Former President Nelson Mandela once said: "People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones: such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity, and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself."  A life of simplicity can be defined as a life that has removed all…

Every time we are supposed to do something that matters, we always hold back and tell ourselves: It’s too soon. I need more proof. Someone else should go first. The market is not ready. Johannes Gutenberg launched the printing press when 94% of people in Europe were illiterate. He should waited until everyone knew how…

Great entrepreneurs create an environment that makes it almost impossible for a potential customer to not talk to you. People buy the story, and they get the product for free. What is the story you give to people to spread the word about you? Communities, tribes, followers whatever you want to call them, need to…

Will we miss you when you are no longer around, when your brand ceases to exist, when you resign, when your business closes? Will we miss you when you are no longer there. The best way to be missed when you are gone is to stand for something when you are here. Works for people, works…

Hope and expectation, they always seem to be the same thing, but they are not. Perhaps I should first distinguish between expectations and hope. When I use the word expectation I am referring to a belief that a particular event or action will occur. When we hope something happens, we are acknowledging that there is little…

Reading this book is like being in one long comedy session. Trevor Noah has done an amazing work of narrating his journey as a colored person in apartheid South Africa. Similar to his comedy, Noah tells the stories of his childhood with a wit and a sarcasm, but also a realism and startling and brutal…

LORA strives to bring thought-leaders, men and women who are pathfinders, entrepreneurs who have affected the very fibre of our thought process, who influence our set of beliefs, and engage our mindsets in elements of value. LORA Lecture Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their…

The most successful entrepreneurs and marketers tell two stories at the same time. A shiny one and a deep one. The shiny story is easy to notice, easy to enjoy, easy to spread. The shiny story shines, you get to see it from a distance, it is the show-stopper, the loud one. The deep story…

There is more noise online today that ever before. The more people are connected, the more traffic increases. It is like Park Station [in Johannesburg] in the morning. Or Soccer City after the final whistle of the Soweto Derby. More than ever, people, lots of people, hordes of anonymous people, can watch what you do.…

Before you are asked. Before she asks for the memo, before the customer asks for a refund, before your co-worker asks for help. Volunteer. Offer. Reach out. Make that call. Send that message. Visit. Imagine what the other person needs, an exercise in empathy that might become a habit.

If we enjoy our journey our lives gain meaning. It is as simple as that. Let us not think that the only important thing is that celestial glory which awaits us some time faaaaar in the future. Seeing how wonderful this life is, here and now, let's experience the sparkling of that celestial flame in…

LORA Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship strives to bring thought leaders, men and women who are pathfinders, entrepreneurs and change agents, men and women who have affected the very fibre of our thought processes, who influence our set of beliefs, and engage our mindsets in elements of value.  LORA has invited experienced entrepreneurs to share their stories…