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You know what’s funny? I struggled to write this article. No joke. The past couple of weeks have been trying and difficult and I have not felt that push to do anything at all. So, writing this was kinda the last thing I wanted to do. I was not motivated! And then I remembered something…

If there was one valuable thing I learnt growing up, it’s that you don’t dream about success. You work for it. Despite this, success is not the core of my motivation; but what I can do for others through my experiences is what inspires me. Women commonly experience a subordinate sense of identity in society….

We all get sent those Monday morning ‘motivation memes’ on social media. Monday comes and we have to shift into gear! We have to get focused again for the week ahead. Clear our minds of all the family and life worries and think solely of what is required of us in the workplace! Certainly it…

I was lucky enough to attend the Future Females birthday celebration in Johannesburg in August where Lauren and Cerina talked about failure. It is something that is topical for me right now because I’ve experienced a disappointment that made me doubt myself, and their honesty inspired me to share my story. I changed careers in…

We all go through periods where we are lacking in motivation or we feel stuck and we need a little help seeing the woods for the trees. No matter how stuck or tired or demotivated you may be feeling you can get yourself up off that couch and out of your slump if you follow…

Success is 80% about showing up. Thank you. The end. LOL, okay, maybe not that easy, but the foundation of getting some motivational blood flowing through your veins, and especially that brilliant noggin of yours, is to get up and show up. There are people I know and you might be one of them –…

For decades, Industrial Psychologists have argued that regardless of ability, one of the strongest indicators of professional success is conscientiousness – sticking to a task until it’s done and completing it according to expectations. Conscientiousness is especially admirable in an entrepreneurial context, when there is no manager holding you to account, and specifically in new…

The irony of how long it took me to write this blog post is actually hilarious. It’s been in my view since the beginning of the month and on my to-do list every day this week, each day getting pushed to the next. It is now Friday afternoon, 3 pm and I am NOT finishing…

When you start a company alone or with a small team, the ambition you have and the vision that drives you is quite clear. But what happens when your company has passed start-up phase and you grow faster every year, with more and more staff joining the team? Does your team know your vision? That…

Getting up on a stage to talk about digital disruption is nothing particularly new for me, but recently I found myself in front of a very different crowd than the one I’m used to. As the speaker for the first-ever session of the CEO Series, an offshoot of Mark Sham’s brilliant Suits & Sneakers concept, I had…