2025 Year End Message
Year-End Message What a wild and wonderful year this has been!At times it felt as if I was riding a wild horse, uncontrollable speed… It was a year of grief, sadness, despair, but also of hope, celebration, and gifts. AI, Trump, war, sport, death of loved ones, birth of babies, ideas… A year of mixed […]
Intention, Attention & Ego
Intention, Attention & Ego There is nothing like a face-plant on a trail run to bring you back to earth. Literally…
Anti AI?
Anti AI? AI is here to stay; it is a tool, a lifeline for a busy person with high professional expectations. Order reigns in an AI world, mistakes disappear – life is perfect.
Ghosting
Ghosting Podcast: Met Almal. Oor Alles by Suzaan Steyn No Contact, No reasons. Ghosting has no winners. We’ve all been ghosted. Ignored without warning or explanation. Whether it happens on the playground, at work, or in a relationship, the experience is unsettling. One minute there’s connection. The next, silence. No explanations, no answers, no closure. […]
Been Ghosted?
Been Ghosted? Have you ever been ghosted? Almost everyone I know has experienced it at some level. Romantically, in business, or with friends.
Zen, blisters, and other unpleasant realities
Zen, blisters, and other unpleasant realities I tend to see the world through rose-tinted glasses. The glass is always full, all is good. This can be very annoying to most of my friends, especially when we are doing a tough hike or run. This unwavering optimism has been a coping mechanism all my life, it […]
Exhaling
Exhaling Written by Hanrie Fridjhon, February 7th, 2025 Running helped me survive as an entrepreneur. I started running when I was nineteen. My dad used to host a Spier Plesier once a year. We would run 16 km from the Spier (a wine farm outside Stellenbosch). My father’s charm enabled us to use the wine […]
My Year of Grace
My Year of Grace I stopped with New Year’s resolutions years ago, but I do choose a word for the year. ‘Grace’ for 2024 was perfect. For most of us, this was an especially tough one. My takeaways of 2024: When you face-plough on a run, lie in a foetal position for at least […]
Books that I enjoyed in 2024
Books that I enjoyed in 2024 Written by Hanrie Fridjhon, 28 November 2024 1. Finding Endurance – Darrel Bristow-Bovey This book won my vote for Leadership book of the year. Strictly speaking, it’s more of an adventure saga – an epic voyage of the Endurance to Antarctic. The comparison of leadership styles between Shackleton and […]
Aging – ‘Embracing your Age’
Aging Introduction: The Myth of Aging Gracefully If I hear one more time how gracefully I have aged, I will vomit through my gracefully aged mouth. Aging gracefully, according to Google, is a euphemism for looking old but still holding on. The Obsession with Youth The biggest ‘insultment’ (my son’s coinage of insult when […]