So I thought I was totally done with introspection – Was that not the theme of my life last year! So over this past long weekend (we have many in South Africa) (FAR too many) (anyway) so I found myself introspecting again this week. I’ve been so busy this past month that it’s been really…
If you’re waiting for tomorrow to launch your idea – you’re just about to waste 24 hours! If you’re waiting for the “capital” to start – you’ve just given yourself a MASSIVE excuse to never start. If you don’t do it now – you probably never will. Remember the person who said today is yesterday’s…
Often I hear people tell me how wonderful they think their idea is – but from how they tell me I have to wonder if they really do believe in what they’re trying to sell me. Why are we so shy to talk about what we do? And yet ask us about our role as…
Business is hard. That’s why so few pursue its path. Stepping out and giving it your all – buckling down and choosing to weather the storms that come sure is no walk in the park. How we deal with our emotions as we build our empires is so key. Robert Kiyosaki in Cashflow Quadrant talks…
Excerpt from Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki “Your boss’s job is not to make you rich. Your boss’s job is to make sure you get your paycheck. It’s your job to become rich if you want to. And that job begins the moment you receive your paycheck. If you have poor money management skills then…
So yesterday I went to Pretoria to secure a speaker who just about brings me to tears every time I think of how he’s built his business. I’ve known about Mr Augus for years but yesterday was the first time we were meeting. My friend Mercy has been working for him, almost, since the beginning…
This week I was challenged with stepping out of a zone I was not keen to leave. I’m still not keen. And yet I did it. And here’s what I learned: stepping out is vital. Taking a risk is often worth it. Not only when it works out but the very act of taking the…
Pride, self-preservation and fear of rejections are often the destroyers of good things. Especially relationships. At some point we were taught that the very worst thing that could EVER happen was rejection. Doesn’t that word just make you cringe? R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. May I suggest instead that you learn to love and embrace that word? Firstly because…
Giving is powerful. So much so I believe it kick starts wealth that last generations. On the flip side of that: being stingy has the exact opposite effect. By giving I mean everything that is worth giving: be it time, resources, knowledge or skills… all these are gifts. And gifts that don’t carry the “now-you-owe-me”…
I’d promised to write about how passion alone is not enough to create an empire. Among the things you may also need: knowledge, experience, guidance, guts, a determination to do what you love and enough humour to want to have fun in life and make serious cash doing it… hehehehehe- c’mon laugh – don’t take…