At the moment there's a huge drive towards skilling the masses. It's even been referred to as training the 'intellectually disabled'. Now I'm hardly one to get involved in this messy business but this touches on my role as a life coach in this South African cultural advancement. From government funding to NGO sponsorship, the lack of skilled artisans has hardly gone unnoticed. Why it's coming up in the media at this point might be particularly relevant what with all the international scrutiny...
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Often we wonder if we're taking things too far, but what about when we're not taking them far enough? Much like giving up prematurely or resigning yourself to a predetermined fate, not taking another step forward often leads us back to where we started in the first place.

So what am I getting at here? The challenges I've been through lately have forced me to face my methods and I've had to confront the ways that no longer work for me. Change comes in many forms, and in this case I'm having to ...
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As we all know, change takes work. It is full of tough challenges and difficult emotions. It is truly a test of character, of endurance and determination. Personal development doesn't come easily. Many of us give up before we get there, each of us gives up on something along the way. There are costs involved in gaining ground, and these costs are up to you to choose.

If you want to gain financial success, you give up on frivolous spending. This may mean giving up on the belief that spending mo...
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People tell me that my purpose may not make sense to me, but it sure as hell has a significant impact on others. I'm called intense, deep, complicated, strong, challenging, difficult, moody, different, great, inspiring, open, energized... To me I am normal. Yet I am not normal like other people. I am normal only like me. Others all seem normal like each other. What makes me see myself as different and normal, yet still weird and strange, but not unique? This perception thing is tricky to mast...
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you suddenly become aware of yourself? You're jumpstarted into the present moment for some or other reason and realize you're doing something weird, strange or out of character. Whether it's from fear, shock, adrenalin, change, excitement or the like, you forget about whatever you were thinking, doing or feeling, and are absolutely focused on right now. It's an interesting experience.

Interesting perhaps because it makes me wonder about my chemistry,...
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I hope for your sake you you're alive, thriving in fact! Life isn't much fun when all you can do is survive. We can surprise ourselves with what we can handle when it comes down to it, but mostly there's always something to complain about. An interesting fact about our perspectives is that we often look to others as the cause of our problems. The blame falls on others easier than it does on ourselves. We never want to see ourselves as failures or disappointments. When this happens we can get ...
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There's something you want. There always is, even if you want things to stay the same. How come we want something but don't want to give anything up for it? We seem to think that we're always at a loss for something. We approach life with an attitude of loss. So what does it take to see things from abundance? What will it take to want to give things up, to want to be free of the things that keep us craving more?

This is really about attachment to our comfort zones. We sit in our worlds and hol...
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