Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. My Life’s Anthology 2
3. The Ideal Me 3
4. The Current Me 4
1. Introduction
2. My Life’s Anthology
I was educated at Witbank high school and matriculated in 1995. The following year I enrolled at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) to study electrical engineering. At the time of my enrolment, I chose the discipline of engineering because my parents expected me to become an engineer and it seemed like the “right thing to do”. I began studies in the January of 1996 and resided in an on-campus residence.
In 2002, after 7 years of pursuing the discipline, I left university and did not attain the degree. As I was in Johannesburg and my family were in Witbank, I was very desperate to find work and a place to stay. My father and mother had told me that I was now on my own and as a result my finances were very tight.
I started to work night shift in a call centre for a bank and looked for a suitable career. I eventually was offered a role at a scrap metal dealer. Although the pay was very good, the ethics of the company and values of the individuals did not align to my own and I sought to find more peaceful pastures.
The next opportunity that came my way was a sales role in a weighbridge company. My first experience of the sales environment was addictive and I soon realised that this is my passion. I enjoyed this working environment but the scope for growth and development was minimal as the company was small. My search for further growth resulted in employment with Ernest Lowe, a pneumatics company. During my time there, I was often awarded the top salesman award, which in my mind further cemented my success and passion as a salesman. Although never completed, my engineering studies soon proved to be an advantage as my technical insight and passion for selling gave me an advantage over my peers (engineers are not typically good sales people and sales people and not typically technically minded – I managed to have...
