get rid of some of the clutter on your desk, in your wardrobe and in your life. This can be really tough…
“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self -chosen ignorance.” – Confucius The words of Confucius the chinese teacher, editor and philosopher are true today as they were over over 2000 years ago. You cannot afford to remain ignorant in the rapidly…
Have you ever done the same thing over and over and over, expecting a different result? I have. This year is my third attempt at keeping a successful gym membership and I haven’t given up. My first gym experience was not a good one. Apart form the die-hard fitness fanatic, you know that a gym is…
“Followership, like leadership, is a role and not a destination.” – Michael McKinney I sat down with some friends over coffee and the discussion quickly moved on to the topic of leadership, and someone defined leadership as taking the lead and having people follow you. This got me thinking not about the leader but the…
It was Thomas Edison the great American inventor, scientist and businessman who said ‘If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literarily astound ourselves’ This week as the summer Olympics gets off to a rousing start, top athletes from all over the world will converge on the city of…