How many emotions do you experience in a day?
How many negative emotions do you experience in a day?
How many positive emotions do you experience in a day?
According to Answer.com an emotion is (more…)
Archive for the ‘The Psychology of an African Leader’ Category
How Rich Is Your Emotional Experience?
Friday, April 11th, 20087 Unique Definitions of Common Words and their Implications
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Language is….wonderful! Ever since I discovered the world of metaphor, double entendre and riddle, I have been a lover of word-smithing (it’s a word) and the art of literary and linguistic manipulation. Here now are seven unique definitions of words that we all know and the impact that these unique definitions have had on my life.
1) Integrity:
What if You Had One Year Left to Live? The Bucket List
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Kelly, from the hottest new blog on the scene, recently wrote a post based on the movie Bucket list. In it Jack Nicholson and Morgan (good casting me thinks) have 6 months to live and they create a ‘bucket list’: This is a list (more…)
How to Get Home
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008“So where’s home?” Continued from yesterday’s conversation about “What recharges you?”
The Art of Never Getting Tired: What Recharges You?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008The Art of Never Getting Tired: What Recharges You?
I just got home-I wrote this on 25th March 2008- and I am feeling REFRESHED. I just came from visiting people that I had not seen in almost a year and I must say that it was exactly what I needed. (more…)
How to Set Realistic Expectations
Friday, March 28th, 2008
I once heard a very simple definition of unhappiness, and I paraphrase: (more…)
An oldie and a goodie; India Arie - Video: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download South Africans are too much; Malaika: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSuccess Story from the African Diaspora: Wilfred ole Saroni
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008I interrupt the regularly scheduled programing, (believe it or not, the blog runs on a program now…who woulda thought) to bring you a quick inspirational story from the Diaspora. Whereas material wealth isn’t everything (I’m serious), I still love stories like these because they force us to raise our standards and our beliefs about what is possible. Anyway enjoy and I hope it sparks some thought (and more importantly) some action that will get you on a headline somewhere. Taken verbatim from this Daily Nation article:
| US-based Kenyan businessman joins the big league Story by ENOCK WAMBUA in Lowell, Massachusetts Publication Date: 3/22/2008 |
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Keeping it Real: Your Ugly Side is Your Real Side
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Today I want to write a real quick one on something that has been marinating in the nether regions of my brain for a while now and absolutely fascinates me. Apologies if it’s too abstract!
Keeping It Real Is Synonymous With the Worst of Us (more…)
Report: Mistakes Overseas Students and Migrants Make and Just Pay With Credit!!
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Hey hey hey,
Sorry, I have been a little bit slack over the last week in terms of blogging. A truly great lady passed away last week and I am working on an article to remember her amongst other great things so I have been kinda gone but this blog is far from forgotten.
Anyway, I am (more…)
What Would You Do If You Were the Minister of Health?
Friday, March 7th, 2008I was the only testosterone filled individual today who happened to be sitting in a cooking class somewhere in Melbourne. As the discussion wandered from food and a healthy lifestyle to bras and breast cancer I had brief moments where I let my mind wander. In those moments I thought:
What Would I Do If I Were the Minister of Health? (more…)