Ready for the generational dance?
So we each have a label – whether we like it or not. Depending on the year you were born. If it was before 1960, you are an angry Baby Boomer, before 1980, you are one of the “Lost Generation X”, before 2000, a lazy, entitled narcissistic Millennial and after 2000, a member of the spoilt, phone-addicts of Generation Zee.
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Jare terug het die mense altyd gesê: “daar is my storie, daar is jou storie, en dan is daar die waarheid.” Nou se dae moet mens natuurlik byvoeg, “en dan is daar die media se hoek op die storie en die sosiale media kant daarvan.”
Keep on keeping on
Somewhere in my past, I found inspiration in my own home-made inspirational slogan: Keep on keeping on . It could have been at high school, the day I was chosen for the school’s athletics team. The elation of the prestige of the honours award was short-lived for me, because I knew that my parents couldn’t afford the special clothes and the travelling money I needed as a team member.
Wanneer jou goedheid misbruik word
“Ek sit waar ek sit vandag oor ek mense vertrou het. My hart te sag was. Was ‘n duur les”, sê sy en ek hoor die kraak in haar stem. Hoeveel van ons het nie al in daai slaggat getrap nie? Jy wil iemand help. Jy belê tyd, aandag en geld in die persoon of persone. Jy dink julle is vriende. Jy vertrou volkome. En dan?
People knowledge needed
There are times when we think that the world revolves around money. That countries crash when their economies go for a nose-dive. Business leaders, we believe, derive their motivation from business plans, economic forecasts and knowledge of the stock exchange.
Watter spore los jy vir die volgende geslag?
Laasweek kry ek ‘n versoek van ‘n jarelange vriendin om ‘n begrafnisdiens op kort kennisgewing te lei. Ek ken nie die vrou wat oorlede is of haar familie nie, maar stem tog in. Kort daarna kontak die oorledene se dogter my en boul my vir ‘n ses, soos wat die krieketliefhebbers sal sê. Haar ma was ‘n ateis, kan ek asseblief die diens lei sonder om na geloof te verwys?
What is your dream?
Let’s be honest – realists take a dim look at dreamers. Day dreamers are classified as scatter-brains, people with their heads in the clouds, leading a fantasy existence. Try the Thesaurus for synonyms and you find that a dreamer is also called a crank , an idler – or a visionary .
Sien ‘n slag die kinders raak
So ‘n ruk terug was ek weer in die bevoorregte posisie om vriende se baba in ‘n kerk aan die Here toe te wy. Terwyl ek die kleinding vashou, toe dink ek weer aan Matt 18: 6 waar Jesus self gesê het dat dit beter is vir iemand om met ‘n meulsteen om sy nek in die diepsee te verdrink as om ‘n kind te laat struikel.
Outliers
The inspirational author Malcolm Gladwell is known for his journey into the overlooked and misunderstood. In his well-known book The Outliers, he claims that genius is over-rated and that a number of key factors such as opportunity, meaningful hard work and one’s cultural legacy all play a role in your path to success.
Jou geluk is jou verantwoordelikheid
Hoor ek hoe iemand sê, “ai het jy gesien hoe gelukkig lyk hy? So anders as toe hy agter sy ma se kis aangeloop het. Sy maak hom regtig gelukkig.” Vat my toe ‘n oomblik om agter te kom die vrou praat oor Prins Harry wat met sy mooie Meghan getroud is.