Monday Musings 4 March: Mind the “liking gap”
Have you ever felt that some people seem effortlessly likable while you have to work twice as hard to make a good impression? New research from academic scholars Boothby, Cooney, Sandstrom, and Clark on the “liking gap” suggests that certain traits like confidence, emotional intelligence, and charisma can ignite positive first impressions and easy rapport. […]
Monday Musings 26 February: Surviving the MICE invasion with wit and a bit of introvert magic
Ah, MICE season—when the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions world descends upon us like a well-dressed flutter of butterflies, armed with business cards and ready for a week of schmoozing. With Meetings Africa taking the spotlight this week, hot on the heels of last week’s AGEIS 2024 and the Travel and Technology Conference, it’s been […]
Monday Musings 19 February: Why you need a Skid and Slide course to navigate life
It’s only February and I’m already feeling like everything has been hurling at me at 200km/h this year. Life in 2024 feels a bit like an obstacle course on a game show. You know the ones where you’re half expecting to face-plant into a mud pit while the audience roars with laughter. I’m dodging work […]
Monday Musings 12 February: The tweens are coming! Hide the anti-ageing creams!
Can’t tell your Drunk Elephant from your Summer Fridays? No judgment here – it just means you’re over 13. And if you’re a parent of a tween, a global beauty brand, or even a marketer, the soaring popularity of these brands should make you break out in hives. The beauty biz is having an identity […]
Monday Musings 5 February: Love Is in The Air
February, the month that arrives with a subtle but undeniable scent of infatuation and adoration. As a hopeless romantic, I am eager to dive into the annual celebration that can turn even the most stoic among us into starry-eyed admirers. But I must acknowledge that we are a dying breed. On Valentine’s Day, when Cupid […]
Monday Musings 29 January: Less clutter. More calm.
The research is in: the clutter in your home is probably the reason you’re still munching on junk food and binge watching Netflix even though you swore 2024 was the year you were going to cut down. It’s also likely part of the reason you’re stressed, anxious, and depressed more often than you’d care to […]
Monday Musings 22 January: A bookish travel adventure
Last year, I received the best gift for my birthday – I discovered a whole new genre of fiction that I love. By the end of the month, I’d read 15 books (plus all the bonus material on the author’s website), and I was hooked. I’m still going strong. When I was young, I could […]
Monday Musings 15 January: An unlikely catalyst for course correction.
While this is the first Monday Musings of the year, never fear; it won’t be about New Year’s Resolutions! But try this on for size: how does course correction sound? Course correction can be as simple as adjusting your priorities or making small changes that deviate from the way you’ve always done things – without […]
Monday Musings 11 December: There’s still a trifle to do…
As the year supposedly winds down and many of us are already in holiday mode, the to-do list seems as long as ever. Work tasks excluded, my latest list includes spring cleaning of my home, my laptop and making time to update all my info, aka my life, to a new phone. My self-induced to-do […]
Monday Musings 4 December: The cosy girl era – a cry for comfort?
We may be welcoming sunshine and pool days here in Mzansi but up north, the world is awash in pumpkin spice, plaid, and all things hygge. Enter the “cosy girl” aesthetic dominating social media. The ‘cosy girl’ hashtag has racked up over 29 million TikTok views, with interest soaring over 20 times in three years. […]
