How important is the company you keep?

Dale Hefer - Entrepreneur and leader extraordinaire

Our guest for this week is none other than the dynamic Dale Hefer. Dale is a bestselling author and former Businesswoman of the Year.  She was a finalist in the EY Global Emerging Entrepreneur Awards and The Most Empowered Women in Government and Business Awards.  She started advertising agency Chillibush from her garage.  It became a top ten South African agency and when she sold it in 2014 it had an annual turnover of more than R100m.  Dale now owns and runs the leading marketing conference in Africa, the Nedbank IMC. A single mother of 12-year-old twins, Dale has successfully completed the Comrades, Two Oceans, plus many more endurance events. Dale’s first book “From Witblits to Vuvuzelas” was critically acclaimed. Her new book, “Hustling, Happiness and a Blowup Doll Named Percy  - An Unusual Guide to Success and Contentment “ is due for release in May. In this conversation, we cover a wide array of topics from entrepreneurship, leadership, COVID-19, stoicism and even her blow-up doll, Percy. This is one episode you don’t want to miss.

2020 learnings and 2021 goals & objectives

In this episode, we take discuss our key learnings from 2020 as well as our plans for 2021, key goals, and objectives. Listen along as we share our perspectives on what was a very tough year from a personal and business perspective as well as how we are going to approach the year ahead. Please share any feedback you may have about the episode so that we can carry on improving as well as any topics you'd like us to cover or people you'd like to hear on the show.

Born to serve the needy with Walter Middleton

In this episode, we feature Deacon Walter Middleton who has just published his memoirs, Born to Serve, which detail his life-story of a boy who grew up in an impoverished family in a small town in rural India, working his way up to become a leading figure in the humanitarian world, responsible for the distribution of $350m (the largest in the World at the time) worth of Food Aid to impoverished countries providing millions of starving men, women, and children with food so that they would live to see the next day. It is an inspiring episode that reveals the true character of a man committed to an important cause of eradicating hunger in this world. You can connect with Deacon Walter at: https://www.waltermiddleton.com/ [https://www.waltermiddleton.com/] https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-middleton-071bb014/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-middleton-071bb014/] Purchase the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Serve-Dcn-Walter-Middleton/dp/1990944892 [https://www.amazon.com/Born-Serve-Dcn-Walter-Middleton/dp/1990944892] Purchase the book on Takealot: https://www.takealot.com/born-to-serve/PLID71231269 [https://www.takealot.com/born-to-serve/PLID71231269] All proceeds from the purchase of the book go towards feeding the ones in need.

Becoming Dangerous with Erik Kruger

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we bring you Erik Kruger, who is a high-performance expert, an international speaker, Author, and founder of Modern Breed – a learning & development firm. In this show we unpack what it means to be a high-performer and what you can do to thrive during challenging times. You can connect with Erik at the links below: https://www.erikkruger.com/ [https://www.erikkruger.com/] https://www.instagram.com/erik_kruger/ [https://www.instagram.com/erik_kruger/] https://twitter.com/erickruger [https://twitter.com/erickruger] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0SG2xP9WBY-USzDr74cGsw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0SG2xP9WBY-USzDr74cGsw]

How important is the company you keep?

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we discuss why it is important to surround yourself with the right people. We discuss why the company you keep can help you reach your goals or hold you back from ever reaching them.