Tap Dancing With A Pen
Have you ever been so engrossed in an exchange that you lost all sense of time and your surroundings? I have. Manier times than I care to count. And now that I think about my best conversations, the reason is quite simple why I enjoyed them as I did. I deployed care and genuine curiosity. …
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What a lot of people do not appreciate enough is this: Writing reveals even things you don't want to share. That's because writing spills out your guts to the world in ways you might not fathom. It exposes you. Writing down your thoughts is a dynamic activity. So, this means the writing on your Facebook …
Sometime in the summer of 2005, whilst in Grade 9, I received my first ovation after delivering a brief talk in an English class. What's impressive is that it took me less than 15 minutes to prepare it after having been absent the previous day and consequently, totally unaware of the assignment. From as long …
My biggest frustration at some point was not being able to eloquently talk to other people. So I made a pact with a friend, Thembinkosi. "When I get to our second year at college, I'll be able to confidently hold a conversation with anyone. Even the fellows who matriculated from Crawford College and you won't …
There have been countless books and text in a myriad forms published on the fascinating subject of human relations, and by extension, success. But by far the most scintillating is Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers. Through this nifty piece of work, he argues that how people become the best in their endeavours and go on to …
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