Archive : Motivation

Firstly, let me get this off my chest. Thank you, thank you, and finally thank you! Thank you to everyone who made the 2010 world cup a success for South Africa. Thank you to the guys who collected our recycling this morning, and thank you to all the people who write to me and say “thank you.”

I was once told by a wise man that there is a very big difference between competing and excelling. And more so, competing is not something we should be too focused on. He explained that being competitive could actually be destroying our ability to become creative and innovative, which are the essentials for greatness in our modern world.

There is so much being written about happiness and life transformation that I hardly think it’s my place to add new opinions to the debate. But what I do notice is how much people work at trying to be happy.

I love reading material on authentic happiness, and Robert Holden’s book on Success Intelligence is certainly packed with good wholesome happiness material. On his blog he writes about how he was coaching a group of executives recently in Italy, when he poses the question, “What is success?” 

I’m not sure about all of you, but I do know that when I start experiencing my life as a twisted drama full of all the normal thrills, spills, evils and tragedies, I start wishing for an interval so that I can catch a breath or at least fill up on my snacks!