Making A Better World - Milton Louw

A list of Namibian bloggers which I hope to expand with your help. Back to basics Change your life Creating Wealth Daves Boring Blog Dune Sieben (German) End forced Sterilisation Frantic Naturalist Girl Uncovered I present Roxanne Making a better Namibia Mikeymum Namibian DJ|s Namibia Facts Namibia Welcome One Stoned Crow The Joys Of My Splintered Life In SMALLTOWN Vakwetu Style Vieranas Safaris the new Der/die/das Namibia/er auf Deutsch Sinisterstuf Thanks

The Financial education counselling: counsellor's handbook is a resource for consumer advocates looking to provide free financial education.  The handbook provides practical advice in a way that non-experts can understand and convey. The Counsellor's Handbook is divided into a number of topic sections, including savings, budgeting, and debt management. It also contains take-home activities that can be given to consumers, as well as activity ideas for counselling sessions. http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/897062/ci%20financial%20education%20counselling%20handbook%20final.pdf

by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street. And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you. And then things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too. OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! ...

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ahv_1IS7SiE This morning I was inspired by a friend's post on the last Dr. Seuss book, Burning Man. Dr Seuss was one of those sets of books that I can still return to time and time again, and find new pearls of wisdom. The first time I read one of his books it was at the Von Welligh Library in Johannesburg. This was 1976, I had just lost my mother and my father seemed to have abandoned us children. My grandparents had taken us in and were trying their best to give us a better life. This included moving to Darragh House, the flats belonging to the Anglican Church, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa. This was one of the few "grey areas" in Johannesburg where light skinned coloureds could hope to start a life as "whites". Thus at the age of six, I was stuck in a small flat, not able to make friends with the neighbours, and missin my parents. That's when I discovered "The Cat in the...

See:  Project Gutenberg Children's collection "African publishers lag in shift to electronic books Electronic readers are transforming the way people enjoy their books. However, there is very little African published content on the online stores. For a reader looking for a Kenyan book or literature published in Africa, one has to get the ink-and-paper version as few publishers have moved online." There are programs in place to provide one-laptop-per-child and the latest is getting e-readers to children. One of these is an organisation called Worldreader.org. What is the possibility of Namibia recognising this as a future trend and start planning for it. I recently completed together with an international team, a study for the University of Washington on "Libraries, Telecenters and Cybercafés: A Comparison of Different Types of Public Access Venues". It is sad that we neglecting our children's access - I just look at the example of our public librar...

Management coaching: There’s method in the madness | Africa Report It’s time to tackle the dreaded M word – management . With management coaching, this has never been easier. By Craig Falck for Africa Report Managers are not born… They are trained. And mentored. And coached. Management coaching is a new technique that’s gaining popularity around the world because it gives employees the skills they need when they enter higher management positions. After all, these programs are popular for a reason… Being a manager is more than just delegating and having a “manager” sign on your business card, desk or office door. It’s about being able to handle the company, to mould and develop your team and department, and lead the team to victory. And that’s where management coaches come in. Like any coach in a sport, they will instil certain principles and knowledge in their leader and coach them to be the best that they can be. There are so many things that managers need to know these days and so ma...