How being too self-less can hinder your success

Someone asked me this question recently and in responding to them I thoight it was something others might benefit from: Question “I am told my hindrance to success is that I am selfless and care too much about others such that I sacrifice too much for others. So the proposal is that I learn to put myself first, and I don’t know how or…

The Mystery of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is one of the most challenging and misunderstood teachings of Jesus. Find out what it really means and its implications for your life.

Flying Misfits – Travel & Exposure

I was I was on a business trip recently and experienced something I thought was both amusing and sad at the same time. There were two gentlemen, probably in their late forties and fifties, travelling together who sat next to me. They seemed pretty well travelled at first glance, but it soon became apparent that they were not. As the flight prepared for take-off…

The Wonder Of The Human Spirit

When travelling lately, I prefer watching inflight movies that are either based on real life events or are inspirational in some way. I was therefore thrilled to come across a movie called “Wonder” on an Emirates flight from Lusaka to Dubai. The true-life story of August Pullman, a boy born with a facial deformity. Having undergone multiple surgeries to reconstruct his face, he had…

The Water Knows Their Pain

After class and dinner at Les Pensieres Global Health Centre in Veyrier-du-lac, France, I decided to walk back to the Encore Hotel where I was lodging. It was a nice twenty-minute walk and most of the way you could walk right by the boardwalk over Lac d’Annecy (Lake Annecy). It always made for a nice way to end the day with the late sunset…