Swart Donkey

If you want to be part of an Elite Team, you first have to accept the idea that there are people that aren’t good enough. You have to accep...

One of my habitual sources of anxiety is the desire to “get it right”. I hate feeling like I have wronged someone – intentionally or not. ...

The starting point for meaningful engagement is kindness and respect . This isn't the same thing as endorsing the views of the other pe...

Paul Eckman is a Psychologist who studies the link between emotions and facial expressions. He believes the single best predictor of whethe...

Sake In a discussion, the principle of charity  requires interpreting what you hear in its best, strongest way. It is related to Bull...

We view the world relative to our expectations . Some believe you need to visualise success in order to achieve it. Remove doubt. The step...

I want to trust people . My natural disposition is to give people the benefit of the doubt . I find if I assume the best intentions, then I...

I have been lucky enough to be invited into the homes of a number of my friends and family since I started writing full time. Quality v Qua...

We have a tentative grasp on the mysteries of our own lives . We often struggle to understand the workings of the mind of the single closes...

I used to have a sign on my door at university that said ' I know only two things, the first is that there is a God, the second is that...

Life is more inspiring and fulfilling if you give people the benefit of the doubt. When someone does something that irritates, exasperates...

When last did you experience the ' Carte Blanche ' problem? Carte Blanche is a South African Investigative Journalism series origin...

Guest Post: Phillipa Norman Some friends connect to such a degree that the distinction between family and friends melts away. I love the ...

'They were the best of...' Although just five very common words, you are likely able to identify the quote above. This was the ar...

As often happens, I went into the bookstore to ask for a copy of a book I was looking for and they didn't have it (sucks to be a brick ...

Richard Feynman was a rather amusing guy, and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965. I am busy reading his book called ' Wh...