Career Leaders
Posted by charles in Countries, Life Stories, Uncategorized on 17. Feb, 2013 | 0 Comments
What makes a leader amazing? Is it their ideas and creativity, their knowledge, their ability to make things work or the fact that they develop a business and make money? Galileo led by looking beyond Earth and finding a new world in the skies. Dr Louis Pasteur led by searching for and finding minute organisms, [...]
Carcassonne and the Cathars
Posted by charles in Countries, Education, Places, Uncategorized on 29. Oct, 2012 | 0 Comments
Why were they hunted down, brutalized and burnt ? That is what happened to thousands of people called the Cathars, during the so called middle ages. Recently, I took a flight from the UK and went to Carcassone in France. Soon as I arrived at the airport, I saw a sign that said – ‘Welcome to [...]
Learning from Olympic Athletes
Posted by charles in Athletes, Education, Life Stories, London, Uncategorized on 26. Jun, 2012 | 0 Comments
The training is reaching a peak. The athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics are counting down the days. The competitions and events will test them to the limit. Some will break world records. We will see a few athletes run or swim quicker than any human in history. Heros and heroines will be created. But, all [...]
Shakespeare’s Ghost Writer
Posted by charles in Careers, Education, Life Stories, Uncategorized on 26. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Walking through Stratford-on- Avon, in England, on a bright summer’s day, I saw a sign. It said – William Shakespeare’s Birthplace. Arriving at the front door, it was as if I had flown through more than 400 years of time. He was baptized on 26th April in 1564. So, he is 448 years old. [...]
