Volksrust Recorder - Column/Rubrieke 10 Recorder 22 January 2016

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A New VibrantMotivational SpeakerIs BornJohn Oscar Kubeka(JOK) is a young,motivated, coura-geous and stimu-lating motivationalspeaker who aims toinspire and changepeople’s lives. He isthe founder of JOKInspirational whichstarted in 2010 andwas fully functionalby 2011. His motto is“be inspired thro-ugh a positivemind”. Oscar wasborn in Standerton(Mpumalanga) andlater grew up inVrede (Free State).He was raised by hisparents, Wilfred andTabitha Kubeka.In high school Oscarwanted to become ateacher, a decisionthat was influencedby his parents. In2004 when he was inmatric, Oscar had achange of heart afterhe saw a prospectusfrom the Gert Siban-de FET College (nowGert Sibande TVETCollege). “I sawM a r k e t i n gManagement and Iwanted to enrol forit because I had apassion and love forit” he explained.From the year 2005through to 2007 heattained his N4-N6Marketing certifi-cates. He attained adistinction in N6Marketing Researchwhich lead him to be3rd in the countryand 1st in Mpuma-langa with regards toacademic results.“With God every-thing is possibleand I was blessed tocomplete my Na-tional Diploma inMarketing Mana-gement in 2008,”

he said. He thenobtained a job atGert Sibande FETCollege as an internfor 18 Months, afterwhich he became apermanent em-ployee. His dutieswere to conductcareer exhibitions,road shows, coordi-nate and visitschools, and tocompile newsletterarticles. “Learningis vital for personaldevel-opment,” hestated when hecompleted his shortcourses in Custo-mer Care and Bu-siness WritingSkills through Prin-cely KnowledgeConsulting in 2010.Later that year heattained a certificatein UnderstandingISO 9001-2008 Se-ries of Standardsthrough Alfa Cer-tification Servicesand FET Marketersfrom ITS Holdings.Currently he isbusy with his Ba-chelor ’s Degree(Bcom) in Marke-ting at the Univer-sity of South Africa( U N I S A ) O s c a rdecided to start acompany whichaims to inspire thecountry by ins-tilling values “to bealive with pos-sibilities” duringimportant eventssuch as graduationceremonies, cor-porate events, year-end functions,imbizos, youth fun-ctions, Weddingsand Matric fare-wells. “We becomewhat we thinkabout; don’t allowchallenges to de-termine your jour-

ney,” he said. Sincethe calling started,he went into thelimelight. Oscar ap-peared on Dstvchannels Dumisa TV(Lentswe/Izwi andChurch Mix) andSoweto TV (Apo-Zion music show)and received mediacoverage in differentnewspapers such asSunday Sun, Dailysun, StandertonAdvertiser andCosmos News-pa-pers. He was alsointerviewed by Na-tional radio stationsIkwekwezi FM andLigwalagwala FMon issues of careerguidance. He hadone live read onLesedi FM andrendered motiv-ation on two com-munity radio sta-tions Mkhondo FM(Piet Retief Mpuma-langa) and LentsweFM (Parys in FreeState).JOK inspirational isalso involved withcommunity projects.In August 2015 they

held a 67 MinutesOperation Siya-nikela Event (Inspireto change) aimed atchanging the lives ofpeople in need. Theproject started inVrede then moved toMemel and laterspread to Stan-derton (Mpuma-langa). JOK spreadswords of encourage-ment such as “Smilemore and worry less.Take responsibilityand accept whatyou can’t changebut embrace thelesson to love yourlife today. You needto strive not to be asuccess, but ratherto be of value.”

ChangeYourStory

With Jacques de Villiers

Richard Branson on leaveRichard Bransonjust made a boldleadership move:he’s implementedan unlimited leavepolicy. Imagine:You can sponta-neously take off foran hour, a week, oreven a month - andnobody bats aneyelid.Sounds too good tobe true, right?The funny thing is -by trusting employ-ees to managethemselves, re-search reveals thatmorale soars, crea-

tivity swells, andproductivity sky-rockets. It alsoreduces costs bynot having to trackleave, and it’s afantastic recruit-ment tool.Extraordinary lea-dership move byBranson? Abso-lutely.It showcases hisability to:> make his employ-ees feel appreciated> create indepen-dence and not de-pendence> listen by conti-

nually being at theforefront of daringinnovations. Branson is showingbusiness leadersaround the worldwhat separates theordinary from theextraordinary.What will you do tobe an extraordinaryleader?VSBC is currentlyputting together a 7-week, 2 hour perweek training courseon Becoming theBest Person you canbe.

For more informa-tion, please callWillem Hussel-mann -082 415 7725Freddie Kapp -017 735 4444Ashraf Moola -082 588 5515

To see JOKInspirational onstage Call JOK on0720796796/0833691930 orfollow hisFacebook page“JOKInspirational”.Is Life As Simple As

Choosing To Be Happyor Not?

For further information:Jacques de Villiersjacques@jacquesdevilliers.com082 906 3693

“Happiness is the meaning and purpose oflife, the whole aim and end of humanexistence.” - AristotleYou know, I was always under theimpression that one is truly happy when oneis helping others. I lean less to that viewtoday. Don’t get me wrong, making otherpeople happy does give my life meaning andpleasure.It’s just that … if it is always all about theother, what’s left for me or of me?Is there not a space where one can be selfishand do things that gives one joy withoutalways having to put other’s happiness first?I really think that a strong argument can bemade that to be really happy, you sometimesneed to think of self-interest before thinkingof others. Why? Because you’re more likelyto help others when you feel good. Whenyou’re happy, it’s easier to make other peoplehappy.When you’re miserable it’s harder to thinkabout the well-being of others. Unless, of

“Events don’t determinewhether or not you’regoing to be happy. They’rejust events. You determinewhether or not you’regoing to be happy,”

course, you believe you’re on this planet tosuffer and your reward will be in the afterlife.That’s a strategy, I suppose.I think that you only have one importantchoice in life: Either you decide to be happyor you decide to be unhappy.I suggest that the better choice is to behappy. Find things that bring you joy andthen find ways of doing those things. I can’treally phrase it better than Harold Whitman,“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs,ask yourself what makes you come alive.And then go and do that. Because what theworld needs are people who have comealive.”Being happy is really under our control.However, we give away that control to twosmall qualifying (and interchangeable)words, “when” and “if”.We say things like, I’ll only be happy when/if I have a new car, house, boyfriend, shoes,lose weight, get into that school, I’mdivorced and so on. These are just events(outside of you). “Events don’t determinewhether or not you’re going to be happy.They’re just events. You determine whetheror not you’re going to be happy,” TheUntethered Soul by Michael A. SingerIf you believe that people and events makeyou happy, you’re heading for a world ofhurt. Your spouse can walk out on you ordie, your kids can turn out to be real twitseven after you spent the best 20 years of

your life rearing them to the best of yourability, you can lose your job or a millionthings you haven’t even thought of yetcould befall you.You have no control over these events. But,you do have control over how you react tothem. You can choose happiness orunhappiness. It doesn’t matter what youchoose, you just can’t cop out and blameany event or person for how you feel.

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