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2 Ways for Africa to Grow Exponentially – Part 1
One way to define Africa’s challenge is a lot of us do not know how to embed ourselves in the world economy, provide innovatively and freely without trying to rope in perceived gatekeepers. Online Shipping System that Quotes Buyers Instantly to Anywhere in the World At the backdrop of the South African Post Office having…
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4 Ways for Entrepreneurs to Defuse Anxiety
These points are extracted from my fourth book, The Anxious Entrepreneur. Here are some of the Ways To Reduce Anxiety. It was at about 3:35 pm. I felt I was about to faint or have a panic attack. The day was not going well. Over and above, I was overly tired. It had been weeks…
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Women’s creativity saved the world, Jill Scott’s mother and her potatoes
These points are extracted from my upcoming book The Anxious Entrepreneur. The theme of my upcoming book, The Anxious Entrepreneur, is anxiety defeats creativity and creativity defeats anxiety. Anxiety and creativity cannot exist in the same space; one must make room for the other. The other day I was preparing food. I wanted something different to what…
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2 Ways Anxiety Can Affect Entrepreneurs
These points are extracted from my fourth book, The Anxious Entrepreneur. So, this content is related to 2 Ways Anxiety Can Affect Entrepreneurs or How Anxiety Affects The Body. Anxiety Can Affect Entrepreneurs or How Anxiety Affects The Body Becoming spam and a nuisance When nothing is coming off from your hustle, it can get you…
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My Date Wrote on Facebook that She is on a Boring Date While Sitting across Me: Dating and Business Advice from an Entrepreneur
Dating and Business Advice from an Entrepreneur – While we were on a date, she posted on her Facebook: “On a date, he is boring. I hate guys who cannot make conversation. This is a regrettable waste of my Sunday, the worst eveeeeer.” I was a bore, I froze, and conversation wouldn’t come. We were…
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How to Get and Keep a Mentor: Why Nobody Wants Your Coffee Offer
I am on a blogging marathon promoting of my upcoming 3rd book (28 October 2015), The Anxious Entrepreneur. Pre-order it at up to 40% discount. I can’t recall how many times but I did propose to buy coffee to people I wanted mentorship from. A mentor is someone more prominent than me, right? How the…
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How I Overcame Being a Bad Networker
These points are extracted from my upcoming book The Anxious Entrepreneur. I’m just not a good networker. I envy guys who have the skill to speak to just anyone, like my good friend Paseka Kalaku. I suck at introducing myself to lots of people at an event. What is to follow is how a mediocre…
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Chronicles of a Struggling (Succeeding) Entrepreneur: The Underworld of Startup Entrepreneurs
I am on a blogging marathon promoting of my upcoming 3rd book (28 October 2015), The Anxious Entrepreneur. Pre-order it at up to 40% discount. The fridge was empty. I swore to myself that the following day I would hustle like I never did before. I don’t know why but the implication of an empty…
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How My Grandmother And Her Daughter, My Mother, Ruined My First Businesses
I am on a blogging marathon promoting of my upcoming 3rd book (28 October 2015), The Anxious Entrepreneur. Pre-order it at up to 40% discount. When it rained, with my very clean school uniform, I would walk into the pool of rainwater outside our front yard. Sometimes I would throw my grandma with stones. This…
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Important Lesson Business Plans Fail to teach: Finding Penetrative Advantages
I am on a blogging marathon promoting of my upcoming 3rd book (28 October 2015), The Anxious Entrepreneur. Pre-order it at up to 40% discount. I was advising a lady who wants to start a sort of high end clothing label for preteens, but as everyone – she doesn’t have funds and is demoralized at…
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The Push For Hustling Harder
I would appreciate it if you read this article with the intent of contributing in the comments. Thank you. We all want a successful life. We believe working hard is one of the ways to get there. I want to investigate the other ways other than hard work; i.e. the attitudes to carry, the rules…
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Open letter to minister of Small Business Development: The other things frustrating entrepreneurship growth in South Africa
Good day minister Zulu. First congratulations on your appointment on the new department. This article has been in the writing even before it became known that the Department of Small Business Development would be. I’ve been chasing perfection with it, but I guess like entrepreneurship is about operating in ever ideal-less situations – it will…