Have you heard the joke – a man comes to a bar and meets a horse and asks, ‘Why the long face?’ Well here’s another one for you. Man and woman come to read about the author of the Motivational Memo Blog and asks , ‘Why the long name?’ – yes – Peter G. James [...]
I wrote a word the other day and after writing it I thought to myself, ‘I don’t really know what that word means.’ The word was goads. So I went to my trusty search engine and found out that the goad is a traditional farming implement used to spur or guide livestock, usually oxen, which [...]
Don’t compromise your integrity by looking for outward approval. To be true to yourself, you should seek the approval of you and your God alone. For you are exceptional. You are gifted. You are talented. You are unique. You are chosen. You are born for a time such as this. You have entered planet earth [...]
One definition given for the word discretion is this: free will – the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies. This speaks to me of freedom: the ability to act or judge on one’s own. The ability to make wise choices or decisions, and the freedom to make one’s own judgments. I learnt [...]
To be true to yourself, you need to be a non-conformist. We live in a world today where governments demand, organizations dictate, society insists that we should do this, do that , or come up to some standard, or perform some act, or commit to some cause. But I say, ‘Be true to yourself’. Follow [...]
Take a path less travelled by others and tread your own. Oh you may have to break open virgin territory that requires the use of a machete or a front-end loader, but that is the way of the pioneer. That is the trek of the adventurer. They don’t want to take the beaten path. They [...]
What can leadership learn from the loose cannon and the lone ranger? The loose cannon is a person who is expected to perform a particular task, but who is out of control and dangerous. It refers to an irresponsible and reckless individual, whose behaviour endangers the group he or she belongs to. The lone ranger [...]
Throughout the years that I’ve inhabited planet earth, my battle has consistently been to maintain a spirit of peace – a state of calm, and a stability that is driven from within, and that remains unaffected by what is happening without. There are so many forces – particularly in this media-driven generation – that would [...]
To be bound by imitation is to live a life of mediocrity. Escape while you can. Tap into the uniquity that resides within you today. Commune with the creator who takes up residence in your heart and in your mind, and surprise the world with yet another moment of superb genius. Attach passion to everything [...]
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