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You may recall me telling you the story of that Monday morning, I remember, I was heading to the office, sitting in the traffic, I could feel my anxiety starting to build, I was tapping my hands on the steering wheel waiting for the lights to change.
I was torn.
Desperate to prove myself and brin...
Living with intention .. what does that mean exactly and why do it?
When I headed to university all those years ago to study accounting I had a very clear sense of why I wanted to do so. It all goes back to wanting to be the person teaching and helping others, the person wearing those incredible r...
There is one lesson I have learned over the last couple of years that has helped me move forward much faster than I could have imagined, it is this :
Show up as the BEST version of yourself every day, your most authentic self.
The biggest question for me a couple of years ago was HOW?
How to tak...
What a roller coaster ...
This week has felt like Christmas all over again, the mad rush shopping for presents, searching for the right gift for each person, packing suitcases and planning our trip to see family in SA, organising things for our dog Stella while we are away ...
The thing I'm talkin...
When I decided to write a book in November last year, I had all these grand plans about what I would call it and what story I'd tell. I knew there was more to it than meets the eye, but I completely underestimated how much soul-searching, learning, time and energy would go into creating this book, d...
Wow, what a fantastic experience to have presented some of the insights learned over the past decade of working with people. I feel like we have been spoiled with so many good contributors to absorb from the PeepSec week!
Head on over here to watch the interviews from the week.
I was having coffee with a friend, we were catching up on life...
"There are only two types of people in this world', she said, 'the 'givers' and the 'takers'". At the time I hadn't made the distinction, but now that I know what I know, I'm seldom surprised when I come into contact with both charac...
I am so excited about PeepSec, a FREE, 100% ONLINE SUMMIT for Tech Week, is happening next week, 10-14th June, all about the opportunities and issues born from the interactions between PEOPLE and TECHNOLOGY.
Oz Alashe CEO & Founder at CybSafe, interviews over 25 great security minds on this subjec...
It was a Monday morning and I was lost in thought as I stood on the platform waiting for my train to arrive. Reflecting back to how I felt a few months earlier when my stress levels were through the roof and all I could think about was how I was going to handle yet another day where I would be made ...
I've been sharing my thoughts and experiences in blogs over the past couple of months and as a result, have had the opportunity to connect with so many of you over difficult situations at work ...
Thank you for sharing your stories and for completing my survey !!
Your support means the world ... a...
I will never forget the series of text messages from someone I regarded as a friend, messages that were so brief, impersonal and direct they made me angry. Angry because I valued the friendship and they left me feeling like a junior member of her team, they were functional and direct, 'just the way ...
As humans, we have a build in need to prove ourselves right!
My experience has taught me how to listen and filter out noise, its taken time but now that I know what I know, there isn't space in the workplace for leaders who operate based on the typical 'winner VS loser' trap.
Let me paint a pict...
