My aim is to inspire people around the world one blog post at a time.
This is the place to nourish your mind, heart, body and soul.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch your own business. Maybe you want to escape the rat race and find peace in simple living. Maybe you want to improve your health. Whatever your dream is, it is valid!
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Dreams without action are just dreams. But taking action doesn’t necessarily mean quitting your job and burning the ocean. Small steps matter. It is the ability to plug away consistently at something over time that is the key. Small steps add up. You’ll get there!
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If you keep building slowly and consistently with passion each day, adding value that matters to you, then the growth will take care of itself. The keys to achieving success are patience and avoiding complacency.
18 Irrefutable Laws of Human Nature
We like to think of ourselves as reasonable people.
We picture the mind as a calm pilot guiding the aircraft of our lives. Yet many days feel like flying through turbulence.
A careless comment stings. A compliment lifts us higher than it should. We react, justify, defend, repeat.
Robert Greene’s work reminds us of an uncomfortable truth. Human nature runs the show far more than we admit.
When you stop pretending you are above human nature, you gain the power to work with it.
So let us walk through the core ideas, beginning with two foundations: irrationality and narcissism, then widening the lens to the broader set of laws that quietly shape every workplace, family, and relationship.
This Is Me (Pty) Ltd
There is a simple equation for individual success. Build something genuinely good, then make sure the right people know it exists.
For professionals, the “product” is their capability and character. The “marketing” is their personal brand, the way others understand what they do, the results they deliver, and the values they stand for.
Tom Peters captured this many years ago with a rallying cry that still rings true: “You are the chief marketer for the brand called You”.
A strong personal brand is not a vanity project. It is a practical system for earning trust, creating opportunity, and compounding the value of your work over time.