the right question

Sometimes when we ask questions of life like,

‘What am I supposed to do with my life?’

‘Where will I end up?’

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 15, 2019goals

What do you do?

I really dislike, no, hate that question.

I hate it because it is really difficult for me to answer, and there is so much baggage with all the words that are used to describe what I do

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 14, 2019career, goals

Secrets

We live very open lives, in fact, our entire lives are plastered all over the internet. In the not too distant future anonymity will be the new celebrity, the most famous person the one without a name.

One of the worst torture techniques, apparently, is ‘white room torture’ where

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 13, 2019self care

What are you peeing away?

My friend Thomas told me this interesting bit of history over the weekend; that urine was used to clean clothes in ancient Rome. They collected

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 12, 2019innovation

Who are you serving?

I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s latest book, This is Marketing, it’s good, you should get it.

One of the main questions he asks in the book is,

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 11, 2019goals, leadership

Ticket and a Coffin

Here’s an interesting fact, back in the day, when missionaries used to travel by ship to the other side of the world they only bought a one way ticket and a coffin.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 8, 2019commitment, goals

first thing

I write these emails first thing in the morning, usually around 5:30.

I do this because I want to

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 7, 2019morning routine, Lifestyledesign

What is she fighting for?

The last double edge sword quality that we find in a warrior is her motivation.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 6, 2019goals, motivation, warrior

Mastering

The second double edged aspect of the warrior, is control, and specifically control of the self.

The image here is of a Khoisan hunter crouching for hours,

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 5, 2019warrior, leadership

Winging’t

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisFebruary 4, 2019warrior, leadership

Stop

Anne Lamott, one of my favorite authors, said in her TED talk that one of the things that she knows for sure in her life is

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 31, 2019meditation, mindfulness

We-jei

We-jei the Chinese character for crisis consists of two characters, one means...

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 31, 2019Chaos, strategy

Four Road signs

Over the holidays I received a small book as a gift, it was my birthday…

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 30, 2019Goals, Lifestyledesign

Tap into your Took

There is a great line in The Hobbit, when Gandalf is talking to Bilbo about going on an adventure with the dwarfs. You see, Bilbo was not only a Baggins, there was Took on his mother’s side, and the Tooks were adventurers.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 29, 2019goals, adventure

MVP to MVP

In a recent article in HBR, it stated that organisations now need to move from building Minimum Viable Products, to Minimum Virtuous Products.

In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous, VUCA, world the demand is for integrity, transparency and virtue.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 28, 2019MVP, virtue, decision

Gathering and scattering

I’ve been musing lately about the speeches and the actual physical movement of the civil rights protestors under the leadership of Martin Luther King jr.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 25, 2019leadership

Boredom

Thomas De Quincey call it the formidable curse of life, taedium vitae - the tedium of life. In other words the ordinariness of life, boredom. Boredom is the least tolerable of human states.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 24, 2019mindfulness, gratitude

Expand

Here is a little jewel I picked up, you expand by relaxing. It seem counterintuitive almost, but makes complete sense when you think about. If you want more, wider, bigger, then relax.

GUMNASIAPierre du PlessisJanuary 23, 2019mindfulness