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The keys to courage
How Mama Zula saved 100 people's lives Lekha Singh | November 2007 issue “It was a Friday,” she says, “it was sometime in April.” The militiamen were burning houses. One neighbour’s house after another was going up in flames. The men, women and children who rushed out of the burning Read More...
Does EMDR spell healing?
November 2007 issue In 1974, Sam (not his real name) joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, now known as the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The death toll exacted by The Troubles was being ratcheted up daily, topping 1,000 in April of that year. It would double and then triple over the course Read More...
Don't read this!
The secret of leadership cannot be found in an article. Johan Schaberg | November 2007 issue A search for the term “leadership” in any online book source will yield scores of hits for authentic leaders, service-oriented leaders, effective leaders, inspiring leaders, coaching leaders and so on. Read More...
Fire your gurus
As long as we continue to follow our coaches and therapists, we'll never achieve the enlightenment or happiness we seek. A word of advice: Become your own guru. Tijn Touber | November 2007 issue Gurus, spiritual teachers, therapists, life coaches: I used to follow them with devotion. I devoured Read More...
Making the golden years shine
Why the baby boom generation should be itching to reinvent retirement Marc Freedman | November 2007 issue A fit, handsome sixty-something couple stretches out on a sandy beach. Another silver-haired pair steers a sailboat toward the sunset. A grey-templed golfer watches his drive soar down the Read More...
Get invested in change
Shareholder resolutions can bring revolutions. Amy Domini | November 2007 Read More...
Try a little kindness
The powerful therapeutic tool that makes psychologists nervous. David Servan-Schreiber | November 2007 issue When I teach psychotherapy to my colleagues who are psychiatrists or psychologists, I am always careful to stress the importance not only of mastering techniques but of paying the utmost Read More...
What the West can learn from the rest
The world is becoming One. But the game is being played according to rules set by the West. In process, we are seeing material gain and progress for developing nations - but also substantial loss. Ode asked leading opinion-makers in the developing countries what the West can learn that would Read More...
School for social change
At a pioneering academy in Johannesburg, underprivileged Africans are learning to become entrepreneurs. Fred De Vries | October 2007 issue Behind the public library, at the corner of Commissioner and Sauer streets, the problems of Johannesburg—and other cities on the African continent—are Read More...
Textbook success
How a jobless young man became a world leader. Fred De Vries | October 2007 issue Lucky Madonsela grew up in an illegal settlement near Duduza township, east of Johannesburg. He had been unemployed for three years when he applied to CIDA in 2004. Once in school, he developed into an exemplary Read More...