For many years since my retirement from executive employment at Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company at the end of 1994, I have at odd times written various chapters towards a book of reflections on my life’s experiences. The idea emanated from the Jewish tradition of writing a letter to one’s family before passing on.Towards the end of 2014 when I was wondering just how to proceed, two of my friends recommended that I write a ‘short version’.This book is the result of that recommendation… it being my intention to try and collate several chapters into a full version of My Guiding Hand during 2016.