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Recession-Proof your head
Earlier this year I started to feel business slip and then I saw that word in the papers – RECESSION! Looking at my mortgage payment I took in a deep breath and thought about two restaurant owners, John and Bill. John goes to a hospitality conference. Bill can’t make...
The death of steve jobs
Death inspires the quest. Justin Cohen 1) The death of Steve Jobs. 2) How copper could save your life. The death of Steve Jobs A few weeks ago Apple briefly became the world’s most valuable company. It continues to be one of the...
The true meaning of passion
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested. E. M. Forster We talk a lot about passion in the corporate world. If you want to get ahead you’ve got to be passionate. But assuming we’re not talking about more office romance, what does...
Love your problems
Life is a series of problems: you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. Rick Warren In this week’s edition: 1) Love your problems 2) Interview on 3Talk about my book: The...
The only way to change your life
You’ve heard it before, change is inevitable – except from a vending machine! What isn’t inevitable is whether we lead change, or change leads us. Charles Darwin didn’t say the strongest or fittest of the species will survive, he said those who most responsive...
When agony is bliss
So you want to know how I am? Well that old rugby injury feels like I’ve been stabbed with a panga, I’m sure my boss is Adolf Hitler’s granddaughter, my immigration papers for Australia have been rejected and I’m stuck here in the hellhole they call South Africa. The...
How one man can save the planet
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson This week show cases a beautiful BigLittleStory about a true hero saving the planet while he saves his company millions. Piet Burger works at Tiger...
Islamophile jew
There seems to be an assumption that as a Jew one can’t respect Islam or that as a Muslim one can’t respect Judaism. This is ludicrous because in fact Judaism and Islam are closer than any other two religions. Not only are they monotheistic and share a single father,...
Why don’t people achieve their goals?
Whenever I ask my workshop delegates who has goals, most people put up their hands. Then I ask ‘who has written, regularly reviewed goals that you’ve broken into sub goals with time-frames?’ Usually less than 5% of the group can put up their hands to that. Yet...