What do you love about being a woman in your specific industry? I love project based work. As a woman I have a different approach to managing and coordinating the multiple stakeholders. I have a very good grasp on juggling personalities and managing all the different moving parts across multiple projects at the same time.
OKSIJEN Lisa SwartCEO Oksijen offers a turnkey service for residential and hospitality projects with design packages tailored to address each project and client’s specific needs. Its team of highly talented designers, specialist craftsmen, artisans and suppliers bring uniquely individual spaces to life. What is the one thing that you want clients to know when looking
No one can dispute that the best thing about living in Joburg is the weather. During this time of semi-migration to Cape Town, I believe it’s the main reason many of us choose to stay here. As they say in Turkey, “Lemonade weather” — the kind we enjoy during our summer months and look forward
Feeling stuck isn’t because you don’t know where to go, it is mostly because some old idea, a thing or older version of yourself is holding you back. Some outdated idea about yourself of who you are and what you do is keeping you from doing something different or just trying something you really want
Getting ready A few years back I decided to follow Michael Easter’s advice, in his book, “The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self,“ It introduces the idea of Misogi Challenges – doing something each year so challenging the effects of it reverberates throughout the remainder of the year. Last year
“To travel is to live, but to prepare is to dream.” The Point of No Return Like with so many things in life there comes a point in any construction project where you ask yourself the question, what have I done? You’re standing in the middle of what seems like the aftermath of some catastrophic
March was the month of preparation! We’ve been lining up projects for the rest of the year and getting ready to get started on each one with its unique needs. While each job is very different from the other we do follow a very similar step by step process preparing for any project. Steps to
On this last day of February, I remind myself that tomorrow is the start of a brand new month! A whole new month’s worth of brand new possibilities. And thats how I choose to look at it. In a world that seems currently off its axis with strange and challenging things happening completely outside of
