Win Tickets to ‘Inside Out’ Premiere

Jun 9, 2015 | ,

There’s nothing like having children to force you to tap into your inner child and stare her in the eye. And, finding the fortitude to watch the same programming or read the same book over and over again. There was a point in my life when I could recite the whole of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham without having to look at the book. I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. -Theodor Seuss Geisel With the...

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There is a Place for Introverts

Jun 8, 2015 |

Susan Cain, although introverted, has placed herself at the helm of a revolution whose ‘stakeholders’ are often submerged in a solitude that is both comforting and energising – the Quiet Revolution. Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again. —Anais Nin While she introduces a perfect synopsis of the thinking in her 2012 TED Talk, The Power of Introverts, it is in the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, that she truly contextualises the...

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Don’t Leave Out The Dads

Jun 7, 2015 | ,

Becoming a father was life-changing for me. In a way, I finally understood what my legacy should be, is and will be - it is about creating a foundation for my children to be able to experience life to the fullest. It is about them being able to pursue their dreams. It is about them being able to grow up in a community, society, country and world that allows them to thrive. I may not be able to change the world but I will do everything in my power to ensure that I do my part in making my little patch of earth better for my having been in it. As a writer and speaker, who was raised by his...

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How To Find News Amidst The Noise

Jun 6, 2015 |

Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, Medium and LinkedIn’s Pulse are probably the main blogging platforms that exist today. There are many other platforms and millions of people all over the world use these to share their thoughts, persepectives, etc every day. NextWeb published a post on The 18 best blogging and publishing platforms on the Internet today earlier this year and, if you do a search for blogging platforms, there are others that are not on that list. Sites as diverse as Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Vice, The New York Times, The Guardian, Mashable, Entrepreneur, The Verge and Wired also...

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The Art of Life With Steve Slotow

Jun 5, 2015 | ,

About two and a half years ago, two guys, who often bumped into each other at tech and other press events, decided to create a web series/vlog, which they called The Art of Life. They called in two friends to shoot the web series (for free) and proceeded to slowly churn out episodes - every couple of weeks/months. One of the guys is Steve Slotow. The other is yours truly. Our trusted crew consists of Quinton and Heine. We eventually shot and posted about 14 episodes, the last of which went up over a year ago. We are back with an approach that will continue to ebb and flow in response to our...

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