Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 35/365 Whenever Charles Dickens, the author, wrote scathing letters to those who he perceived to have offended him, Catherine, his wife, would always take them to the post office. She never posted them. And, saved him from a world of hurt. I don’t have a Catherine, so here goes … […]
Article 23/365 of Jacques’s writing quest. I woke up around 01h00 this morning. Outside it was deathly quiet. The air was so still that even the squadrons of mosquitoes that plagued me every night couldn’t fly. Their wings found no purchase in nothingness. It unsettled me. The wind plucked up and whispered life back into […]
Knowing that I was a Carlos Castaneda fan, my friend Tiffany Markman took great care to paint this enchanting piece for my 60th birthday. She beautifully incorporated the colour scheme from “Journey to Ixtlan” and “Tales of Power”. I can imagine don Juan Matus (the Yaqui sorcerer and Castaneda’s spiritual teacher) looking into infinity, or as he […]
The sales profession is one of the toughest on the planet. Not because it’s inherently difficult, but because it triggers every foible in the human psyche. If you’ve ever felt any of these, you’re in the sales profession: Perhaps you’re lucky enough to never have felt any of the above. I can’t say I’ve had […]
While December 2019 is the season to be jolly, it’s also the season of goal setting. As we approach a new year we set goals for ourselves so that it can be a better year than the one we just had. This piece of text is a cautionary argument against thinking that goal setting and […]
