Is jy ‘n prooi van jou eie Perfeksionisme?
Perfeksionisme is soos ‘n koffie-verslawing, ‘n sosiaal aanvaarbare afwyking. Om die waarheid te sê, in sekere kringe kan mense selfs opsien na jou as jy ‘n perfeksionis is – iemand wat alles deeglik en presies doen.
Who holds your ladder?
A good painter knows that, when it comes to painting high walls and large areas, you should not do it on your own. Leadership guru Dr Sam Chand was a painter in his early life. He knows that to be effective, a painter needs someone to hold his ladder.
Emosionele higiëne
Al die gespuit en handewassery het die term higiëne nuwe betekenis gegee in ons lewens. Huise en winkels ruik al soos hospitale. Ons hande is al so gaar gewas dat die handeroom teen dubbelspoed opraak, net om te keer dat ons vervel van al die chemikalieë.
Are you growing or are you dying?
Any gardener who embarks on pruning his trees and shrubs would tell you: If a plant is not growing, it is busy dying.
Is jy ‘n Meer-Meester?
Multi-tasking is een van daai begrippe wat nie lekker in Afrikaans vertaal kan word nie. Dubbeldoener, Ratse Raakvatter, Meermeester – dis wat vir my nou boontoe kom.
Be authentic
Are you trying to be who and what others want you to be or are you authentic?
Most of us would answer that we are our authentic selves but there is more to this challenge than we realize. Authenticity is not something that some people have and others not. It is a conscious choice – or rather, a series of choices – of how we want to live.
Sitting is the new smoking
At present we are all at the mercy of circumstances beyond our control – that is a given. The so-called “new normal” is also taking its toll on our health. However, the fact that we have a legitimate excuse, could contribute to a large extent to a new sedentary lifestyle, with more hours in front of a laptop screen than we can health-wise afford.
Wie skryf jou opskrifte?
Iemand noem onlangs dat sy nou uitgekuier is met die hele Covid-storie. Net omdat dit so deksels vervelig raak om oor dieselfde goed te praat en te wonder. Selfs die nuus kyk belangrike dinge mis en hou aan karring met statistiek en dieselfde gebeure, net hier en daar met ʼn nuwe sousie opgedis. Die ontstellende feite van mishandeling en verskriklike armoede het deel van die alewige “Nuwe Normaal” geword.
Start where you are
It is amazing what one finds when you do some gardening into the past. Look at this amazing quote by CS Lewis – British writer, philosopher, thinker (1898 – 1963) – and agree with me that this is a poignant message for all of us in these challenging days:
You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
Hard beteken nie sterk nie
Ek het ‘n vriend Nelus wat die dierbaarheid vanself is. Sommiges noem hom Sagmoedige Neelsie. Hy laat my nogal dink aan die Sagmoedige Reus want hy is lank en groot en slim. Ek het hom nog nooit kwaad gesien nie, al het sy vrou dalk ‘n ander verhaal.