Humanist, family man, seeker and learner. 3X Founder (2 exits): Cogsy, Conversio & WooCommerce. I wrote and published Life Profitability. Ex-Rockstar.

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Delegate or die: the self-employed trap.

I found this article so incredibly valuable, purely because this has been something that I've always struggled with. Running & co-owning 2 companies for 3+ years now, you'd think that I'd be able to delegate with my eyes closed, yet that's not close to the truth...


In both companies, we have amazing teams and whilst we delegate a bucketload already, we're not quite where Derek suggests just yet. Definitely something to improve on this year.

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Still Pure

Spent an amazing day in Riebeek Kasteel, which is a "boutique" little town out in the countryside, about a hour's drive away from home.

The cool thing about the day is that this isn't something I ever considered doing last year. Part of my new year's resolution was to explore my own country a little more and also to not be so lazy in not driving around and exploring. Especially on weekends. :)

So Jeanne & I spent an amazing day just relaxing in this little town, walking around and checking out random shops. I also had the most amazing burger I ever had at Bar Bar Black Sheep.

Bonus of the day: a bunch of cool photography opportunities. :)

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Photoblog

I've started to doing something new. Instead of just posting my photos randomly to Flickr (usually a case of finishing the editing and then uploading months after the photo was taken), I've started a bit of a photoblog there.

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Palazzo Photography

I'm weird as a photographer. Not arty, not expert and most definitely not abstract by any means. Yet, I absolutely love taking photos like this.

Having had the opportunity to travel quite a bit in 2011, I found myself walking the streets of cities that I was completely unfamiliar with. And then every now and again I'd see something like the photo above and just feel compelled to capture that moment.

In this photo, it's not about what's in the picture, but just about that very perspective and angle that I managed to capture. The reason that intrigues me, is that's the way I saw it and my challenge is generally to get your eyes & mind to experience the same thing I did in real-time.

Do you find yourself taking photos like these that don't make "traditional" sense?