I just spent an amazing two weeks at Cloudbase Paragliding in the coastal town and paragliding mecca of Wilderness in the Southern Cape. After the rollercoaster ride that 2015 dished out to all South Africans I must admit it was nice to escape into a bubble…
Writing this book with Gino has definitely been a career highlight for me and I learned an incredible amount in the process. Earlier this month the printed books were delivered and then a few days ago Conversations, with and about Gino Stefanutti was published on Amazon…
This weekend we were packing ‘love boxes’ for children that attend the Nokuphila School in Tembisa, and I thought I’d share a recent article I wrote on the Love Trust (Nokuphila is one of the trust’s initiatives) in Stefanutti Stocks’ Sizimisele publication. I often speak to my clients about the…
You’ve probably gathered by now that I really enjoy having conversations… so much so, that I’m basing my next book on a selection of my conversations with South Africans. Each chapter of Conversations with South Africans covers what I have learned about, or learned from a particular South African with whom I have had…
After I’m not quite sure how many years of welcoming visitors to my website with ‘under construction’, I finally made it a priority to build a proper web-home. Saying that, it wasn’t me who built it, it was Ada Deacon from Owl Media (Pty) Ltd…
I’ve been a bit busy lately… Where to start? I’ve been in three countries in just the past ten days, which is always exciting, but that’s not necessarily where the ‘busy’ has been. In the last six weeks I have probably interviewed about 150 people…okay… realistically make that at least…
Today is Saturday Tomorrow is Sunday The sun is shining (where I am) The Rugby World Cup starts September 18 – so things should quiet up around the office a bit then… Today is Saturday Saturday is the day of the week following Friday and preceding Sunday. Saturday is…
18 July marks the birthday of the late great Nelson Mandela. It has also become an international day of giving 67 minutes of your time doing something good. On Mandela Day this year, I visited the Madibatlou Middle Farm School in Olifantsfontein, where client Stefanutti Stocks Civils was revamping some…
Does anyone subscribe to Cliff Central’s Monday to Friday e-mail? Today’s subject line started with ‘Fantastic…’ – now that has got to be a sign of good things to come! On my home front, the pipeline contractors that have been working in my neighbourhood for the past four…