LALA NGOXOLO MADIBA

The greatest son of South Africa, a hero, a father to many, a symbol of forgiveness, an icon, the ever smiling…there a not enough words in the dictionary to describe this beloved statesman, Nelson Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela.

” Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and country, he can rest in peace” Nelson Mandela. If we were all granted a gift to take a peek into the land of spirits, I believe we will see him rejoicing…like the Indian Proverb goes, “When you were born, you cried and the  world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice”. The world cries today…Nelson Mandela sleeps in rejoicing peace.

Madiba’s life was a great example of unity and his death is no different. Today South Africa and the world unite in mourning of his death and also celebrate his extraordinary life.

It was really an honour to have lived in his time however short it might have been. Thank you Rolihlahla for inventing a compass of forgiveness, love, unity, leadership and selflessness.

Lala Ngoxolo Tata.

WYSIWYG

The Power of Visualization (What you see is what you get)

We are familiar with some people being described as ‘geniuses’.  These kind of people will be top of the class; they will design, create, invent and always know how to find solutions to a problem. Their memory is just impeccable. These people are simply smart.

During my 1^st level of varsity I myself was fortunate enough to come out top of my class after obtaining distinctions for all my courses. I was labeled with the term ‘genius’ and even when my performance took a nose dive, I was still viewed as such.

 I believe that we all have the power to do the extraordinary but the problem is most of us do not see ourselves being extraordinary. At the beginning of my 1^st year of varsity, my dad took me to Markham’s and bought me a suit. As I fit the suit and looked in the mirror, I pictured myself winning awards in that particular suit. Ten months down the line I was at an award ceremony in the same suit receiving an award for the amazing results I had obtained. The experience was like a movie on replay.

One can only be successful when he can imagine how he looks in his success and how his success looks like. An inventor will develop a prototype before the final product. The same principle should apply if one is to be successful. One of my lecturers told my class his life story, “When I was still a student I would paste my dream car and my dream house on the wall right in front of the table I used for my studies. Every time I struggled with my school work I would look at the pictures and I would not rest until I figured out the solutions”. Today Prof Zakuza is one of the most honored people in the auditing profession and it is safe to say he can more than afford his dream car (perhaps an Isuzu or 1400-those who know him understand what I mean) and house that he had pasted on his Dom Room wall.

We are all hungry and salivating for success. It therefore makes sense that any slight glimpse we have of success will entice us to make an effort to satisfy that hunger. The desire to achieve something great is in all of us and the only thing that can move us from our comfort zone is a vision of how beautiful it will look to have accomplished such greatness; the smiles and congratulations from family members, friends and colleagues, the awards and acknowledgements, throwing your graduation hat in the air in excitement after long years of hard academic labor. All these are images that show how amazing it is at the finish line and once you see the beauty at the finish line, you will be bold and strong enough to begin the race.

Learners who attend the annual SAICA THUTHUKA DEVELOPMENT CAMPS are always given a statement for life, “I’m somewhere in the future and I look much better than I look right now”.  This statement is passed on to thousands of learners each year. Apply it whenever you face challenges in the pursuit of success and I promise you that you will feel an overwhelming urge to keep going.

“Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north, east, south and west. All the land that you see, I will give you and your offspring forever”. Genesis 13:14-15.

Visualize, focus and capture. You ought to dream and dream big without limitations. Whatever you see is what you shall get!