Underrated life advice: Wake up early and work out. It creates evidence that you have the power to take an action to achieve a desired outcome. That has ripple effects into every area. It rewires your brain. A lot of problems in life are solved by waking up early and working out.
Underrated life advice: Increase your recovery speed. You can't avoid failures. You will get rejected. Make bad decisions. Lose money. Embarrass yourself. Whatever. Just learn to reset faster. Shrink the window between fall and recovery. Master the art of the fresh start.
The funeral service began earlier today, and it is deeply painful, as the person being laid to rest was an Honourable Member of Parliament who had fallen into dishonour.
The measure of a life is not what you consume, but what you contribute.
Spend less time owning, consuming, taking. Spend more time giving, creating, making.
The Madlanga Commission has highlighted the brilliance of a number of young advocates.
Advocate Lee Segeels-Ncube’s questioning of Fadiel Adams is exceptional. 🔥🔥🔥
Underrated life advice: Become a beginner again. Join a run club. Learn the piano. Take up painting. Try woodworking. Plant a garden. Teach yourself to cook. Whatever. It slows you down. It’s a small rebellion in a world that wants you to do everything with some purpose in mind.
The one thing we hardly celebrate, is the impeccable work ethic of these 3 commissioners.
They have displayed, on live television, the following:
100% attendance ✅️
Thorough individual preparation ���️
Consistent levels of concentration ✅️
Daily production ✅️.
Such a marvel to watch and learn from.
#MadlangaCommission
Prayer for the words we speak: "God, You are worthy of all my praise and I want my words to be pleasing to You. Help me to control my tongue-not to speak words that wound the spirit, but words that bring peace and healing and hope. Give me words to speak to others that will bless their lives. And help me to grow in my own personal knowledge of Your Word so that I can speak the truth boldly over every situation that arises in my life. Thank You, Lord, for the gift of Your Word. I pray that it will be on my lips today and every day. Amen."
[WATCH] An intense argument between Cat Matlala's lawyer Adv. Annalene van den Heever and #MadlangaCommision's evidence leader Adv. Mahlape Sello over Matlala's repeated refusal to answer questions that he says "may incriminate himself".
Underrated career advice: Choose to work in a place with high talent density early in your career.
You tend to rise or fall to the level of the people around you. When you work with exceptional people, you absorb their standards, pace, frameworks, and instincts almost through osmosis.
High-talent environments compress learning cycles and force you to grow faster than you would on your own. They change your opportunity set and rewire your brain. The compounding effect of a few years in that environment can change the trajectory of your life.
Early in your career, there’s probably nothing more valuable than choosing the room with the highest talent per square foot.
The most effective way to deal with stress is not food or alcohol, it's exercise. A hard workout burns cortisol, floods your brain with endorphins, and gives you a massive dopamine hit without the regret. Food numbs you. Alcohol sedates you. Exercise rebuilds you.
Underrated life advice: Embrace looking ordinary to the outside world. Spend less than you make. Love the same person forever. Drive the simple car. Wear what you like. Show up for friends. Avoid drama. Real success doesn't shout. It's a quiet confidence that speaks the loudest.
Trust me on this: Possibility expands when you move. You meet someone because you went. Discover something because you tried. Find an opportunity because you asked. The world reveals doors to people in motion that remain completely invisible to people standing still.