Work Hard: It’s Good for the World and Your Soul

Working hard is easy if you love your job, because then it won’t feel like work. But even if you’re working just to pay the bills, work hard and try to enjoy your job anyway. Work is good for your soul. It makes life meaningful, and gives you a reason to wake up every morning. […]

Dream Like You Will Live Forever

As a child you dreamed about changing the world. Nothing could hurt you or stop you. You had the strength of Superman and the heart of King Kong. When did you stop being that child? To do really worthwhile things in life, you have to dream like you will live forever. We gain many things […]

Dance Like Nobody’s Watching

Have you ever watched a child dance? She’s full of joy and doesn’t care what she looks like. We do, so we try to dance ‘properly’, with the correct posture, the right sequence of steps. We do the same in life, trying to live ‘right’. To find joy again, we have to dance like nobody’s […]

Live Like You’ll Die Tomorrow

If tomorrow never comes, will the people you love know how much you love them? Will you have done what you really wanted to do in your lifetime? To stop procrastinating on the important things in life, you have to live like you’ll die tomorrow.  One day, tomorrow will not come. We all know that. […]

Run Through the Rain: Live Life On Your Own Terms

I made a deal with myself a few months ago to run for 30 minutes everyday. This worked fine for about two months. Then rainy season came. I could do the sensible thing and stay indoors, or I could run through the rain. What would you do? I ran. And I loved it. I was […]

Create Multiple Sources of Income

When you depend on a single source of income, you’re at the mercy of that one job. If you want to have more control over your life and live on your own terms, start to create multiple sources of income. Also, try to have multiple sources of passive income. Active income is money that you […]

Manage Your Money: Simple Habits to Grow Your Wealth

Money is supposed to enable life. Instead, our lives often become centred around money. How can you manage your money so it doesn’t manage you? By adopting simple habits, you will see your wealth grow over time. And the earlier you start, the better. 7 habits to manage your money 1. Save part of your […]

Love Like It’s Never Going To Hurt

When we’ve been hurt before, we put our guard up. By doing this we make ourselves harder to love, and we experience less love in our life. This is the complete opposite of what we really want. How do we break this vicious cycle? We have to love like it’s never going to hurt. Here’s […]

Give Freely: Help Others and Yourself

Many of us have intentions to do good, but only sometime in the future when we have more money than we need. Or when we’re retired and have time on our hands. Our thinking is that right now we don’t have enough. Instead of this limiting thought, we can choose an abundance mentality, and realise […]

Speak Gently: Your Words Can Hurt or Heal

Many of us use words carelessly. We blurt out our thoughts without thinking how it impacts the other person. I’m constantly reminded that I should speak gently to others, and also to myself. How to speak gently 1. Speak gently to yourself This is tricky to work on, because there is no third-party feedback to […]