A friend told me this story about Pieter, Hennie and Susan. Pieter had a hard childhood. He lost his father when he was young. He did not have a good relationship with his much older mother and had no contact with his only sister. Without these family relationships, he ended up making friends with the […]
Read moreIn 1988, Nike launched the brilliant Just do it campaign. With this campaign, Nike persuaded all age groups, all races, people who exercised and even those who did not to buy their products. And if you look around, you notice shoes with that little tick all over the place. Who came up with this slogan? […]
Read moreI was lying in my bed when I heard someone climbing through the window. Within seconds I saw him entering the room. In the moonlight shining through the window, I glimpsed his AK47. My heart was hammering in my chest. I could see him softly opening one wardrobe door after the other. I could see […]
Read morePeople don’t always realise that the way they act reflects what is going on inside their hearts. Your actions are linked directly to your heart. You act the way your heart tells you to. True, people often act in the right way because their head tells them it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes, […]
Read morePhew, we are coming to the end of the year and here we have the last Crossroad for the year. Although 2016 was a busy one with more than its share of challenges, lots of good news also came our way. Some time ago we told the story of a coffee shop in Europe where […]
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