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- 1. LEAD FOR LEGACY Siya Mapoko Author: Conversations with JSE AltX entrepreneurs
- 3. My Life is My Message. Gandhi To leave a legacy you must grow faster than your surroundings. Mark Lamberti, Chairman Massmart
- 6. 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 when they fail.” Mark Lamberti, Chairman Massmart
- 7. “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.”
- 9. So How Do people like US “Lead for Legacy” The 5 Observations Studying South African self-made millionaire and billionaire entrepreneurs… UP, CLOSE and PERSONAL
- 10. 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 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
- 11. 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
- 12. 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
- 13. Authentic Goals • Authenticity • Congruency • Reasons (or Attachment of emotional meaning to achievement)
- 14. Commitment Commitment = Action "For every man there comes that special moment 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
- 15. 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
- 16. 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
- 17. In life and in business communication needs to be purposeful
- 18. Our ability to influence (not dictate to) others is directly proportional to the extent to which we care ABC = Always Be Caring “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
- 19. Persistence “Persistence is stubbornness with purpose” Overcoming Resistance From 3 Opposing Forces Internal | 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
- 20. “Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm.” How about DRUDGERY?
- 22. “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 great power to decide on big things.” Napoleon
- 23. “Thinking is an 8-letter word spelling hard work. Most people will go to any lengths to avoid the labour of thinking.” Thomas Edison
- 24. Twitter: @SiyaMapoko Skype: SiyaMapoko Facebook: Siya Mapoko Email: siya@siyamapoko.com www.siyamapoko.co.za