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July 14, 2008 by
Cath
I definitely won’t be missing the opportunity to experience one of Benjamin Zander’s workshops in Cape Town next month. Zander is a world-famous musician, conductor and inspirational speaker on the topic of leadership. Zander and his wife, Rosamund Zander, have co-authored a book, The Art of Possibility, based on Zander’s leadership philosophy.
Check out this video of his presentation on TEDtalksZander will be running a Leadership Workshop at Artscape in Cape Town on 21 and 22 Aug 2008. Here’s what you can expect:
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July 10, 2008 by
Cath
There are 3 types of goals: “to have” goals, “to do” goals, and “to be” goals. Since you’re reading this blog, I know you’re the sort of person who’s not just interested in achieving goals that relate to having (money and all the stuff you can buy with it) and doing (skills, experiences and achievements), you’re interested in goals that are about being as well.“To be” goals are about who you are, your character development, your attitudes, and becoming more of the person you want to be – regardless of your tangible material circumstances or your skills and achievements. Most of society uses indicators such as material wealth and achievements to judge how successful people are. Society says, “The more you have and do, the more successful you are.” If we accept this definition of success, there’s the likelihood that we’ll become greedy, busy and stressed out, always feeling that we never have enough or do enough.
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