Tag: Self Development

  • Things learned Along Life’s Way – Part Two

    The Watcher. The Watcher always looks at every aspect of life from a distance, as an observer, if you will. Never becoming caught up in anything, always watching from a distance.

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  • The Gravy Train – Part Two

    The Gravy Train – Part Two

      I finished off Part One, last week with this statement: How do you make your lap available? It’s a very simple process called, ‘looking for opportunities’. Once you embark on this process, you will be nothing short of astounded by the amount of opportunities that cross your path, almost every second of the day.

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  • The Gravy Train

    The Gravy Train

    You and I are living in one of the most exciting ages in history. Do you agree with this statement and does it excite you? This is the age of discovery – discovery in almost every dimension of our daily lives. Science, anthropology, the human mind, medicine, human behavioral science, earth and environmental science, mechanical…

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  • Wits fostering entrepreneurship?

    Wits fostering entrepreneurship?

    Originally posted on The archive of Elizabeth-Jane: Who is your target market? Do you have contacts that can give you access to capital? Do you have a space or a location to sell your product? These are the age old questions any new business has to answer before it can even start up. For the…

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  • Sylvia Rose’s Story – Chapter Nine

    I didn’t come here to be average I have some fabulous news to share with you. In addition; to chat to you about perseverance and why you should not accept when people say you cannot do it. Yes, you can.

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  • I Had A Dream……

    I Had A Dream……

    I stood in a fitting room, getting measured for my uniform. My uniform, the royal charcoal & burgundy of the prestigious Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways, an airline which has either been best or second best airline of the year for the last eight years. I can’t seem to grasp the fact that I am an…

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  • Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Eight

    Sylvia Rose’s Story – Part Eight

    I know now why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou One evening after a very heated argument with my daughter; anger in her eyes she turned to me and said, “Happiness comes from within, you create your own happiness. Get your shit together. You have to love yourself before you can possibly love anyone.…

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  • Tot Facienda Parum Factum

    Tot Facienda Parum Factum

    Tot Facienda Parum Factum “So much to do, so little done” Last words uttered by Cecil John Rhodes, British businessman, mining magnate and founder of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia) on his deathbed. This was the motto of my high school and whenever I remember these words, I recall my teachers, trying vainly to drum…

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  • Decisions, Decisions.

    Decisions, Decisions.

    Vanilla ice cream or chocolate cake? Close your eyes take a deep breath and just pick one. Go with your heart, rely on your gut. It’s really not that hard. I mean for me of course I would have chosen a slice of chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side,…

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  • The Making of Ironmen

    The Making of Ironmen

    “Brother: A person who is there when you need him; someone who picks you up when you fall; a brother is always a friend.” – Unknown. We are Simon and Wayne, brothers who completed this year’s IRONMAN African Championship.

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