Happiness is not what you think…

I recently attended a talk by Mark Sham, a motivational speaker and traveler of note. I was drawn to his posts on Facebook as he continuously promotes South Africa as a country through his travels. Mark bought a building in Cape Town and was launching it and offered free tickets on his talk on Happiness. I immediately thought who gets anything for free these days and I certainly needed happiness in my life! Neil and I attended the launch and we got to meet Mark. The Tryst was fully booked ... Read the Post

Farewell Rodney

How does one say goodbye to someone who took a chance on me over 20 years ago? Rodney was the one who employed me, who chose me amongst all the other candidates who were interviewed for the position as executive secretary (PA) to work in his office as the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape for the National Prosecuting Authority. He was dynamic, intelligent, humble, empathetic, a good speaker, a great friend and an admirable father. I heard him before I saw him as he had a big ... Read the Post

Leaving my job

I was driving in traffic a few months ago on my way to work and listening to Darren Scott from KFM share which careers people were happy working in. Listeners guessed what they were, but no one knew that people in construction were the happiest! Although it was grueling labor-intensive work, they got to work outdoors and simply loved it! Listeners called in and complained about how much they hated their jobs. I was shocked - I thought it was only me sitting in a job trying to make ends meet, ... Read the Post