To have limitless choices is naturally something that we as human beings, born with a free will, will see as the ideal situation. But is it ideal? Read More

To the degree that dreams of personal success, more recognition, more money, more power and more freedom, become the driver of people’s actions, community considerations become less important. For many of us, community life in villages and suburbs has become a vague memory of yester-year. Those get-togethers at townhalls, schools and churches were characterised by warm feelings of belonging and a general sense of goodwill, children running around playing with freedom and lots of laughter. Already, more than half the word’s population live in cities and the trend will continue. As a consequence, community life as we knew it, is on the decline.

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What do people aspire to in the workplace? Is it not typically to first make a living (earn a salary), then try to make a good impression (especially on senior management) and then the higher aspiration to make progress to the next level of income and status? There is of course nothing odd or negative about career path development. The idea that, as a young adult, one needs to start somewhere, learn from experience and grow one’s competence and value, makes good sense. Read More

‘Higher aspirations’ in common modern-day language most probably will be understood as climbing the ladder to higher levels of personal achievement, be it in sport, business, politics, education, professional life, or any other sphere of human endeavour. And achievement is qualified by the level of recognition and praise that it attracts. Read More

If ‘desire’ is a strong feeling of wanting something, ‘aspire’ is more to strive for something ambitious,  to commit oneself to the achievement of a lofty goal. Anna Jameson wisely said that, in some sense, we are what we aspire to be. Our aspirations reflect our being. To lift our vision to a higher aspiration and connect our minds and hearts to it, transforms us. We are not the same after seeing a new destiny than what we were before seeing it. True aspiration is personal and authentic, but can also be shared with many others. It is personal in the sense that we can see ourselves working towards the goal with the intuitive knowledge we have and the ‘right design’ to realise or help realise it. It can be a shared aspiration in the sense that the vision is big enough to evoke similar aspirations in others. Read More

There is a new breed of leaders in Africa who are determined to be of relevance to their society and humanity … there is a new breed of leaders who do not want to be remembered by history for their notoriety, disregard for human rights and good governance but rather want to be part of the forward march towards the establishment of a better life for their people by using the expertise garnered over the years for the good of their people … there is a new breed of leaders in Africa who want to establish the identity of the continent as an equal partner on the world stage and must be treated as such.

John Agyekum Kufuor Read More

The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human

• John Naisbitt

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You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you – James Allen Read More

He who wants everything every time, will lose everything anytime.

 Vikrant Parsai Read More

Most people associate their work with problem-fixing. Very few people view their work as making a contribution to a stronger and better community. Read More