This has to be my top 5 book of the year for 2017. It is when you read such books that you remember where we come from and sometimes feel that we are not doing enough to capitalise on the sacrifice made by those who fought and struggled for the liberation of South Africa. I…

This is a remarkable story of an amazing entrepreneur. Like it is really really remarkable. Known around the world for her eponymous brand of fragrances, Jo Malone tells the remarkable and inspiring story of her rise from high school dropout to beloved business success. She left school at 15 and worked for her mother, learning…

The challenge with reviewing a book that you know the author very well is that as you read, you keep hearing the voice the author through and through. As I was reading this book, I kept laughing because I could hear Ndzavi’s voice in my head. Ndzavi is an accredited Business Advisor and speaks on…

Yuval Noah Harari is a breath of fresh air. He makes history look very sexy. He is a historian off-course, and how he analyses and interprets history will make you fall in love with history. I have followed his work for a while, watched his TED talks and other lectures he gave, and listened to and…

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, and professor at Wharton. He has been recognized as Wharton’s top-rated teacher for five straight years, and as one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers and Fortune‘s 40 under 40. As an organizational psychologist, he studies how we can find motivation and meaning, and lead more generous and…

This has to be my book of the year 2017 without a doubt. This book is like that last lecture class of the year before your final exams before you graduation where the Professor is giving you life lessons beyond your degree. "Okay now that you know how to calculate ROI, Beta and risk models,…

This book is huge, 674 pages, it's intimidating. When I browsed through it, I saw weirdly structured chapters so my initial impression was, may be not. And then I saw Seth Godin, and then I said hmmm maybe. If you occassionally read my thoughts on this blog, you will know that I'm a Godin fan.…

When we find ourselves stuck in unhappy careers, it is often the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of what truly motivates us Back in 1976, two economists, Michael Jensen and William Meckling, published a paper looking at why managers don’t always behave in a way that is in the best interest of shareholders. The root…

If there is one thing that can keep you miserable the whole night is a toothache. That is not something you think about very often, is it? (Not my tooth, your tooth). You don't even think about your tooth when it is not painful. When you have a toothache, on the other hand, it is…

Not many people know this about themselves, but just like you have a personal thumbprint, you also have a unique energetic imprint, soul-print, that quietly influences the scenarios, people, outcomes and ‘coincidences’ that are drawn into your reality. Throughout most of your life, have you noticed your career and finances following a similar pattern? Do…

We talk about “the elephant in the room” when there is an issue that cannot be spoken about, even if everyone knows it is there. It can be very destructive and stressful as people affected by the issue cannot address it and people around them can feel the tension. As a minimum, it is distracting.…

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