Transitioning from a stable corporate career to entrepreneurship is a bold move. For Alwin Avhashai Makhale, founder of AA Moringa Farms in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, the decision to leave a successful career as a metallurgical engineer to start farming was difficult.
Last week I shared my strategy for living life to the fullest, but I left off the 6th rule. It’s probably the most important rule of all: Just say Yes!
I’m sure that you have your own benchmark of what a great year is, but for me it’s all about living each day to the fullest, so that as I sit with my night journal to write reflections on the day I can look back and say “that was a great day!”
I have been having great fun in the past couple of weeks working with our Fetola team to identify, refine and simplify our goals for the year.
I’ve been thinking this week about motivation and productivity – both my own and that of the people around me. Looking for ways to hit this year with enthusiasm and commitment so that we can achieve all we set out to do.
Let’s face it, success is a choice and the reality is that it’s much harder to be successful than it is to be average. Success takes effort and commitment. It often requires us to push through pain, frustration and challenges to get there, yet sometimes even when we think we are doing this, and without even knowing why, we get lost along the way.
