Sojourner Truth was was an African-American abolitionist (a movement that ended slavery in the USA) and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in 1828 she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white…
"Here is a tree rooted in African soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of Afrika. Come and sit under its shade and become, with us, the leaves of the same branch and the branches of the same tree." -- Robert Sobukwe There are leaders who are commercialized and are famous, and there are leaders who…
A wise person once said: if you take a man who has the ability to lead 1000 people and give him 100 to lead, 900 people will come. But if you take a man who has the capacity to lead 100 people and give him 1000 people to lead, 900 people will leave. This has…
“The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Steve Biko epitomised a human being who understood his purpose in life: To use the gift of life to enhance the lives of those who were deprived and oppressed. Steve Biko understood that to attain our freedom we had to…
“To state it more clearly, we buy more from abroad than we sell. An economy that functions on such a basis is headed for increasing ruin and catastrophe.” -- Thomas Ankara When the business grows and employs more people, the entrepreneur gradually moves from being a technician, to a manager and ultimately to a leader of…
"We are sorry that your we did not deliver service to your satisfaction. This must have truly messed up your experience with us, sir." That is a statement of compassion. "Delivering substandard or non existence services to you is not the way we like to do business. We messed up, it was an error in…
I have been thinking a lot about the terms “mediocrity” and “average” lately. We often look at developing people to be above “average,” in the pursuits of helping them to be successful. I personally believe that mediocrity as we define it is for losers and defending it is exhausting. The minute we settle for less…
Often when we talk about entrepreneurship, the number one yardstick for success is how much money you make. It's like keeping score in a game, the most money you make, the more you are seen (at least by media and society) to be a success. People measure success differently. When I talk to entrepreneurs about…
When we were younger, we were most likely warned by our parents to be careful of whom we choose to spend our time with. They said this in reference to the way others would judge us in accordance to our friends, in addition to the influence our friends would have upon us. We have all…
You will make mistakes and fail along the way and that's okay. No one likes to fail. So much so, that most people avoid failure like the plague. It turns out, though, that if you want to be successful, you should dive right in and embrace the times when everything goes wrong. Entrepreneurship is not…
"And there is no such thing as a no sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless,…
When I left corporate to be an entrepreneur, I knew I will work hard, but I didn't expect to work five time harder. Startup own your time, but that time is actually owned by the business. Given the deadlines, clients needs, emergencies, planning, and staff management issues during the day, the better time you to do…
