Are you a Stakeholder or a Bystander? I was chatting to a friend and fellow Professional Speaker Jacques de Villiers this morning. The subject was the lack of Pride in what we are seeing people delivering in the work place. We were discussing how no one seems to want to take ownership of any customer[…]
Things to Cinsider *1. ON EARNING: Never depend on single income. Turn you passion into a revenue stream Make investment to create a second chance. _________________________________ *ON SPENDING: If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need. ________________________________ *ON SAVINGS: Do not save what is left after[…]
Fuelling the Fire! Many of my acquaintances and Mentees ask me why I continually go to meetings and events and webinars (especially free ones). Some even marvel at me spending quite a bit of time watching You-Tube videos of other speakers and trainers and TED talks. Is this not a waste of Valuable Time? (often[…]
Keeping Promises – what is 100% By; Adolph Kaestner I was chatting to a friend and colleague about finding the right people to do a job and how difficult this has become. The number of times people “commit / agree” to do something and then just don’t deliver without even a warning or a call[…]
Where there is a Will there is a Way By Adolph P Kaestner 12 November 2015 In my primary Keynote Speech (I Can Is NOT Enough) I discuss the 3 stages of what it takes to achieve something – anything. The First is to believe that I Can, the second is to have the intention[…]
Living the lessons you teach The past 8 months have been ones where I have NOT been walking my talk. What an admission to make for a motivational/inspirational keynote speaker you may say but hey we are not always perfect and things do go wrong even if we put on the “It’s all OK” face.[…]
One of my Professional Speaking colleagues just had a disaster at a conference he was speaking at . The reason was the Event organisers has employed a sound / data company to run the technical stuff . My Colleague did what all professional speakers do and checked with the engineers that all was working ,[…]
Tips for Speakers Some things you will need 1. A Digital recorder a. to record every speech you ever give b. to listen to speeches as you are preparing them c. to evaluate the speeches after you have given them d. to hear what your audience is herring e. to measure impact f. to post[…]
“Change is not merely necessary to life — It is life!” Alvin Toffler Every year all good businesses Micro, Small, Medium and Large look at what has happened in the past year/years and tries to predict what they want to achieve in the coming year/years. –Well at least I trust they all do otherwise they[…]
Hope – Your Friend or Your Foe? “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” This is a quote by Albert Einstein – sounds great doesn’t it – pretty much the same as you hear from most preachers “ Where there is Hope there is Life!!” and “Faith, Hope and Charity” They all sound[…]
