The NJ Podcast

Life has its dualities - good and bad, pleasure and pain, and positive and negative experiences. What we know about these dualities is that it can turn. At any moment, your success or failure can turn. Life is based on opportunities mixed with difficulties. Success and failure are not permanent. Life is seasonal.

Change your mindset and be encouraged that your situation can turn.

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Here is a cautionary tale of Aunt Martha I meditated on when listening to Brian Tracy. What are you waiting for before you go after a better life? Successful people just commit.

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A great question to ask yourself when you start a new job, venture or relationship is ‘not what am I getting here’ but ‘what am I becoming here.’ Happiness does not come from what you get. Happiness comes from what you become.

This video is based on life lessons and the likes of Jim Rohn.

Personal development before professional achievement is a motto we should live by.

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He is the Spanish tennis player from Mallorca, who became the youngest man to win the career grand slam and the French Open. His exploits and prowess on the clay surface have donned him the nickname "King of Clay." He has been called by the greatest tennis players of all time, their greatest rival and the toughest competitor to play against. He holds a record 14 French Open titles and has recently become the leader in Grand Slam wins with his victory at the 2022 Australian Open and 2022 French Open, putting the count at 22, just over his eternal rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. Some hail him as the greatest of all time, the most loved tennis player and one of the most humble of the sport. His name is Rafael Nadal and there are lessons consultants, entrepreneurs and professionals can learn from him.

He is a Serbian tennis player who had a dream from the age of four years old to be the number 1 tennis player in the world. He is part of the golden era of tennis. He has the most weeks at world no 1 (373 and counting), the 2nd most career grand slams (21 and counting), the most ATP Masters 1000s titles (38 and counting) and has won the most "big" titles in tennis history (64 and counting). He is in my view, the GOAT of tennis. He is Novak Djokovic, and in the wake of his Wimbledon 2022 victory, here are some lessons we can learn from him.

In this episode, we sit down with Thendo Makhuvha. He is a business development professional, and for his sins, a Manchester United fan. This is a special episode as it was recorded on my birthday. We talk about persevering through hardships and the power of football.

In this episode, we sit down with Art Bell, the founder of Comedy Central. He shares is journey and challenges in starting one of the most influential networks of the day.

Bio

I was born on the Jersey Shore and grew up in a middle class household in the late 1950s and 1960s. My earliest ambitions were to become a famous scientist and to be funny. I worked hard at both through grade school, and the science aspiration got me A’s but the funny aspiration got me kicked out of class for “cutting up.” (If I’d been funnier the teachers wouldn’t have kicked me out.) In high school I found a more productive outlet by starting an underground newspaper called “The Tongue” and writing biting satire about my teachers, fellow students, and high school life. Of course, that too got me in trouble. I was beginning to understand that funny and trouble seemed, at least in my case, interconnected.

College (I went to Swarthmore College) was a more sober undertaking, although I did hit the stage in annual comedy sketch shows and played Motel the Tailor in the college production of Fiddler on the Roof. I was sure that would be my last time on stage, but I was wrong.

After graduation I spent a few years in Washington DC as an economist working on energy and environmental projects for the federal government. While I enjoyed it, I found myself reading Coal Weekly one afternoon and saying to myself, “I’m not a Coal Weekly kind of guy.” I quit my job and went to business school. Now I’m not saying I didn’t get a good business education at Wharton Grad — I did — but for me the best part was writing and performing in the Wharton Follies, an annual musical revue put on by students.

Upon graduating, I got a job at CBS, then HBO, where I started the Comedy Channel that became Comedy Central. After that I was President of Court TV, then worked for a while as a consultant to a bunch of television companies. Most interesting project: commercialising 3D television. Least successful project: commercialising 3D television. Too bad. It was really cool.

After I left the TV business, I took some writing courses and found I loved writing. Constant Comedy is my first book, not counting a humour book I wrote with a couple of other guys while at Comedy Central. I hope to write some more books, but hey, who knows? I play piano and drums and I’m married to Carrie Livingston Bell and have two grown children. And that’s pretty much the story.

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In this episode, we sit down with Nathi Mabena. He is a businessman with a background in logistics and health. He has many insights and perspectives to share as he has the scars of life to show.

In this episode, we sit down with Candice Preston. She is an author and educator who has a passion for mentoring the next generation of leaders through her financial education and message 'unlock your superpower'.

In this episode, we talk with the retail professional, Tshiamo Mathibela. We cover the journey, challenges and rewards of building a retail powerhouse.

Bio

Store Designer and Retail General Manager with experience in designing well-curated, experiential layouts. I have the ability to collaborate and partner with a business, to reinvent a retail environment through design, building and day-to-day operational management.

I have worked with large teams through end-to-end project management, to ensure operational excellence. My passion lies in bringing ideas and concepts to life through project management and planning for efficiency and the best outcomes.