So I met up with an acquaintance, BL, for coffee on Saturday. A quick coffee, he says, 'cause we are both busy. I agree, a brief catch up will be good. Interestingly, I don't really know BL that well. We've chatted a couple of times on the phone, and we are in the same leadership group. Something tells me this is going to be an interesting coffee, and I like the feeling of taking a risk. I see myself as someone who pushes boundaries, and know the importance of the "inner circle" to keep me focussed and on my game. But sometimes, I get lost with my inner conversations, and lose focus. Socialising with people who are going places, the ones who are hungry, who want to have their cake and eat it too, and aspire to live life at the top, is probably the best way I know of keeping my eyes on the prize. I just didn't know that BL was one of them. So two and a half hours later, after discussing health, over working, business strategy and mindset (among other thi...
That one thing. The one thought that inspires a life time, a new tangent that makes a person see the world in a different way, a moment that lasts a lifetime. For me, it was sitting in a movie theatre watching “The Beach”. The characters, dismayed with a 'normal life', took to travelling in South-east Asia, seeking ever more exotic and remote destinations. In the end, they sought what I also sought – a deeper understanding of myself, a choice of action rather than a well run routine that had been prescribed and administered by a faceless yet ever present force. I walked into the theatre with tunnel vision, focused on the next party, the next pay rise, the next weekend. I walked out with a wider horizon, hungry to see what the world had to offer and conscious that the limitations in my life were somehow self imposed. People were out there, hungry for something different, something untouched, something pure and principled. The taste of freedom, only a feeling, had whe...
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