It was Suzzanah Wesley that said “Only one life, it will soon be over. Only remembered by what they have done.” What do you want to be remembered for when you are long gone from this world? Let your answer be what influences how you live every day. For example, Edward Crosby “Ned” Johnson 3rd who recently …
The first time I travelled to USA in 2009, I attended a church in St Paul Minnesota where members go home with food supplies. People living close to the church also came to pick some items. I was so amazed with the amount of food available that I asked myself how I could transport them to Africa. …
If you live in my community and you see me picking plastics and other food packing wastes in the street, don’t thank me, thank Deon Brann, my friend. It was him that influenced me to start doing it. When we started walking/jogging together as part of our morning exercise some years ago, he would regularly …
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Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX is one of the most influential people in cryptocurrency. He recently testified before the US House Financial Services Committee about the future of digital asset industry, along with colleagues from Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Bitfury, and Stellar. Bankman-Fried whose parents are both Standford Law School professors, is a longtime …
I came across an interesting article titled the Gospel of Wealth, few days ago thanks to Twitter. It was originally titled “Wealth” and published in the North American Review in June 1889 by Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. It was Carnegie that led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late …
Anyone that believes in Christ is on God’s team and has a special assignment. It doesn’t matter whether you are a pastor or not; as long as you are a child of God, you have been called and given the ability to work for the Lord in all that you do, including your secular job. …
I once visited Logan, a city in Utah, USA. It is about two hours drive from Salt Lake City Airport. One beautifully strange thing about Logan is this: Buses are free. You can catch Buses to anywhere in the city without paying even a dime. Although Buses don’t operate on Sundays and special holidays like …
Twitter founder recently sold the Non Fungible Token (NFT) of his first tweet (just setting up my twttr) for $2.5million. He plans to convert the proceeds to Bitcoin after which he will send it to GiveDirectly.org, an organization that gives cash directly to families in extreme poverty in Africa. The organization also funds needy households in …
I recently completed a three-week course (Sustainable Business Strategy) at Harvard Business School (Online). If I were asked to use one word to summarize what the course facilitated by Prof Rebecca Henderson (author of Reimagining capitalism in a world on fire) is all about, my answer will be: purpose. Purpose can enable individual firms to …
Saviour café, a restaurant in Glenwood, a suburb of Durban, South Africa serves homeless people sandwiches and tea/coffee Monday to Friday mornings. Whenever I drive pass the café, I think about the positive impact the restaurant (owned by a Christian couple) is making in the community. Furthermore, I am also reminded that all of us that …
