The true nature of work

I recently met a most gifted pianist, David Osborne, who was playing at the Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. I was there for dinner, and was captivated by the beauty and joy in his interpretation of some of my favourite songs. I went up to him to enquire about his CDs for I knew that […]

Love Games

Many of us see love as a game – where one wins, which is competitive and where the rules have been set and learned from our observations of love games around us. For most of us, love is a game of win/lose so that manipulation becomes the key tool. It’s about “I am not calling […]

More on discomfort

Discomfort is good. We don’t like it, but it’s an emotion that tells us that some type of new thinking or experience is taking place in our life. It signals that we are getting out of our “known zone” i.e. the place where we know, and know that we know. If we are are to […]

Bizbabes

Three weekends ago I spent a weekend of renewal with five of my business school sisters! Lovingly calling ourselves the “Bizbabes” (actually, it was a spouse who suggested the name – which we quickly adopted), we have met “annually” since 1999 (I think). Our version of “annual” however has nothing to do with the calendar. […]