Why I sign off with You’re The Job
It only just occurred to me why I sign off this newsletter and marketing pieces with: I love you, Jacques or You’re the Job Jacques Even though it is a courtesy to you, and I really do mean it (that I love you), every time I sign off it’s a reminder to me. It is […]
Move it up
Do you ever look at yourself in the mirror and have a small panic attack because you feel as if you’re running out of road and running out of time? I do. I have plans for my life, but these might not be the plans that are destined for me, and I might be called […]
Jacques de Villiers is presenting a discourse at Lokinwi Body, Mind & Spirit Fair
I’ll be presenting Practicing For Death Helps Me Live at the Lokinwi Body, Mind & Spirit Fair on 14 September 2019. Here’s the gist of the discourse: As a practising Sufi and armchair Stoic memento morri (Remember you will die) is carved into my psyche. The timeless words of Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, are […]
Great artists crave appreciation
There’s one thing artists crave more than food. And, that’s appreciation. All humankind craves appreciation. The thing is that we were created to be appreciative by the great artist. When he spoke his first words, “Let there be light”, he got the ball rolling. He called light, day and separated it from dark, night. He […]
Mindfulness
Mindfulness: Why do you play so small? Mindfulness. This is a weekly newsletter I send out called Find a Path With Heart. Here are the statistics: Date: 30 November 2017 – 17h05 Sent: 653 Opens: 409 (62,83%) Clicks: 73 (11,21%) Hey Friend, In today’s mindfulness article I’ll be short and sweet. Strangely enough. Why Do […]
The Secret Behind Human Success
Etsko Schuitema is the lead partner of the Schuitema Human Excellence Group The Etsko Schuitema model of Intent shows how each person operates on a continuum that is bounded by two unconditional moments: unconditionally here to get and unconditionally here to give. As we engage with the world, we are constantly faced with a choice […]