Namibian Blog list 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 15:14, by Milton Louw

Financial education counselling: counsellor's handbook

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 15:04, by Milton Louw

The Financial education counselling: counsellor's handbook is a resource for consumer advocates looking to provide free financial education.  The handbook provides practical advice in a way that non-experts can understand and convey.

The Counsellor's Handbook is divided into a number of topic sections, including savings, budgeting, and debt management. It also contains take-home activities that can be given to consumers, as well as activity ideas for counselling sessions.

http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/897062/ci%20financial%20education%20counselling%20handbook%20final.pdf


Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 12:25, by Milton Louw
by Dr. Seuss


Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of… ( Read on! )

A quote on attitude

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:04, by Milton Louw
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot… ( Read on! )

Dr Seuss - my best friend

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:03, by Milton Louw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ahv_1IS7SiE


This morning I was inspired by a friend's post on the last Dr. Seuss book, Burning Man.

Dr Seuss was one of those sets of books that I can still return to time and time again, and find new pearls of wisdom. The first time I read one of his books it was at the Von Welligh Library in Johannesburg. This was 1976, I had just lost my mother and my father seemed to have abandoned us children.

My grandparents had taken us in and were trying their best to give us a better life. This included moving to Darragh House, the flats… ( Read on! )

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Milton Louw

Milton Louw

Milton Louw was born in Windhoek, Namibia and raised the Independence flag over the capital in 1991. (Read on!)He has worked closely with the chamber of commerce movement and the development of small- and medium-enterprises. He is a lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies and has assisted in various ICT research papers. His most recent contribution was to "Libraries, Telecentres, Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT: International Comparisons" by the University of Washington. As a socio-economic commentator he has been the editor of various monthly publications and a regular blogger. His idea on improving the social conditions in Namibia has led to the publication of the book "Future Namibia" in 2011.

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