Almost at any time, changing the direction of your life—especially if it’s likely to have enormous impact—can go one of two ways. First, it can completely frustrate your progress. Or second, you can work to find ways to emerge on …
In the previous post, we unpacked what it means to remain accountable to your goals. Beyond that, it equally important that we learn to become accountable to ourselves and those around us. By definition, accountability is the ability to reliably …
Over the next few weeks, we will be doing a series on accountability, especially as it relates to achieving goals, reaching milestones, and meeting responsibilities. In this post, we take a fresh look at how setting goals and having accountability …
IN BUSINESS Norma Young is a journalist graduate and entrepreneur. She is freelance writer and editor and has her own online business. During the lockdown in South Africa, Norma edited and self-published Homemade an anthology of essays and recipes, and …
For all the uncertainty that the lockdown has conjured, one of the most valuable lessons to come out of this has to be our relationship with money and how we plan for life’s uncertainties. Now more than ever, the COVID19 …
It is mindboggling that the mind is as delicate as it is powerful. That’s part of the reason it is important to have a balanced set of experiences between solitude and social interactions. An interesting factor for many people is …
It is extremely vital during a pandemic that focus is not only directed towards optimal physical health and hygiene but finding ways to eliminate the stigma so that we can all find ways to contribute to fighting the disease. What is …
The first half of the year has felt like a scene from a quasi-futuristic film about (global) health. As a result, we’ve had to overturn the way we live. The government has had to pick up the megaphone and duly …
Slowly but surely, we are attempting to go back to more sociable ways of living as we see the lifting of many lockdown restrictions. Some schools have started re-opening across the country, as of Monday 8 June. Many teachers, parents, …
In a time of overwhelming uncertainty, the need for imagination and creativity can often be the difference between winning and losing; between making progress and hitting a dead end. The way we approach our problems, big and small, can also …