Unconventional Hiring Tactics for Employee Retention
How Transparency and Tough Love Drive Employee Retention Chris Hellgeth and I, had a fascinating conversation around the highs and lows of business success and failure. Before someone joins my (Chris) team, there’s one rule: they must talk to the other people who already work here. I insist on this because the hardest part about […]
17 Things To Start 2024 On The Front Foot
1. GET YOUR HEALTH IN CHECK People don’t understand the importance of looking after their mental, physical and spiritual health. The difference it makes to your outlook on life, and also how you are perceived by other people can make your entire life experience different. I believe that most unhealthy people are operating at 60% […]
The Cycle of Honour and Sacrifice
The Journey of a Springbok player (apply this to your own life too!) 1 – Desperation 2 – Honour 3 – Satisfaction / Reward 4 – Entitlement 5 – Ownership South African Rugby has been fortunate to be under the reign of a tactical mastermind for the last two Rugby World Cups. In […]
How to Brainwash a Nation using Ideological Subversion
I watched this interview clip at the beginning of last year and found it fascinating. Since then, I’ve watched it a few times, and each time I just see these steps that he mentions happening right before our eyes and it really frightens me. Yuri Bezmenov — YouTube Videos: Short summarised version -> https://youtu.be/gH8FTzhPqvc Full Version -> https://youtu.be/orJQ30QVX70 Long […]
Some practical advice to help with your personal branding
Personal Branding, is a big, hot topic right now. I’ll lay my cards on the table and firstly say that I’m definitely no marketing or personal branding guru! However, I feel that in my short 38 years on this planet, that I’ve had a decent amount of exposure to different types of people around the […]
The £24,000 you’re throwing away
Most people these days seem to be a mix of rushed off their feet and too busy, which means that we make provisions. A lot of those provisions mean that we go for the quick and easy option. One of those is grabbing a quick coffee, breakfast and lunch each day. If you live in […]
If you’re an influencer. Influence with integrity.
This is me and my Ferrari. I’m Gareth, 38 years old. I bought this car second hand about 8 years ago. It is the first and only car I have ever owned. If it goes for another 10 years I will be chuffed 🙂 Before I carry on, I’m very aware of how this message […]
Self-Awareness — why it’s your greatest asset.
You’ll hear the term ‘self-awareness’ spoken about a lot these days. I believe it to be your greatest treasure and think it’s important to have a good level of self-awareness in order to progress forward in life. However, self-awareness can also be deemed as one of those fluffy, intangible and abstruse kinds of things. What […]
How to get and stay motivated
Motivation is entirely individual and it really comes down to finding out what works for you. Every single person in the world is different, which is what makes motivation such an interesting and diverse concept. Just because your friends get motivated by going to the gym, or by having a successful career which gives them […]
The best filer in the world — my breakthrough!
A journey from Filer to → Yogi to → Coach and Podcaster…and why YOU must chase your dreams too!! I moved to London, from South Africa, when I was 18 years old, FRESH out of high school! I had a plane ticket, a small amount of savings and was off to the UK, where I practically knew nobody! […]