by Jessica Urbani | May 17, 2018 | 100 Choices, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning, Youth
Is it possible to have too much choice? The saying has always been that you can’t get too much of a good thing, but when it comes to choice, perhaps this is where we have to disagree. In today’s day and age, we as young people are presented with a million choices each...
by Angela James | May 15, 2018 | 100 Choices, Alignment, Freedom, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning, Transformative Learning
So you have heard the call … what next? Living a life of purpose and meaning has seemingly become a pop psychology fad in the last few years as a plethora of self-help books are published and are marketed via online courses and content. Some of these works however...
by Angela James | May 8, 2018 | 100 Choices, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning
At various times in our lives, the intrinsic nature of our Soul calls our truth to us. Living life authentically centred in purpose and meaning, requires of us to not only hear that call – the still most times, small voice within – it needs us to honour the summons to...
by Angela James | May 1, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning
The Robert Frost Poem, ‘The Road Not Taken’ as does the book by M Scott Peck, ‘The Road Less Travelled’ come to mind as this post takes form. For me, the poem and book espouse the iconic choice between doing what I have always done and in crafting a ‘me’ and a life...
by Angela James | Apr 27, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning
Inspired by Freedom Day in South Africa – the day set aside to honour the signing of the Constitution of South Africa Growth brings about fear and almost every time I have been confronted with the need for change and growth, that fear in my experience has been...
by Jessica Urbani | Apr 26, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, PE Crew, People, Personal Development, Youth
As a student of psychology, I find myself deeply fascinated by the different types of people around me and learning what makes each individual tick. It’s not that I am nosey or trying to psychoanalyse anyone, I just find that knowing what motivates a person to be who...
by Angela James | Apr 24, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100, Personal Development
I am using poetic license and borrowing from an outstanding talk that I heard at an Ekurhuleni Business Network (EBN) networking Captains Breakfast a few days ago by Max Moyo. Max spoke of leadership pain and the aspects and elements that we need to experience in...
by Angela James | Apr 23, 2018 | 100 Choices, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100
It’s a big day today! We’re off to Constitution Hill this morning for the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s official launch of their NM100 Celebrations, and being one of their official partners, we have our stand there and will have the opportunity to use...
by Jessica Urbani | Apr 19, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, PE Crew, Personal Development, Purpose and Meaning, Youth
In my previous blog I discussed the gift of choice and how important it is to use this gift to affect change. What I didn’t touch on was the amount of pressure this places on young people today. We are so abundantly blessed with a world full of choices, neatly gift...
by Angela James | Apr 17, 2018 | 100 Choices, Freedom, Nelson Mandela 100, Nelson Mandela Day, NM100
So what is it that is so alluring about carrying on the legacy of Nelson Mandela? Fresh from a tour of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and from the experience of the Human Rights Festival at Constitution Hill over the weekend of 23-25 March, it has become ever more...
