If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Apparently Winston Churchill never said the words quoted above, which are so often attributed to him, but it encapsulates an idea that we could all live by. Let’s think about it in our context. As I’m writing this newsletter, I’m intensely aware of the dramatic differences between … 27 October 2025 – Failure is not Fatal

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. End of October, and the exams are upon us. I see UJ starts this week, Stellenbosch and Limpopo next week, UKZN in two weeks’ time.  It’s a time of stress and tension. In the newsletters over the next few weeks, we will help you deal with … 20 October 2025 – Writing Exams with Confidence

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. At this point in the year, you are overwhelmed with course work, overloaded by information in all your different modules that you have to somehow keep in your head until at least after the exams. There are probably times when you want to throw the whole lot … 13 October 2025 – Making Sense of Your Work

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. I really hope you’re well in this first week of October, South Africa’s most beautiful month. I’m not just saying that out of habit or politeness. Your brain, with which you must learn and write exams, is part of your physical body. You must treat it in … 06 October 2025 – Healthy Body, Healthy Mind