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16 . NAME 5 BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE READ AND THAT HAVE IMPACTED ON YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY . “ WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE ” – BY OPRAH WINFREY “ TAPPING THE POWER WITHIN- BY IYANLA VANZANT “ STARTING A BUILDING A SUCCESFUL PR AGENCY- BY ANJE COLLINS PEARSON “ CYRIL RAMAPHOSA THE ROAD TO PRESIDENTIAL POWER ” BY ANTHONY BUTLER
17 . LIST 5 TOOLS THAT HAVE HELPED YOU IN BUSINESS ? FOR EXAMPLE THE POMADERO TIMER ONE THE BEST TOOLS HAVE BEEN THROUGH LEARNING FROM MY PR MENTORS OVER THE YEARS NAMELY ELLA MINTY , DAVID ALEXANDRA AND COLLEGUES WHO HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED IN SHAPING ME TO BECOME A BETTER PROFESSIONAL IN THIS INDUSTRY .
18 . WHEN YOU HAVE FREE TIME HOW DO YOU LIKE TO SPEND IT ? BY SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY , FRIENDS AND STREAMING MY FAVOURITE SHOWS .
19 . WHICH ENTREPRENEUR DO YOU LOOK UP TO IN BUSINESS AND WHY ? MADELAIN ROSCHER DIRECTOR OF A SOUTH AFRICAN PR AGENCY , I ADMIRE HER BUSINESS RESILENCY OF TAKING UP CLIENTS THAT NOT ALL BUSINESSES WOULD EVEN CONSIDER TAKING IN FOR REPRESENTATION , HER STRONG FIRM APPROACH OF RUNNING A BUSINESS AND BEING VOCAL THAT SHE CAN AND SHE WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST PR GURU ’ S THAT MANY TOP SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS RELY ON HER EXPERTISE AND HER STAFF FOR SOLUTIONS AND HER LONGEVITY IN THE BUSINESS SHOWS THAT SHE IS ALSO A TEAM PLAYER THROUGH HER GROWING STAFF .
20 . WHAT MADE YOU GO INTO A FIELD THAT WAS PREDOMINANTLY MALE DOMINATED AND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE ? I AM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ENJOYS CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING A COMMUNICATOR AT HEART AND BEING A WOMAN OF COLOUR WHO BRINGS ABSOLUTE LIBRATION TO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MATTER , OUR BUSINESSES MATTER AND OUR MARKET MATTERS ASWEL . HOW WE TELL OUR STORIES MATTER THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND THAT WOMEN MATTER ASWELL REGARDLESS HOW SMALL OR BIG HER PROBLEMS ARE OR THE CHALLENGES THAT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THROUGH , WHAT WINS SHE AS OBTAINED , HOW LITTLE HAS ATTAINED , AND NOT KNOWING HOW SHE WILL OVERCOME CERTAIN THINGS AND TELLING HER STORY ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD OVERCOME WHEN SHE WAS WHEN SHE HAD NO FORM OF SUPPORT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS OR FUNDING , THESE KIND OF WOMEN MATTER AND FORM PART OF THE HUMAN LIVLIHOOD OF WHAT DEFINES ECONOMIES , BUSINESSES , CAREERS , JOBS APART FROM GENDER AND DOMINANCE .
NEVER FORGET HOW WILDLY CAPABLE YOU ARE .
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