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Damien Blaauw
May 13, 20207 min read
Reflection is Chicken soup for the Soul
We now find ourselves more than forty days into a hard lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that is raging the world over. The...
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Damien Blaauw
Jan 24, 20207 min read
Chemistry
We live in a world that is unforgiving in almost every aspect, and the pressure created places really crazy expectations on one's...
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Damien Blaauw
Dec 30, 20196 min read
Reflections...
We find ourselves yet again at the back end of another year, and as is the norm, it's a time of reflection. The truth be told, it's not...
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Damien Blaauw
Dec 13, 20197 min read
Post Mortem of a relationship
I have spent countless hours of late dissecting and analysing my relationships and trying to make sense of what went wrong, for my sanity...
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Damien Blaauw
Nov 22, 20195 min read
Know What You Bring to The Table
As I look back on the year so far, knowing that as we speedily race to the new year where lots of reflection normally happens, I look...
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Damien Blaauw
Jun 27, 20195 min read
Freedom is...
I have had to take a long hard look at things in the last couple of months based on the goings-on in my personal and professional life,...
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Damien Blaauw
Jun 26, 20196 min read
Authenticity or Bust!
I have had occasion to reflect on my situation of late, and it produced some really insightful tidbits albeit somewhat distressing for me....
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Damien Blaauw
Dec 31, 20188 min read
Reset: Part 3- Personal
We all have our ups and downs personally, and I am no stranger to the ebbs and flows one's personal life throws at you, but yet again, I...
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Damien Blaauw
Dec 31, 20185 min read
Reset: Part 2- Spiritual
I have always been a deeply spiritual person, and that has been a constant in my life, even though some have questioned and challenged...
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Damien Blaauw
Dec 31, 20185 min read
Reset: Part 1- Professional
Life has three certainties, change, taxes & death! I have come to experience tremendous amounts of change in the last few years and the...
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Damien Blaauw
Jul 31, 20188 min read
The Mirror
I have found myself observing people more of late, and the one thing that has come through consistently is that we have a total lack of...
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Damien Blaauw
May 18, 20187 min read
The Blend
I have been chatting to some of my other male colleagues around the matter of blended families, as I am currently living the reality of...
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Damien Blaauw
Apr 22, 20186 min read
Keep your Circle small
I have as mentioned before been on a journey of self discovery, and the learnings that have come as a result of the journey have been...
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Damien Blaauw
Apr 8, 20186 min read
Never a right time...
I was reminded of a poem I read many years ago when I just started working. The author of the poem is unknown, but the contents of that...
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Damien Blaauw
Mar 30, 201816 min read
Experiences trump Things
I have always been of the mind that I wanted to show my kids something different to what I experienced growing up, and the motivation is...
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Damien Blaauw
Mar 24, 20187 min read
You can Love me or either Leave me..
Music has always been a big part of my life and it has pretty much gotten me through some really rough patches over the years, and I was...
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Damien Blaauw
Mar 18, 20187 min read
Be who you need to be!
I am well and truly embracing the new found view I have on things and I must say that letting go of many of the things I was holding onto...
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Damien Blaauw
Mar 10, 20188 min read
Be Careful What You Wish For...
We all have at some point heard the saying: "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." It's quite an emotive saying in as...
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Damien Blaauw
Mar 1, 20188 min read
To thine own self be true...
The big 40 has now finally set in, and I must admit that the whole "Life begins at 40" cliche has me waiting here patiently. I must admit...
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Damien Blaauw
Feb 24, 201811 min read
All I need is a Passport and a ticket...
It is often said that the World is a book, and those who do not travel read only the first page! I am and always have been a big dreamer,...
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