Incentive for initiative

Incentive for initiative

A young man schooled here in Zimbabwe went overseas and took a temporary job as a waiter in a restaurant. He was allocated duties to certain tables and accepted them readily. One evening, when the restaurant was quiet, he had no tables to look after so when he saw...
PAY TO PLAY

PAY TO PLAY

WATCHING sport is incredibly costly. Figures found on the internet suggest that someone in the UK who follows his local English Premier League soccer team might pay between four to five thousand US dollars per season for tickets and rail travel. We would also need to...
JUST ASK

JUST ASK

We’re in it to win it, then (as we considered previously)! So, what is the big issue about initiative? Well, one reason is simply that initiative is ‘godly’. God is One who takes the initiative. He created us and this world—– He took the initiative to do that. Then He...
WHO IS THE LOSER?

WHO IS THE LOSER?

IN 1968 the American jazz rock music band Blood, Sweat and Tears had a hit song called ‘Spinning Wheel’ which began with the lines “What goes up must come down; spinning wheel got to go ’round. Talkin’ ’bout your troubles; It’s a cryin’...
PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO NEIL TODD, ON BEHALF OF ATS

PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO NEIL TODD, ON BEHALF OF ATS

Neil Todd, the first CEO of ATS and former Head of Falcon College, passed away recently. The following is a tribute to him from ATS. There was an old joke that said, “Old teachers never die; they only lose their class.” In the case of Neil Todd, that is half...