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Successful people use time management ‘It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. Henry Ford’ Imagine a bank that each morning credited your account with R86400. During the course of the day, you were free to use as much or as little of the money as you desired. You could use it […]
» Read moreTHE SUCCESSFUL PERSON SETS GOALS Always start with the end in mind ‘To achieve happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal’ Earl Nightingale The world makes way for the person who knows where S/He is going’ Ralph Waldo Emmerson. By now you are probably beginning to see a pattern developing in the strategies […]
» Read moreTHE COMPOUNDING EFFECT The compounding effect is an interesting concept because it can work for you or against you, and most people don’t realize it. My father died of lung cancer at age 45, the compounding effect of smoking 50 cigarettes a day. When I saw how he suffered toward the end of his life, I decided I did’nt want […]
» Read moreTHE MURDER OF CRABWELL THE MURDERE OF CRABWELL GROMET On the morning of his 42nd birthday, Crabwell Gromet awoke to the peal of particularly ominous thunder. Glancing out of the window with his bleary eyes he saw written in fiery letters across the sky, ‘Someone is trying to kill you Crabwell’ With shaking hands Crabwell lit his first cigarette for […]
» Read moreHAVE A NICE DAY It has become common practice for many warm and sunny people to express the greeting to others “Have a nice day” It does make you feel good when someone smiles and while the say this. But do people just “have” a nice day? Some do, but is it worth the gamble to leave it to chance? […]
» Read moreTips for Speakers Training Note Learning from a successful speaker “A great speaker is firstly a great person who happens to speak well” Aristotle Lessons from Dr Norman Vincent Peal In 1969 Dr Peal spoke to us in Johannesburg on the subject of “Why positive people get positive results.” I still remember the MC who introduced him saying “Norman Vincent […]
» Read morePOINTS OF THE COMPASS Many years ago, in a rural part of England, a printer decided to publish a paper in which he would write about events and items of interest concerning the people living there. He employed a young journalist to visit the local inhabitants and to get as much interesting copy as possible in order to sell his […]
» Read moreTEN TIPS FOR SPEAKERS 1 Know your audience. Consider the demographics regarding age, culture, education and gender. 2 Decide what they need or want to know. Appeal to their interests, what will motivate, inspire or persuade them 3 State your main objective in today’s time stressed world people want to know what your core message is. Be brief and to […]
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