3 Reasons to Stop Trying to Be Harder, Better, Faster and Stronger…

Give up and be surprised.

Juanita Nieuwoudt
Mind Cafe
Published in
4 min readJun 8, 2021

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At 11 am, one Monday morning in 1984, I had an epiphany in a dark movie theatre. I wasn’t meant to be there.

I was completely spellbound by Amadeus, the tale of the bitter rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, who was a lesser-known composer at the Viennese…

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Juanita Nieuwoudt
Mind Cafe

I write about life in all its glory. I write about the unglorious too. More fascinating, yes? I sometimes write in my sleep; that's when I know: It is time.