I’m Paul Strydom, an author, student of human behaviour, and someone who has learned, often the hard way, that survival and living are not the same thing. My life has taken me through profound loss, ambition, success, addiction, destructive relationships, collapse, suicide, recovery, and ultimately, reconstruction.
Along the way, I became fascinated by the psychology behind the choices we make, the identities we construct, and the patterns that can protect us in one chapter of life while limiting us in another. Today, I write, learn, question, and share what I have discovered, not as someone who has all the answers, but as someone willing to examine the questions honestly.
This website is my personal and intellectual platform, where I share my thoughts, writing, audiobooks, publications, observations, and ideas.
Through ORUTDT and The Beautiful Thinking Model (both developed by me), I continue to explore how we observe, understand and think about ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Observe. Recognise. Understand. Think. Decide. Transform.
The Insights section brings together my ongoing writing while the ORUTDT Library provides access to my published books and available audiobook editions.
This is simply a space for me to share my work, my thinking, and the ideas I find worth exploring.
Comfortable beneath the surface.
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