Our company Dodici Capital Solutions (Pty) Ltd is 19 years old. To be honest I did have doubts about getting this far – doubts that always niggled in the back of my mind due to all the negative statistics about businesses that fail. That is why this message is so important – pursuing a dream […]
If we have learned anything in the past two years about business, it must be the importance and skills required to successfully collaborate through teamwork. Collaboration, in short, is the working practice that enables two or more individuals, entities or organisations to work together for a common business purpose, or to achieve business benefits or […]
Stephen Covey listed Sharpening the Saw in his best-seller “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” – this principle was taught for many years as part of our Leadership Training and was contextualized by using challenging circumstances in our lives to enable us to speak using evidence-based learning experiences. The most valuable lessons in life, come […]
This is my story of how I combine perseverance and purpose… At the age of 35, I experienced a dark year in which I dealt with past events of when I suffered a miscarriage and lost two of my siblings. These three tragic events resulted in me suffering from complete burnout. It sounds like a […]
Listening to all the updates on Covid-19 can steal our hope and joy and we have to spend time strengthening our definition of hope and joy, to make sure we fully grasp the power they hold. What gives Hope? I was recently reminded that our hope is in the eternal life. It gives us meaning […]
Week three of South Africa’s lockdown 2020 is now behind us and people have started sharing with me how different their experiences have been. How are people affected by the lockdown? On the one side, there are people who started working from home when the lockdown began – especially people that are part of essential […]
Hi, my name is Annatjie, and I am a recovered Perfectionist. People with perfectionism hold themselves to impossibly high standards. They think that what they do is never good enough. Ultimately, perfectionism can make you feel unhappy with your life. It can lead to depression, anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm. Eventually, it can also lead […]
I confess – even though I’m mindful of valuing my relationships – I’ve also been guilty of saying, “sorry, I haven’t had a single moment to reply,” and “my apologies for not attending your dinner/birthday/award function…but I’ve just been so busy.” I’m lucky. Connecting with people comes easily to me. I find it exciting to […]
Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you’re putting the most important things first. – Julia Hartz – Mindfulness has become the buzzword of recent years. But what is mindfulness and how do we achieve it? Mindfulness is all about an appreciation for the present moment, examining who […]
Eagles are amongst the most amazing creatures that God created. They have been noted in literature as old as the bible as symbols of strength, bravery and courage. In Isaiah 40:31 it is said that “…those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run […]