Considering the stuff that really creates success, it is actually a lot more simple than you might think. The overriding ingredients are sourced from places other than pure brains and intelligence. In fact, they emerge from two basic character traits: perseverance and determination. Now don’t let me confuse you. Simplicity does not mean ‘easy’. Easy and simple are very different ideas. […]
Being in the career advisory space I often encounter clients who are stuck – they just don’t quite know which way to go. Using a few searching and hard-hitting questions it becomes apparent that usually they are avoiding what needs to be done. What do you think you are being called out to do right now? In other words, in the […]
Don’t you often find that you are asking yourself the question “I’m a qualified CA, but am I making it? Am I where a CA with my years of experience, should be?” It does not seem to matter how many years you have been qualified, there is always this nagging uncertainty that you are not as successful as […]
Accuracy? Financial accuracy? Balancing to the last cent? Is this not fundamental to the idea of accounting? It’s about balancing the books and emanates from a brilliant system of double-entry bookkeeping that was devised thousands of years ago and has survived intact to this very day! Incredible! In the theory of accountancy, accuracy is non-negotiable. But for accountants […]
Read this and contemplate. That recruitment agent that never got back to you, contacts you out of the blue with a great job offer. It sounds great – medium-sized business with an impressive turnover, a not-too-shabby bottom line and a bunch of cash in the bank. And the annual package is nicely within the market range, even […]
Willingness is a wonderful idea. It is a concept of inner freedom. It’s about letting go of all preconceived ideas and allowing your true essence to flow through. It’s surrender and acceptance and trust all rapped up together. Contrast this with worry, concern, doubt, resistance and fear, you can feel the freedom of it all. What happens, though, […]
“If you want to jump off the porch and run with the big dogs, you better learn to move in the tall grass!” This is a fun expression that takes a poke at the rigours of climbing the corporate ladder. It pre-supposes that, if you want to step up ‘there’, you better know how to […]
As you probably know I hate call centres, especially when backed by a team of badly trained staff and shocking background music. But my pet-hate is the computerised computer voice delivering outrageously long menu options. It aggravates me no end that companies consider it ‘okay’ for me to do their work when I am paying them for the […]
I had an abrupt wake up call yesterday whilst coaching a young, surprisingly energised young CA. I purposely shifted our conversation into the political arena with the intention of provoking them to think out of the box. The question? What if the SA economy boomed this year? How could he position himself to take maximum advantage of such a […]
In life that is one thing you will learn the hard way. No person can tell you this – you need to have your own personal experience. Relying on a written contract is no way to go into a deal. If you ever have to pull that agreement out the draw, know that you are in trouble. […]