There is no elevator to success

There is no elevator to success

In this day and age everything is INSTANT. Instant news, instant information…. instant coffee. “Instant” news (and media) sometimes distorts people’s minds and their perception of reality by making many successes look easy. Just think… A...
The fruit of today’s work

The fruit of today’s work

A teacher is the farmer that sows knowledge into the minds of children. Each grain of knowledge is like a seed and if you don’t plant it, then it will never grow. You don’t want to create a barren wasteland when the ground is so fertile. At times you many...
Work fills a large part of your life

Work fills a large part of your life

This is part of a much longer speech that Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, made in a commencement speech at Stanford in June 2005. When you think about it, work DOES fill up a large part of your life. Yet how many people are satisfied with what they are doing? How many...
What I don’t like about office Christmas parties

What I don’t like about office Christmas parties

What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. – Phyllis Diller Have you ever been to an office party? Well I don’t know if it is just the ones I have been to but usually there are free (alcoholic) drinks and there is...
In absence of clearly defined goals…

In absence of clearly defined goals…

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. It is not known who first said these words but nowadays they ring ever so true in our “busy” lives. How many times do you flit from one thing to another...