by Benard Makaa | Aug 18, 2017 | Books
Note to myself Most of the serious mistakes I have made so far in life are bad ego decisions. I have made bad ego decisions with women, many, many bad ones with money and quite a few that put me in some sort of physical and emotional danger. I now try to avoid such...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 18, 2017 | Letters
(Source: Reagan: A Life In Letters) In June of 1971, 26-year-old Michael Reagan married his 18-year-old fiancée in a beautiful ceremony that took place in Hawaii, but which sadly couldn’t be attended by his dad, the future President of the United States, Ronald...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 13, 2017 | Psychology
You can leverage it to make new contacts or expand your business. You can use it to showcase your expertise, share what you’ve learned, or learn from people you admire and respect. You can use it to stay informed, entertained, and connected. You can even find...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 10, 2017 | Psychology, Stories
Whenever you ask someone to do or be anything, think of Mahatma Gandhi and the story of “The Little Boy and Sweets.” It is such a great example to live up to and delivers an invaluable lesson on the character of leadership. Coming to see Gandhi, a woman waited in...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 9, 2017 | Psychology
I have occasionally given out gifts to different people at different occasions. For the physical gifts category, I can say I have given books the most. And of the books (hard copies) I have gifted the most, one stands out “How To Win Friends and Influence People” by...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 19, 2017 | Philosophy, Psychology
This post is literally lifted from the work of Derek Sivers, who has taken time to distill wisdom and insights from books, experience and research into directives. All credit goes to him. He was a circus clown, a musician, and made a company which he sold for $22...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. While reading the letter in which you were lamenting the death of the philosopher Metronaxas if he might have, and indeed ought to have, lived longer, I missed the spirit of fairness which abounds...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. If you are in good health and if you think yourself worthy of becoming at last your own master, I am glad. For the credit will be mine, if I can drag you from the floods in which you are being...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. It is the month of December, and yet the city is at this very moment in a sweat. License is given to the general merrymaking. Everything resounds with mighty preparations—as if the Saturnalia...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 10, 2017 | Letters, Philosophy
This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. I know that you have plenty of spirit; for even before you began to equip yourself with maxims which were wholesome and potent to overcome obstacles, you were taking pride in your contest with...