Swart Donkey

We speak in chunks. A single word can connect to a world of shared meaning, or none at all. There is too much for us to understand, so we pi...

I spent two years between school and university on a work-travel visa in the UK. I did not know what work I wanted to do, and my older broth...

I am chatting to a few companies in my job hunt. Like dating, if you do that while employed, it feels dirty. The company I work for has one ...

“Restraining of thought waves means analysing your thoughts constantly, it does not mean suppression of thoughts.” Swami Durgananda (comment...

Money fights can dominate our close relationships. I hated the control money had over decision making growing up. When deciding on a caree...

When I was at University I was probably at the peak of my powers of stubborn pig-headed focus. During study weeks, and exam periods, I cou...

I had a two-year gap between School and University. These “Gap Years” are more common in the UK and Australia than in South Africa. I went...

I had a giant of a man as a History teacher when I was 12. Besides his size, the thing I remember is that he taught me how to remember  (I ...

When Marin Cilic  was beating Roger Federer , the commentators mentioned that he had been working on learning not to think too much. In a M...

Take a look at this presentation on presenting by Garr Reynolds. Valuable for teachers, lecturers, businesspeople or anyone who has to do a ...