For many the festive season can be a stressful time, making it more of a challenge than a celebration. In fact studies show that around a third of the population feel more anxious or depressed during the holiday season. In this episode I unpack how to deal [Read more]
Many ask how a beer brand can get involved in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) when alcohol abuse is such a large contributing factor to abuse in the first place. Kerryn Greenleaf, Brand Director of South Africa's biggest beer brand, Carling Black Label, points out that [Read more]
You matter. Your life matters. It’s time to become the most effective, influential and competent person you can be and live your life in such a way that you achieve the maximum good you are capable of.
Men have always struggled to ask for directions or seek help. We feel we need to have the answers and even if we don’t, we need to just “man up” and “make it happen”. But that is not the route to success as a man or a father. [Read more]
I often get approached by men who say something along the lines of: “I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m scared I won’t be a good dad. What do I do?” [Read more]
Excerpt taken from a talk at the ACT Africa Men's National GBV Conference in October 2021.
Who doesn’t want their life to count, to suck the marrow out of life, to live large, to be known as a man or woman who makes the world a better place; in short to live an excellent life? I think it’s safe to say that pretty much everyone does. [Read more]
Things can get really real when you are stuck in the confines of your home for an extended period with your wife and children. But as the most important man in your children’s lives you need to get it right during this tense time. [Read more]
An excellent life is within reach of everyone. It's not for the exceptionally talented, or lucky, or rich. It's for you. And it starts with a commitment; a commitment to live your life to the full and to maximize the abilities, talents and opportunities you have been given. It’s [Read more]
The quality of our lives is directly proportional to our commitment to excellence. What a statement! We can directly impact the quality of every aspect of our lives simply by committing to excellence. Our health, wealth and well-being, how much we get out of life, how much we enjoy life, [Read more]
Craig and Khalil discuss how we can break out of the man-made construct of racism, embrace our humanity and build a great society together.
There is always a second chance. No matter where you are, what you’ve done, what life has thrown at you – there is hope.
Khalil shares his most profound epiphany from his time in prison: “I realised that I was incarcerated before I ever went to prison and if that was the case I knew that I could be free before I was released.” Very few people unlock the full potential [Read more]
It’s barely a week into the new year and already so many of the heartfelt resolutions that sounded so good on 1st January are starting to feel a little onerous. And if we’re really honest with ourselves we know many of them won’t last. Why [Read more]
"Today I’m back with part 2 of my interview with Craig Wilkinson on The Quarter Life Comeback podcast. In part one, Craig and I discussed what it means to be excellent, why most of us settle for mediocrity & how to get out of that, as well as the [Read more]