: About Me

I am a masters graduate, business consultant, public speaker, toastmaster, counselor, father or two boys, husband of one wife, businessman and author.

My first book, Dead Reckoning, draws from a navigational concept by which an observer can predict where someone might be, based on the last available data about their position, heading, terrain, handicaps and speed. It looks at how our own backgrounds predict an eventual crisis, where we confront the past in order to set more aspirational goals for the future. The book draws from the lives of ordinary men and women of history, to give hope in crisis and a reason to live for something more.

My blog site is at ... www.4u2live.blogspot.com

I come from South Africa, home of a few notable people like Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk, Bishop Tutu, author Nadine Gordimer and others. Three Nobel winners lived on one street, near to the memorial to those who died on Sharpeville day, the defining day of the struggle against apartheid.

I am not a political animal, but a socially conscious Christian who loves to write.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

You

My parents always told me ...

Don't play with your food, unless it is alive

My childhood ambition ...

Was to throw the cow back over the moon

My favorite memory ...

My mom breaking a bicycle pump on my head - don't remember the details

Why I write ...

To inspire, bring hope and to protest against deforestation

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

War and Peace by Tolstoy - started reading 23 years ago

My first job ...

Odd

My best moment ...

Now

My inspiration ...

There is more

Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Achieving confidence and self esteem

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