Tom Brady recently retired from NFL after dominating it and becoming the winningest quarterback in history. In his 20 years as a starter, his teams qualified for the playoffs 19 times. He led his teams to 10 Super Bowls, winning an NFL – record seven championships. One of his strengths is his humility. According to …
Jordan Fish, who operates under the alias Cobie on Twitter recently asked his followers to choose between $100m in cash and ‘You respawn at age 10, back in time, retaining all your current knowledge/memories.’ Interestingly 70% of the 73,167 people that participated in the poll prefers to go back in time with the same knowledge. …
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Emmauel Taban was born in a mud hut in Juba, which later became the capital of South Sudan, the world’s newest country. In 1994, aged 16, he was abducted by Sudanese troops and tortured because they thought he was a rebel spy. He escaped from them, on foot, intending to go home, but took a wrong …
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage who is famous for keeping a diary of her experiences while she and her family were hiding to avoid Nazi persecution. Although she did not survive the Holocaust, her diary did. Over 30 million copies of dairy (The Diary of a Young Girl) have been …
South Africa’s second-largest retail pharmacy chain, Dis-Chem announced few days ago that her revenue grew by 16.3% to about $1 billion despite Covid19 lockdown and July’s civil unrest. One of the reasons the company gave for its performance was a rapid adaption to the e-commerce environment as a result of Covid-19 initial lockdown. Instead of …
Tatjana Schoenmaker is the most popular South African right now after she won gold medal and set the world record in the 200- metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympics few days ago. No doubt, Tatyana couldn’t have won or even compete in Olympics without sacrifice and dedication but taking delight in the Lord also has …
It was William Arthur Ward that said “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” Profound. Prof Clayton Magleby Christensen who I got to know through Harvard Business School is not only a superior teacher but also a great one. Clayton didn’t go into academia early in …
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Egyptian politician and the sixth Secretary- General of the United Nations was absolutely right when he said “It is only a foolish man that doesn’t change his mind.” When you discover your position or decision has been wrong concerning an issue, you shouldn’t waste time changing your mind. That was what Ray …
Standing on the promenade at Umhlanga rocks beach on the last Freedom Day in South Africa, I took my time to observe the beautiful scenery around me including the light house and several buildings such as Beverly Hills, Umhlanga Sands Resolt and Peals of Umhlanga. I thought about the people that imagined and created the …
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 …
