SUCCESS STORIES Mpho Mokobi Daniel Matsapola Steven Musumba Daniel Matsapola Thando Makhoba Daniel Matsapola Gordon Mackay Waldi Van De Merwe Mpho Mokobi Gerrit Geyser Henrico Hanekom Charles Fraser Kobus Portwig Ben Durandt Steven Musumba Premo Sewnunan Daniel Matsapola Johan Stroh Kobus Badenhorst Nicola Blewett Mpho Mokobi Daniel Matsapola Gary Hirson Gerrit Geyser Jolanda Niemann Johan Swiegers Jennifer Hudson Gletwyn Rubidge Francois Basson Heather Pienaar Steven Musumba Sanet Glatz Cindy Labuschagne Thando Makhoba Hendrik Ehlers Ben Durandt Stephan Du Toit Richard Daguiar Rici van Graan Emil Jansen Marius Adams Hannes Gerber Andre Jordaan Andre Nel Petrus Coenraad Bezuidenhout Jurie Steyn Garth Saunders Michael Enos Barry Van Niekerk Carel Hauptfleisch Juhan de Milander Desmond Bann Bryan Paton Daniel Matsapola Jan Cilliers Chiquita van Rooyen Gerrit Geyser Cecilia Lombard Gabrie Cillie Levien Smuts Emil Jansen Ben Durandt Philip Viviers Malcolm Cruickshank Marius De Kock Anne-Marie Sevenster Dave Griffin Zahier Dalvie Hein Kruger Shane Ferreira Dawie De Wet Marius Van Den Berg Corne Marais Rehabeam Nangura Gregory Kaylor Koetoe Botha Barend Gouws Roman Konig Gerrit Breedt   Dear Hannes, Being a person that finds it difficult to put thoughts and feelings into words, you convinced me to give it a try. I always wanted to be an entrepreneur. I had so many ideas, but failed to put them into practice. For me it always boiled down to time, ignorance and confidence. I first attended your property workshop about 2 years ago. Being armed with your techniques to conquer the residential property market, I failed to take full advantage of the boom. I kept on asking myself why don’t I buy more properties, why don’t I look for opportunities, why don’t I start a online business (being in IT myself, software/web development are my bread and butter). Being part of the rat race, I convinced myself there is just not enough time. Time management was not one of my best qualities. Whenever I planned something, I never managed to follow the time lines set out. If things didn’t happen overnight, I started to loose interest. I always had an interest in successful/rich people. I wondered what I can do to be successful, to live a life of abundance. My answer; “I don’t have the knowledge, the skill, the personality” to be like “those” people. To me successful/rich people were part of a league, beyond my reach. To be honest, I started to develop a grudge against successful/rich people. I’m ashamed telling you this, but it’s the truth. I’m a very competitive person. I must always win, but I’m a bad looser. I remember playing monopoly as a child; if I didn’t have the most houses/hotels/money, I wasn’t interested in playing anymore; I would even throw the board game one side just to mess up everything so to stop playing. Whenever someone accomplished something successful I’ll think of how I could do it better, I’ll try to find something negative, just to show that it was not a big deal. Instead of looking at the positive and congratulate the person, I’ll find something negative. Lack of self confidence and worry of what other people would think or say of me, were one of my biggest pitfalls. I didn’t always want to try something new because of the fear of failure, of people seeing me as a failure. When I joined the mentoring course, I thought this was the break I needed. This is my chance to get out of the rat race. This is my chance to join the successful/rich people’s league – the easy way. I just needed to do the same as you, no extra work needed from my side, right? Wrong! After a few weeks I realized I joined the mentoring course for the wrong reasons. This was not a get rich quick scheme! This was more than that. This was exactly what I needed my whole live – guidance to become a better person, information to help me take control of life and become successful. The mentoring course helped me realize that the biggest reason why I’m not successful (yet), is me. I’m the one keeping myself back. My attitude and mindset towards life/people was totally wrong. I learned how to plan my day/life, learned how to manage time, and reach my goals within set time frames. I learned how to be much more productive, with less input! I learned how “easy” it is to start a business, and reach my target market. I have much more self confidence in putting new ideas/knowledge into practice. I rediscovered what life is all about; life is a journey, life is luck, and only I can make it happen. I would like to thank you for your willingness to help people, for sharing your ideas and experience. You are a roll model for any entrepreneur “wanna be”. 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