lead for legacy
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LEAD FOR LEGACY
Siya Mapoko
Author: Conversations with JSE AltX
entrepreneurs
My Life is My Message.
Gandhi
To leave a legacy you must grow faster than
your surroundings.
Mark Lamberti, Chairman Massmart
Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunities beyond the controlled resources.
Entrepreneurs don't allow reality to get in the way of their dreams - they need creativity to
overcome obstacles and resilience to try again overcome obstacles and resilience to try again when they fail.”
Mark Lamberti, Chairman Massmart
“Siya, before you embark on any meaningful
journey in your life – you’ve got to set
standards first.”
“And if you want to leave a legacy, you’ve got to
grow faster than your surroundings.”
So How Do people like US “Lead for
Legacy”
The 5 Observations
Studying South African self-made millionaire Studying South African self-made millionaire
and billionaire entrepreneurs…
UP, CLOSE and PERSONAL
Thinking Big
“Since you are thinking anyway – you
might as well think big” – Donald
Trump
“We ran like the wind for the first five years and “We ran like the wind for the first five years and had a lot of growth at that time. On average we opened one store every 22 days and this went
on for about six years.”
Carlo Gonzaga
Start at the EDGE of your wildest dreams… then simplify
I always had this idea of one day owning an airline and with my friend Rodney James, who has
always been an entrepreneur –we used to talk about it over
a couple of beers. Glenn Orsmond, 1Time Airline
SAB&T
It all about ATTITUDE
We started off in the garage, a makeshift
office. I remember with a certain romantic
fondness that this garage had a leaking
roof. In times of heavy rain we were
often ankle deep in water!
R20 000 to R130 million
Authentic Goals
• Authenticity
• Congruency
• Reasons • Reasons
(or Attachment of emotional meaning to
achievement)
Commitment
Commitment = Action
"For every man there comes that special moment when he is physically tapped on the shoulder and when he is physically tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing -unique to him and fitted to his talents.
What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which
would be his finest hour."~ Unknown
The Odds are in Your Favour when you….
BET ON YOURSELF
“The world is a funny place: when you commit to anything, the world changes around you and conspires to help you in ways that you never
thought possible before you made that commitment.” – Jason Drew
Inspired Communication
All success starts with the ability to sell a compelling vision to others
“I didn’t ask myself whether I could win the election, but I asked myself whether I should.”
Barack Obama
In life and in business communication needs to
be purposefulbe purposeful
Our ability to influence (not dictate to) others is
directly proportional to the extent to which
we care
ABC = Always Be CaringABC = Always Be Caring
“People don’t care how much you know until
they know how much you care.”
Persistence
“Persistence is stubbornness with purpose”
Overcoming Resistance From 3 Opposing Forces
Internal | Intimate | ExternalInternal | Intimate | External
“…there’s no market for a new airline, if you start an airline we’ll destroy you. We’ll force you out.
We’ll put R100 million aside and you won’t last.”
Comair to 1time
“Nothing great has ever been achieved without
enthusiasm.”
How about DRUDGERY?
“The most difficult of all tasks and hence the
most rewarding – is the power to decide. It
takes little power to do big things but it takes takes little power to do big things but it takes
great power to decide on big things.”
Napoleon
“Thinking is an 8-letter word spelling hard work.
Most people will go to any lengths to avoid
the labour of thinking.”the labour of thinking.”
Thomas Edison
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