Category: Life Skills

Time to Clean Up

clean up people-working-on-brain-cartoon

For a long time I didn’t quite understand all the excitement about the dawning of a New Year My mum had a routine when we growing up. Every December, we had to clean up everywhere. I mean E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E. Why? She didn’t want the “dirt” of the old year to enter the New Year with us. …

Continue reading

#InspireMonday: Responsibility

Responsibility word cloud

Happy Monday! I read a story a while back of a man accosted by the police for destroying an utility pole with his car (presumably under the influence). Without too much thinking, the man blurted out, “Officer it is not my fault! The pole just came out of nowhere and hit my car!” Responsibility has …

Continue reading

InspireMonday: Life’s True Measure

Happy Monday! Buying a shoe gift is oftentimes not a very simple affair.  As many people have come to (painfully) discover simply asking for a size 9 is not enough. You need to be sure if the 9 is “US” or “UK” size. Male 9 or female 9. Your confusion may be compounded further when …

Continue reading

#InspireMonday: What Men Want

Happy Monday! I have had some very interesting comments from last week’s post on “What Women Want“. Thanks to everyone that took the time reach out to say what they thought. Your contributions are appreciated. Today, we are to going look at the other side of the coin. We are going to be looking at …

Continue reading

#InspireMonday: What Women Want

Happy Monday! There is the old joke of a man meeting a genie and on getting to know he had the obligatory 3 wishes the genie must grant him, his first wish was for the genie to build a bridge that he could use to drive from Africa to America.  The genie balked at that …

Continue reading

#InspireMonday: Understanding Intents

3D question mark

Happy Monday! I think the “Why” of a matter is one of the most powerful questions that can be asked and answered. It is commonly said that the person that knows “how” will get the job; but he that knows “why” will be his boss. So, I was naturally delighted to find a book that …

Continue reading

#InspireMonday: Trust

Building Trust

Happy Monday! Trust is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as the “belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, effective, etc.”.  I think this definition is a bit wanting. For me, trust can not just be a believe. Beyond a certain baseline degree given to all, trust must be built, earned and based on …

Continue reading

Load more