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To do or not to do an MBA
I have wanted to do an MBA for as long as I can remember… don’t worry, I won’t say since I was a child. Since university actually. I have always been very hands on and techie, but with a heart for entrepreneurship. I know, I talk a good game, but, it did not make up for the inadequacy I felt inside. I believed an MBA would be the right degree to sort myself out. Well, for a while I wanted to do a Masters in Leadership or ...
Unboxed!
Did you see that I removed my tagline? If you are new here then you probably did not see. But I did remove it. I had a colourful tagline that described some of me to the dot. But then I took it down. Why you ask? Well, it spoke of all the things I thought I was, and don’t get me wrong, I am all those things and more. Writer, speaker, change agent…. and and and! I really am all those things. But, of late (I wonder if it’s ...
The world is full of kind people
Is there really anything like an ordinary day? No two days are ever the same, even if you have nothing to do. It’s even worse when you are busy right? On this particular day, there were so many system issues that I decided to take a 30 minute break and rushed to the shops to buy bath soap (so I thought!). I got there and decided I was already at the shops I should pick a few more things that I needed or thought I needed (I am working ...
Overthinking Life
I will be honest, I overthink everything! Not all the time, but most of the time. There are always so many options and so many possibilities and so many ways to do things. I get caught on trying to do things right and this makes me waste a lot of time sometimes. Oh, and I am very open and honest as well. I know a lot of people are very guarded about what they say and who they say it to, I have my days, but generally I am a very open and ...
My love hate relationship with social media
I am sure I have written about (or at least talked about… a lot) about leaving social media! And I gave compelling reasons too, though now I wonder if all of that was not in my mind! Hmm! Anyway, last year I quit social media (some of it, for a while). Then I came back of course. Curiosity got the better of me. Instagram I will be honest, I got tired of posting stuff. Not that I didn’t have stuff, I had tonnes of stuff to post. ...
Asking for help when you need help
Asking for help is not seen as a super power or strength. We all want to say ‘I don’t need help, I can do it all on my own’! But, I actually believe that asking for help should be a strength, because we all know that there is absolutely no way anyone can do it all on their own. And sometimes you need to ask for help with the seemingly small and easy tasks! When we first moved to the neighbourhood, there was a nice ...
Finding your passion
Passion! We live during a time when the saying ‘Nothing new under the sun’ rings very true. Finding your passion… Is this still even a thing? Do people still lead with passion? Or is passion overrated? Is it just another buzzword? How much has already been written about this? A lot right? How many ‘Finding your passion’ tests are out there? A lot right? How many have you taken? How many books do you have that ...
You are not alone in your depression
I was going to title this post something like ‘You are not alone’, but ended up adding ‘in your depression’ because I feel it is high time we talked about depression loudly and in open spaces. No more talking about it as if it doesn’t exist, as if it is all in someone’s head! No more telling people to grow up or snap out of it! One of my favourite stories in the bible is the story of Elijah and the ...
Labels: Who are you?
One of my favourite passages in the bible is the one where Jesus asks his disciples ‘Who do people say the son of man is?’. In Matthew 16:13. Feels like an out of the blue question. His disciples had answers, but it only got real when he asked them “But what about you?” , “Who do you say I am?” I am not going to ask you who you think Jesus is, but I feel that is a question we need to ask ourselves a lot of these days. Everyone has ...
Work Life Balance
The first time I heard this phrase was while I was working in a high paced role for a company that ‘encouraged’ and ‘promoted’ work-life balance but had a lot of people burning out regularly. Yes, it was encouraged in that there were posters everywhere in the building, but the deadlines did not make sense and no one dared complain for fear of victimization. Yes, you were seen as not being a team player if you ...