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Mountain Symbolism in African Leadership

“NOTE: This story comes from a Zulu elder who said, ‘These ideas about the mountain are from more than 100 years ago. African leadership today—with some shining examples—has a different approach. There’s no more climbing up mountains anymore. Now it’s about ego and the accumulation of money, cars, and property to hoard. The community is […]

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Stories, Events, Meaning & Culture

In common language, an event is something that happens (changes), in particular something special of limited duration. An example of this is a major sporting event, concert or political rally. An event is an outcome, result, reference or single point of focus. In physics and philosophy, an event occurs at a point in time which […]

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The Story of the Star Maiden

This story based on on a story told in Sir Laurens van der Post’s book “The Heart of the Hunter” Once upon a time… on the edge of the dry Kalahari desert, there farmed a bushman farmer. He had crops and a few cows and, though he was relatively content, he did so wish that […]

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What stories do to you

Billions of neurones are constantly making and pruning connections with other neurones in your brain. Acts of thinking and perception can be detected at the neuronal level as a complex movement electro-chemical signals. So it’ll come as no surprise that stories have a significant impact of the neurochemistry of our brain/mind/body complex. DARPA (Defence Advanced Research […]

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The story of the freedom charter

>Regardless of who you vote for, it is interesting to look at the ANC-generated Freedom Charter, adopted in 1955. It is a beautifully crafted vision which contains a story of a desired future that one can see. (Employing words skilfully to construct a mental picture that others can ‘see’ is a key element of a […]