#57 Pay the price in full
If you want to get clarity on where you are going in life, you have to start by asking this question: What do you want? This is a very...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Sep 22
- 2 min
#56 Don't crush on the future, fall in love with the process
Getting what you want is the easy part. You have the life that you have now because of the person you have been up to now. Read that...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Sep 18
- 3 min
#55 Why the pain part VII: The unexpected gift of pain
Last week we looked at how your mind extends or amplifies your pain, which you can read here. This is the final email on our journey...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Sep 8
- 3 min
#54 Why the pain part VI: How your brain makes pain worse
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Sep 4
- 3 min
#53 Why the pain part V: Master or Mentor?
Last week we looked at how much our perspective informs our experience of pain, which you can read about here. This week we will look at...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Aug 27
- 2 min
#52 Why the pain part IV: Pain is subjective
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Aug 18
- 3 min
#51 Why the pain part III: Don't face your fear. Transcend it.
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Aug 11
- 2 min
#50 Why the pain part II: GROW PAIN
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Aug 4
- 3 min
#49 Why the pain part 1: SLOW PAIN
We will be spending the next few weeks looking at the question of pain, specifically trying to discover what pain wants to give us, what...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jul 28
- 2 min
#48 The obstacle is the way
(Title with apology to Ryan Holiday’s book “The obstacle is the way: the timeless art of turning trials into triumph”.) From where you...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jul 21
- 2 min
#47 The Oros principle
We’ve all had Oros at some point in our life. Maybe you still do, like me. You will know very well that there is a certain ratio of Oros...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jul 14
- 3 min
#46 I don't want to
As you move through life, you will from time to time reach a point where you hit a wall and feel stuck, lost and confused. If you take...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jul 7
- 2 min
#45 Evil Genius
Let’s play another game today. The game is called Evil Genius and is based on a technique called inversion thinking. Our brains are...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jun 30
- 2 min
#44 Becoming Sherlock Holmes
Have you noticed that during conflict you usually feel mad or sad, or sometimes even both? But it is not as simple as that. These...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jun 23
- 1 min
#43 My perfect day
Let’s play a little game today. Grab a piece of paper or your computer. At the top of the page, write “My perfect day…”. Now describe...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jun 16
- 2 min
#42 If you can read this you're too close
Do you know what the legal following distance is when you are driving a car in South Africa? 3 car lengths? 5 metres? Nope. It is 2...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jun 9
- 2 min
#41 What's the time, Mr Wolf?
“I will make time to exercise.” “This new habit will save me a lot of time.” Yes? Nope, not true. You cannot save time. You cannot make...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Jun 1
- 3 min
#40 What a load of BS
Have you ever felt that there’s gotta be more to life? Leave the BS and become the person who lives in the next chapter of your life.
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Francois Esterhuizen
- May 25
- 3 min
#39 Be careful what you say - your brain is listening!
Have you ever had a crush on someone? Do you remember suddenly seeing the person everywhere, having every song remind you of them? You...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- May 18
- 2 min
#38 Upgrade your problems
In a recent newsletter, Mark Manson wrote: “When we lack real problems in our lives, our mind quickly sets out to imagine some for us. We...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- May 11
- 2 min
#37 Aspire or tripwire?
“Hard work pays off.” “I am someone who works hard and always aims to deliver beyond expectation.” “I set high standards for myself.”...
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Francois Esterhuizen
- May 4
- 2 min
#36 Jumping to conclusions is not actually exercise
When someone else’s behaviour does not make sense to us, we have to make up a story to make it make sense to us.
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Apr 25
- 3 min
#35 Eliminate, delegate, automate
What is One Thing in your life that drains so much of your energy? Let's eliminate it!
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Francois Esterhuizen
- Apr 20
- 2 min
#34 YOU are the hero of your own life story
“Don’t die with your music still in you” - Wayne Dyer DREAM BIG! Create a clear vision of your ideal future. When you have a vision of...
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