Survival of the Fittest

Someone once told me that the wonderful thing about modern civilisation was how mankind had developed tremendous compassion for fellow human beings. The thing that makes us civilised, they said, is that the strong protect the weak, the haves support the have-nots, and...

Courage and a touch of madness

When I was about ten years of age, I made a decision that would impact my life forever and influence the lives of thousands of people around the world. Of course, I did not know the ramifications at the time. One Friday night, Ernie Pearse, who at that stage was the...

All things are possible…

In 1971 I attended my first ever sales training workshop. Towards the end of the workshop I was quietly taken aside by my well-meaning instructor for some sound fatherly advice, “Get out of selling kid you haven’t got what it takes”. So, what’s...

Life is a Privilege, Not a Right!

“I step fearlessly into the greatest possibility I have the courage to imagine, in full faith that it has already been prepared for me to experience.” — David Pickard Wyllie Life is a privilege, not a right. If we have the privilege of still being on this...