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How well do you remember the events of 2022? What stood out for you as interesting, important or memorable about the year that ends in a few hours’ time? Well, here is my take on some outstanding events and then…
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‘When arguing with a fool, make sure the other person isn’t doing the same thing’ is an old proverb which I always ascribed to. In 1999, psychologists Dunning and Kruger described a phenomenon of incompetent people who actually think they…
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Here is a trick question for you: what is the reason for every death that had ever occurred throughout human history? Remember, I said it was a trick question. Your first reaction is to say: ‘are you serious? People die…
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Have you ever wondered why, relatively speaking, there is less airplane failure in mid-air, even if an engine catches fire or some other similar major event? I will tell you at the end of the blog. ‘sweat your asset’, ‘cash…
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The collapse of Thomas Cook in September 2019 left hundreds of thousands of holiday makers stranded at their holiday destination and many thousands of employees without jobs. This is not counting the loss of investment by shareholders, small and large,…
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The cliché goes like this: You cannot judge a book by its cover. This may be true but, it doesn’t seem to be a truth acted upon by most people. You may not be able to judge a book by its…
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Perhaps more than any other living creature, the frog turns up in metaphors to explain or demonstrate a work or business situation. Here are some: Kissing the Frog: when faced with a negative situation that requires doing something unpleasant but,…
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What amazes and irritates me, in equal measures, is the conflation of courtesy and respect. Somehow, we have substituted courtesy in place of respect and in return, we managed to wrap our relationships with one another with cheap glossy packaging…
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Communication between people takes on many forms. From body-language, to hand gestures, facial expressions, music, spoken words, written words, visual representation (pictures, drawings, film, PowerPoint, etc.), all the way to the modern-day use of emojis. We have learnt to employ…
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I am spending more time with myself than I had done in a long time. This is partly circumstantial and partly intentional. While on my own, I have been going through a lot of introspection but, not exclusively so because…
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