Feb 10The Key to achieving sustainable performance: The Maximal Hour vs The Optimal HourAn important lesson in productivity and performance is the difference between maximal and optimal. It’s easy to use these words synonymously but there can be a difference. Maximal Hour refers to the greatest amount of time available for a task e.g. 40 minutes of productivity. While the optimal hour is…Performance4 min readPerformance4 min read
Aug 24, 2022The Glass is neither half-full nor half-emptyThink like a man of action and act like a man of thought. Henri Bergson[1] You are bound to be swinging between optimism and pessimism with the changing fortunes of life. Instead of viewing the glass as half-full or half-empty, ask yourself, “Who owns the glass?” …Lifehacks2 min readLifehacks2 min read
Aug 4, 2022Live life forwardWhenever you wake up every day, it’s an opportunity to live. It’s time to do something that inspires you to unlock your passion, stretch your limits, and challenge your brain. It is a chance to push yourself and break past the fog of your fears. There is no reason to…Lifehacks2 min readLifehacks2 min read
May 26, 2022HOW TO LET GO OF REGRETRegret is one of the most powerful negative emotions. It traps you in the past and prevents you from moving forward unfettered and free. This article is an excerpt from my book How to own your CAR. It outlines 7 practical steps that will help you face, deal with and…Regret4 min readRegret4 min read
Apr 26, 2022Just Doing It!You need to accept that you won’t be as good at doing something new at the very beginning. This means you need to become an amateur again. The word amateur comes from the Latin word amare which means to be a lover of something. It’s wonderful to find or rediscover…Action2 min readAction2 min read
Apr 26, 2022The Path to SignificanceI was facilitating a #strategy training session and I asked the participants, “What is the first thing you recall about the late #stevejobs?” Their responses were profound. They all mentioned the word Apple. It wasn’t the billions he had in the bank. They remembered how he impacted the world. Steve…Significance1 min readSignificance1 min read
Mar 9, 20214 Simple ‘How’ questions to make whatever you know practical and to help you A.M.P the world.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…Practicality4 min readPracticality4 min read
Feb 9, 20213 things you need to make your product/service viralI 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…Virality3 min readVirality3 min read
Jul 25, 20204 Key Elements for Success in LifeI 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 …Success4 min readSuccess4 min read
May 7, 2020Get your skin in the game 110%!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. …Motivation3 min readMotivation3 min read
