Real Life

This moment will long be remembered, of that I’m quite certain. A telephone bidder had just bought Banksy’s Girl with Balloon picture for 1.4 million pounds when a concealed self-destruct mechanism built into the picture’s frame by Banksy himself sprang into action. And before the eyes of the incredulous spectators at the London auction house Sotheby’s the lower part of the picture emerged shredded from its frame. 

“Trust is good, control is better.” You’re sure to have heard of this saying, it’s a piece of advice that many of us do trust in and follow – whether in our business lives, our personal relationships or in bringing up our children. Yet hardly anybody knows where this saying comes from.

Once again, a new year is upon us. What are we actually celebrating? When December 31, 2020, becomes January 1, 2021 overnight, nothing changes except the date. Some may wish that everything will stay the way it is. Others eagerly hope for a change. How do you feel when you think about next year?