The Difference Maker

A Short Trip – Around The World

by Leigh Harrison | Jul 11, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

Yesterday I drove four hours from Johannesburg to Mbombela and today, after facilitating a workshop, I drove the fours back. I went from city to country, from highways to roads under construction, from farm fields stretching horizon to horizon to rolling hills and...

Stories of Resilience

by Leigh Harrison | Jul 7, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

A controversial political figure in the early part of the 21st Century, Elizabeth Edwards wrote a book called Resilience. Controversial because the image she portrayed in her books and in the public arena of a brave woman supporting her husband’s presidential...

Daily Incremental Learning

by Leigh Harrison | Jul 4, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

Getting to the How One of the reasons we procrastinate is we don’t know how to do what we need to. Becoming a digital business is a point in case for me. The opportunity offered by the internet giving access to an international market basically from my desk is just...

It All Starts With Giving

by Leigh Harrison | Jul 4, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

“The world does not owe you a living. It was here first.” — Mark Twain. By ‘living’ I think this means more than just money in your pocket, although this too. Living is embracing the fullness of life and all its dimensions. But it’s not going to be handed to you. Does...

Extending Your Tent Pegs A Little Further

by Leigh Harrison | Jun 30, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

As I drove out of my garage this morning and along the street where our house tucks into the one corner, I waved to the gardener working on the pavement outside the house across the road. He was born in Filibusi, Zimbabwe — same as my Dad! Further along, I smiled at...

Hit the Highway or Pathway of Peril?

by Leigh Harrison | Jun 29, 2020 | The Difference Maker, WISDOMS Blogs

Fantasy in Real Life In the Disney/Pixar movie Onward two elf brothers are on a quest to find a magic gem that will restore their dead Dad to them for 24 hours. In my previous blog, I spoke about how this movie awakened within me a renewed appreciation for the magic...