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You’ve got your matching gear, latest sneakers, your personalised water bottle. You’ve memorised all the necessary #motivationalquotes and your playlist is so hot, it’s burning up. Who needs Eskom? Watch out Rocky, here comes Thandi! Bam! You kill your first workout and spend an hour afterwards, inspecting your new potential six-pack in the mirror. Every…

Can you believe it, the Future Females Business School is already nearly over! We must admit that our members have really taught us a lesson about productivity… Starting your own business requires a lot of self-motivation and rock-solid self-discipline. We know that – not because we’re clairvoyant, but because we’ve been there. At exactly the…

As a writer, I am very aware that my words have power. They have the power to bring grown men to their knees. They have the power to lift up even the darkest spirit. And, they have the power to empower. From the moment that man started to pen their thoughts down, we have been…

I have heard how power corrupts and how absolute power corrupts absolutely. And this has made me question the power of love. Anyone can boldly talk about loving a person. It is second nature. We light up when we talk about things and people we love. It gives us some kind of power. The power…

When I was a child, I noticed how my mother wasn’t empowered to develop her full potential. Her parents made the choice to invest in their only son for education, even though my mother was older and highly intelligent. Granted, they could probably not have afforded to send all four children to university, but she…

Get your assertiveness on! A number of years ago when I was working in a large corporate, I received feedback from my manager that I had a “low tolerance for incompetence.” Interestingly, this is was not given as a piece of positive feedback, but rather it was a critique. I know this because the next…

Maya Angelou is famously quoted as having said that people may forget what you said or did, but they will never forget how you made them feel. In our digital world, we are losing a lot of what makes us truly ‘human’ and it’s important that we preserve that authentic humanity and bring warmth, kindness…

I used to think that when I was busy I was automatically being productive. Then I worked three jobs simultaneously and I learned that there is an enormous difference. More importantly I learned a few shortcuts on how to actually be productive, the value of productivity and I debunked the biggest myth of all that…