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Predict If You Will Divorce

Can't watch videos at the office, read the transcript below. The Human Experiment: Episode 2 - Predict If You Will Divorce Imagine there was a test that could predict if you were going to get divorced. There is and it's 94% accurate. All couples disagree, often about...

How To Be Happier Than A Lotto Winner

  Can't watch the video? Read the transcript below: The Human Experiment: Episode 1 Imagine you won the lottery! Happy? Actually if you're like most people, six months after your win, you're no happier than you were before. Yet do a 5-minute weekly mental activity and...

The Human Experiment

Every week on The human experiment I share a brilliant scientific study that could change your life. You’ve won the lottery! Happy? Actually if you’re like most people, months after your win, you’re no happier than you were before. Yet a University of California study...

7 Myths About Success

In 1979 researchers asked Harvard MBA graduates about their goals. 84% had no specific goals, 13% had goals but they weren’t committed to paper. Just 3% had clear, written goals with plans to achieve them. In 1989, the reviewers interviewed them again and found that...

Your Story: Your Ultimate Competitive Advantage

“Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.” ―Howard Gardner, Harvard University For many years I have been extolling the power of story. I even wrote a book on the subject: The Astonishing Power of Story. If you want to grow your...

Meeting Mandela: What I learned

“A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones” Nelson Mandela While I have a minor public profile in South Africa, to Nelson Mandela I was a stranger, that's what made my meeting with him so extraordinary. A client invited...

The Most Inspiring Company I’ve Ever Worked With

"Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first." Simon Sinek Earlier this year I presented at 18 conventions around Southern Africa for PEP– the largest single brand retailer in Africa. I’m sure this is the most inspiring organization I’ve ever...

Self-Help Guru Goes on Trial

Nearly 500 million eBooks were sold last year. They’re cheaper, faster and easier to read then paper books. I’ve decided to only release my latest book as an eBook. It’s the follow up to my last book Quest, Inc. and it’s on special for only $2.99, (about R30). In...

My Dark Service Secret

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” MahatmaGandhi When I talk to leaders about what differentiates their organizations the thing I hear most often is service. It reminds me of something Margaret Thatcher once said: “If you...

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