Discover the art of pushing through and why giving up is not an option. One of the biggest reasons I encourage my kids to play a team sport is because it teaches you so many lessons. One of these lessons is that it teaches kids to never give up and continue to play at their best even if the odds are…
Let me start by saying that there is no doubt that if I was a youngster today, I would have been diagnosed with ADHD. I would be taking medication to get me to concentrate. Back in school, I was just quite naughty and restless, and the only form of medication I knew was corporal punishment. (I am actually laughing as…
Some thoughts around managing your time: Are you managing your time effectively? You must know by now that I spent a good couple of years in boarding school. If you had the privilege as I did, you will know that your time is managed by a bell, a siren or even an alarm. The siren goes off every time you…
I returned to South Africa when I stopped playing rugby in England at the end of 2005. Having just had my daughter, who was only a couple of months old, I had to make some decisions regarding work, training and family time. I had heard many stories of men and women who had worked so hard that they had started…
I love using sport analogies and applying them to business. I recently listened to a talk from Neil Powell, the Springbok 7’s Coach, and they live by the principle of trusting the process. He mentioned that when a new player came into the system, then the process was explained to them and that was all he had to focus on.…
The topic of the month is expansion. The idea of every startup is to grow and to grow as quickly as possible. The problem is that you need cash flow and to have cashflow you need business. I was very fortunate that I had a bit of hard saved money from my rugby days that literally bled for. While this…
