Someone who has dedicated themselves solely to theory knows everything but can do nothing.[1] Professor Lohn
In this age of knowledge, information and data, it is no longer a matter of what you know but, what you do with what you know. We live in a highly competitive and cluttered…
I love ideas and I love innovation, especially when they become products and services. But at times it is difficult to bring ideas or innovations into the public space especially in Zimbabwe and probably around Africa. When I wrote the book the Lion and the Maasai Warrior, one of the…
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. Eccl9:11 New International Version
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I’m not a big guy by whatever standards you choose to judge me, weight, height or size but one thing I enjoy most is walking into the gym and squatting or dead-lifting weights. I’m a recent convert to the gym and I’m far from being an expert or master. …
Confronting the tension between certainty and uncertainty in life
Life is a paradox
When the world came to a complete standstill this year, what may have come to the surface is the contrary nature of your life. You thought you were moving or making progress but, you’re not. You are stuck in a mundane routine, taking 1 step forward and two steps back.
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When I wrote the book the Catapult Effect in 2019, I was convinced that business is war. In January this year, I was reflecting on my goals and planning for an awesome 2020, with great plans for my business and my life in general. By the time I was celebrating…
The creative act is not an act of creation in the sense of the Old Testament. It does not create something out of nothing; it uncovers, selects, re-shuffles, combines, synthesizes already existing facts, ideas, faculties, skills. The more familiar the parts, the more striking the new whole.
Koestler’s law of…
There are four things I believe determine the quality of your vision.
A deep seated desire to excel: If you have low expectations and ambitions for life, it is easy to settle for something lower than your potential. …
With so much uncertainty swirling around it is difficult for many people to see what the future may hold. Is it a coup? Is the army taking over? Will we have another ruler whose grip on power will last a long time? Will the president be impeached? Will he retire…
