The Eastern Cape & Limpopo are SA’s poorest provinces. No riots. Gauteng is wealthiest.
Poverty alone doesn’t explain these riots. A multiplicity of factors is at play. The key one is: Elements around #Zuma stoked poverty, ethnicity, inequality & other divisions to bring us here.
Filtering is a superpower.
The people you don't hang around. The opportunities you don't accept. The distractions you don't allow. The relationships you don't have. The news you don't read. The content you don't consume.
Saying no is how you turn filtering into action.
Vivienne put her golf ambitions aside to support mine, and she always gave me unwavering support. She had many impressive accolades, but her best, in my opinion, was making two holes-in-one in one round. To stop her from beating me, I asked for 6 kids. She’s still got it at 83!
Today I presented some of my thoughts about the economic effects of COVID-19. Part of the INSEAD webinar series on the topic. We had 5,500 signing up. We kept 3,000 at Zoom (our capacity) and the rest via a feed on Youtube.
https://t.co/AL8scFbUmX
Anyone can do something once.
One time success is largely based on what you know (and luck).
Repeated success, however, is less about what you know and more about how you respond to what you don't know.
Trying to be less wrong is better than trying to be right.
When you focus on being less wrong, blindspots become visible, beliefs no longer need protecting, and you become open to better ideas.
Outcome over ego.
In the moment some choices seem small: we eat the chocolate bar, take a shortcut, or cancel a date.
However, the accumulation of those tiny decisions adds up over months and years and makes a huge difference.
Today’s choices become tomorrow’s reality.