“Events don’t determine whether or not you’re going to be happy. They’re just events. You determine whether or not you’re going to be happy,”

1. Volksrust Recorder - Column/Rubrieke10 Recorder 22 January 2016
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A New Vibrant
Motivational Speaker
Is Born
John Oscar Kubeka
(JOK) is a young,
motivated, coura-
geous and stimu-
lating motivational
speaker who aims to
inspire and change
people’s lives. He is
the founder of JOK
Inspirational which
started in 2010 and
was fully functional
by2011.Hismottois
“be inspired thro-
ugh a positive
mind”. Oscar was
born in Standerton
(Mpumalanga) and
later grew up in
Vrede (Free State).
He was raised by his
parents, Wilfred and
Tabitha Kubeka.
In high school Oscar
wanted to become a
teacher, a decision
that was influenced
by his parents. In
2004 when he was in
matric, Oscar had a
change of heart after
he saw a prospectus
from the Gert Siban-
deFETCollege(now
Gert Sibande TVET
College). “I saw
M a r k e t i n g
Management and I
wanted to enrol for
it because I had a
passion and love for
it” he explained.
From the year 2005
through to 2007 he
attained his N4-N6
Marketing certifi-
cates. He attained a
distinction in N6
Marketing Research
which lead him to be
3rd in the country
and 1st in Mpuma-
langa with regards to
academic results.
“With God every-
thing is possible
and I was blessed to
complete my Na-
tional Diploma in
Marketing Mana-
gement in 2008,”
he said. He then
obtained a job at
Gert Sibande FET
College as an intern
for 18 Months, after
which he became a
permanent em-
ployee. His duties
were to conduct
career exhibitions,
road shows, coordi-
nate and visit
schools, and to
compile newsletter
articles. “Learning
is vital for personal
devel-opment,” he
stated when he
completed his short
courses in Custo-
mer Care and Bu-
siness Writing
Skills through Prin-
cely Knowledge
Consulting in 2010.
Later that year he
attained a certificate
in Understanding
ISO 9001-2008 Se-
ries of Standards
through Alfa Cer-
tification Services
and FET Marketers
from ITS Holdings.
Currently he is
busy with his Ba-
chelor’s Degree
(Bcom) in Marke-
ting at the Univer-
sity of SouthAfrica
(UNISA)Oscar
decided to start a
company which
aims to inspire the
country by ins-
tilling values “to be
alive with pos-
sibilities” during
important events
such as graduation
ceremonies, cor-
porate events, year-
end functions,
imbizos, youth fun-
ctions, Weddings
and Matric fare-
wells. “We become
what we think
about; don’t allow
challenges to de-
termine your jour-
ney,” he said. Since
the calling started,
he went into the
limelight. Oscar ap-
peared on Dstv
channelsDumisaTV
(Lentswe/Izwi and
Church Mix) and
Soweto TV (Apo-
Zion music show)
and received media
coverage in different
newspapers such as
Sunday Sun, Daily
sun, Standerton
Advertiser and
Cosmos News-pa-
pers. He was also
interviewed by Na-
tional radio stations
Ikwekwezi FM and
Ligwalagwala FM
on issues of career
guidance. He had
one live read on
Lesedi FM and
rendered motiv-
ation on two com-
munity radio sta-
tions Mkhondo FM
(Piet Retief Mpuma-
langa) and Lentswe
FM (Parys in Free
State).
JOK inspirational is
also involved with
community projects.
InAugust 2015 they
held a 67 Minutes
Operation Siya-
nikela Event (Inspire
to change) aimed at
changing the lives of
people in need. The
project started in
Vrede then moved to
Memel and later
spread to Stan-
derton (Mpuma-
langa). JOK spreads
words of encourage-
ment such as “Smile
more and worry less.
Take responsibility
and accept what
you can’t change
but embrace the
lesson to love your
life today. You need
to strive not to be a
success, but rather
to be of value.”
Change
Your
Story
With Jacques de Villiers
Richard Branson on leave
Richard Branson
just made a bold
leadership move:
he’s implemented
an unlimited leave
policy. Imagine:
You can sponta-
neously take off for
an hour, a week, or
even a month - and
nobody bats an
eyelid.
Sounds too good to
be true, right?
The funny thing is -
by trusting employ-
ees to manage
themselves, re-
search reveals that
morale soars, crea-
tivity swells, and
productivity sky-
rockets. It also
reduces costs by
not having to track
leave, and it’s a
fantastic recruit-
ment tool.
Extraordinary lea-
dership move by
Branson? Abso-
lutely.
It showcases his
ability to:
> make his employ-
ees feel appreciated
> create indepen-
dence and not de-
pendence
> listen by conti-
nually being at the
forefront of daring
innovations.
Branson is showing
business leaders
around the world
what separates the
ordinary from the
extraordinary.
What will you do to
be an extraordinary
leader?
VSBC is currently
putting together a 7-
week, 2 hour per
week training course
on Becoming the
Best Person you can
be.
Formoreinforma-
tion, please call
Willem Hussel-
mann-
082 415 7725
FreddieKapp-
017 735 4444
Ashraf Moola -
082 588 5515
To see JOK
Inspirational on
stage Call JOK on
0720796796/
0833691930 or
follow his
Facebook page
“JOK
Inspirational”.
Is LifeAs SimpleAs
Choosing To Be Happy
or Not?
For further information:
Jacques de Villiers
jacques@jacquesdevilliers.com
082 906 3693
“Happiness is the meaning and purpose of
life, the whole aim and end of human
existence.” -Aristotle
You know, I was always under the
impression that one is truly happy when one
is helping others. I lean less to that view
today. Don’t get me wrong, making other
people happy does give my life meaning and
pleasure.
It’s just that … if it is always all about the
other, what’s left for me or of me?
Is there not a space where one can be selfish
and do things that gives one joy without
always having to put other’s happiness first?
I really think that a strong argument can be
made that to be really happy, you sometimes
need to think of self-interest before thinking
of others. Why? Because you’re more likely
to help others when you feel good. When
you’re happy, it’s easier to make other people
happy.
When you’re miserable it’s harder to think
about the well-being of others. Unless, of
“Events don’t determine
whether or not you’re
going to be happy. They’re
just events. You determine
whether or not you’re
going to be happy,”
course, you believe you’re on this planet to
suffer and your reward will be in the afterlife.
That’s a strategy, I suppose.
I think that you only have one important
choice in life: Either you decide to be happy
or you decide to be unhappy.
I suggest that the better choice is to be
happy. Find things that bring you joy and
then find ways of doing those things. I can’t
really phrase it better than Harold Whitman,
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs,
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that. Because what the
world needs are people who have come
alive.”
Being happy is really under our control.
However, we give away that control to two
small qualifying (and interchangeable)
words, “when” and “if”.
We say things like, I’ll only be happy when/
if I have a new car, house, boyfriend, shoes,
lose weight, get into that school, I’m
divorced and so on. These are just events
(outside of you). “Events don’t determine
whether or not you’re going to be happy.
They’re just events. You determine whether
or not you’re going to be happy,” The
Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
If you believe that people and events make
you happy, you’re heading for a world of
hurt. Your spouse can walk out on you or
die, your kids can turn out to be real twits
even after you spent the best 20 years of
your life rearing them to the best of your
ability, you can lose your job or a million
things you haven’t even thought of yet
could befall you.
You have no control over these events. But,
you do have control over how you react to
them. You can choose happiness or
unhappiness. It doesn’t matter what you
choose, you just can’t cop out and blame
any event or person for how you feel.
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