Lessons from the broom!
One of my very first lessons on adopting a spirit of excellence was taught me by my parents who ensured that we did the best we could no matter what it was we were doing. I remember my first lessons in excellence on the job! My teacher was my dad. He had watched with dissatisfaction how my sister and I would sweep the sitting room and decided to show how it was to be done. For those of you who have never used an african broom, I'll try to describe how it is used. The broom is made up of the stems of the palm tree whose leaves have been stripped bare. Very many stems are tied together at the bigger end with raffia or some twine and the finer ends of the broom are used to sweep the room. The broom has a short handle that requires the user to bend his back almost in parallel to the floor. Picture from travelblog.org One of our first household chores was to sweep the sitting room and as any child can tell you, household chores are not exactly the most exciting duties to ...