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Age of Options

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:39:40 +0000

There is an interesting workshop at Harvard Business School called Age of Options according to Bob Buford in his book Halftime. The purpose of this workshop is to ensure participants

that their next career phase is fulfilling and imbued with purpose.

It helps participants reassess their career development paths and define future choices in terms of personal needs and inclinations.”

75 years ago

My parents and their peers grew up during the time of the Great Depression in the 1930’s and started working toward the end of WW2. People ... continue reading

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Leaving a Legacy

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:15:19 +0000

While I was busy eating an apple this afternoon, I thought about the saying that it is not the number of seeds in an apple that is important, but

the number of apples in a seed.

The number of seeds in an apple is finite, but there are an infinite number of apples that can grow from one seed. In other words what is the potential hidden in that one seed? More favourable conditions will produce apples of better quality.

I believe the same is true for us humans. No ... continue reading

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Mission: How do I get there from here?

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:42:31 +0000

A traveller on a farm road asked a passer-by the directions to get to a certain farm. After thinking for a while the passer-by started to give directions and then stopped. He then told the driver that perhaps he should take another route and started to give new directions. Then he stopped again to reconsider and then gave directions for yet another route. When he stopped the third time the passer-by concluded with; ”Sir, I think you cannot drive to that farm from here.”

But life does not ... continue reading

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Vision

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:30:12 +0000

I trust that you have a dream of something you would like to do or reach in life, but if that dream is not transformed into a vision it will most probably remain only a dream. So, what is the difference then, you may ask, and why do we need to have a vision?

Let’s say you have a lifelong dream to someday go overseas. It is a desire that you’ve had for as long as you can remember. Yet over the years you have not really come any closer ... continue reading

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Direction of your deeds

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 24 May 2018 20:05:42 +0000

Say I have a business meeting in Bloemfontein next week Thursday; I should be fairly occupied with actions and preparations to get me there on time as well as prepared. Whether I go by plane or drive there does not matter, but my deeds will be directed towards going to Bloemfontein. That speaks of deeds with direction.

Can we say the same about what we do on a daily basis if we evaluate our lives and careers? A video about vision that I watched many years ago stated that

To ... continue reading

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Hindsight and KBA

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Thu, 17 May 2018 20:15:19 +0000

A friend of mine sent an interesting quote which read:

The only perfect sight is hindsight … and that, we haven’t got.

Think of it, if you and I knew the outcome of career choices or of a business decision before it was taken, we could have avoided the pitfalls or we could have made entirely different decisions.

Many moons ago I bought a beautiful red car, but then a year or two later on a rainy winter’s morning, I was involved in an accident. After the repairs and a ... continue reading

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The 18 Inch Journey

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Sun, 13 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000

How do you explain the route to a certain destination if you yourself have never been there?

A man who once struggled to direct a traveller to a certain destination concluded with,

Sir, if you want to go to that place, you should not start from here.

But life does not work that way; we need to start where we are. Do you live with direction? Do you know where you are heading with your life, career or business? You know where you are, but how will you determine the ... continue reading

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Part Of The 20%?

David Malherbe (@DGMalherbe) — Fri, 04 May 2018 11:30:00 +0000

Steven Covey in his book First Things First asks this sobering question:

How many people on their deathbed wish they’d spent more time at the office?

I think nobody will ever feel that way unless perhaps, you were a Mr Young who put the following inscription on his wife’s tombstone in 1771; “Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, Lies Arabella Young, Who on the 21st of May, began to hold her tongue.”

Later in life many people regret that they spent too little time with their families, especially when ... continue reading

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