Our guest for this week is none other than the dynamic Dale Hefer. Dale is a bestselling author and former Businesswoman of the Year.  She was a finalist in the EY Global Emerging Entrepreneur Awards and The Most Empowered Women in Government and Business Awards.  She started advertising agency Chillibush from her garage.  It became a top ten South African agency and when she sold it in 2014 it had an annual turnover of more than R100m.  Dale now owns and runs the leading marketing conference in Africa, the Nedbank IMC. A single mother of 12-year-old twins, Dale has successfully completed the Comrades, Two Oceans, plus many more endurance events. Dale’s first book “From Witblits to Vuvuzelas” was critically acclaimed. Her new book, “Hustling, Happiness and a Blowup Doll Named Percy  - An Unusual Guide to Success and Contentment “ is due for release in May.

In this conversation, we cover a wide array of topics from entrepreneurship, leadership, COVID-19, stoicism and even her blow-up doll, Percy. This is one episode you don’t want to miss.

In this episode, we take discuss our key learnings from 2020 as well as our plans for 2021, key goals, and objectives. Listen along as we share our perspectives on what was a very tough year from a personal and business perspective as well as how we are going to approach the year ahead.

Please share any feedback you may have about the episode so that we can carry on improving as well as any topics you'd like us to cover or people you'd like to hear on the show.

In this episode, we feature Deacon Walter Middleton who has just published his memoirs, Born to Serve, which detail his life-story of a boy who grew up in an impoverished family in a small town in rural India, working his way up to become a leading figure in the humanitarian world, responsible for the distribution of $350m (the largest in the World at the time) worth of Food Aid to impoverished countries providing millions of starving men, women, and children with food so that they would live to see the next day. It is an inspiring episode that reveals the true character of a man committed to an important cause of eradicating hunger in this world. You can connect with Deacon Walter at:

https://www.waltermiddleton.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-middleton-071bb014/

Purchase the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Serve-Dcn-Walter-Middleton/dp/1990944892

Purchase the book on Takealot: https://www.takealot.com/born-to-serve/PLID71231269

All proceeds from the purchase of the book go towards feeding the ones in need.

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we bring you Erik Kruger, who is a high-performance expert, an international speaker, Author, and founder of Modern Breed – a learning & development firm.

In this show we unpack what it means to be a high-performer and what you can do to thrive during challenging times.

You can connect with Erik at the links below:

https://www.erikkruger.com/

https://www.instagram.com/erik_kruger/

https://twitter.com/erickruger

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0SG2xP9WBY-USzDr74cGsw

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we discuss why it is important to surround yourself with the right people.

We discuss why the company you keep can help you reach your goals or hold you back from ever reaching them.

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we discuss strategies you can use to enhance your communication and presentation skills.

We go deep on the planning process for speeches and presentations, such as how to deliver a speech, the importance of storytelling and why feedback matters.

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show, we take a look at the last three months in lockdown and review how it has affected us, our families and businesses. We discuss things we have implemented and changed in order to carry on our journey of growth and personal development despite these very tough times.

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show, we discuss taking on a 30-day challenge to help us stay resilient and build mental toughness.

We are going to adapt the 75-day hard challenge and condense it to 30 days, for now, we may carry on but its to be seen.

We discuss the rules of the challenge and the parameters within which we will operate so that we both work on the same terms.

You should join us in the challenge and follow along!

In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing Laurens Boel, a South African entrepreneur, property investor, public speaker, author, and coach.

He shares with us a lot of valuable information and insights, this is an episode not to miss.

You can connect with Laurens at the links below:

https://laurensboel.com/

https://twitter.com/laurensboel

https://www.facebook.com/laurensboel3366

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4qduv16Znz7wPE73qTZVg

Resources mentioned in the podcast are:

Less Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_(speaker)

LinkedIn Helper: https://linkedhelper.com/

Crystal IQ: https://www.crystalknows.com/

In this episode of The Personal Growth Show we discuss some of the strategies we use to manage our selves, our lives, and working during the lockdown.

We discuss the struggles we are facing from work and personal perspective and how we are trying to overcome them and stay during these unprecedented and challenging times.

It's a candid and honest conversation which we hope you'll enjoy listening to and get some valuable insights and takeouts.