Swart Donkey

Building an engine (Capital which can work on your behalf) creates the capacity to stop focusing on yourself as an individual. We all  have ...

Public Speaking is a great opportunity to practice detachment. Where people become confident is when they are no longer thinking of the audi...

One part of the job search process I do not enjoy is CV writing. As someone who includes “Price is not Value. Salary is not Worth. You are n...

'The best way to make a small fortune is to start with a small one.' Someone's visible signs of success are not necessarily a g...

' We very often reason from, rather than to, our convictions ' ( Hume ). This is why we need to think twice about our intent when ...

My big cousin Jodie was one of my inspirations growing up. Her daughter pointed out to us this morning that she is older, but I am taller. ...

Today is my Independence Day! A year ago today I woke up for the first time post school, post university and post work. Stages of life are ...

One of the most important things to John McInroy is that it is understood that Unogwaja is not a charity. The 1000 mile trip that Robert ...

Most of us are busy. We choose to focus on something and get on with it . We fill in the gaps with a feeling that all the things we aren...

There are some things you can measure and some things you can't. Having a clear, objective, quantifiable goal can be addictive - it can ...

Apparently it was Bill Gates who said you have to be a little crazy to be successful. You have to do things that it is not logical to do, be...

While the Fed stormed his way past a ridiculously tall serving machine with a touch of magic, Roddick fought his way back to another Wimbled...

Arthur asks this in my last post on nature vs. nurture . I think a large part of life is completely random: Where you were born, who your pa...

I have spoken about Ken Robison often. His TED talk remains my favourite. I have just finished reading 'The Element' in which he f...

Malcolm Gladwell in this lecture looks at two different kinds of genius. The two he chooses are the decipherer of an ancient text and the m...

After listening to Benjamin Zander's TED talk , and hearing about his book, I was given Exclusive Books vouchers as a parting gift from ...