Tag Archives: #failure#

– Even success in business needs faith

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We just have to accept that the proliferation of charlatans masquerading as spiritual leaders has caused many to loathe any discussion with a tinge of spirituality, as a reference for receiving wisdom to ensure success in one’s professional and business lives.

“One swallow does not a summer make.” In world with millions doing well, being good world citizens and caring for others, we cannot taint the entire body of useful spiritual knowledge in business because of the abhorrent actions of a fast growing “rotten” sample.

Nevertheless, it sounds obvious but not entirely so, that it is impossible to be successful in anything without faith. You cannot pursue anything successfully if you do not believe such action will result in you achieving a favourable outcome. Whether the outcome ultimately becomes a success or failure is not the point, suffice it to say your actions are informed by your beliefs.

For now, it does not matter who you believe or believe in. What matters more is what you believe. Our plans, strategies and actions are premised on expectations of a good outcome. In fact, it is impossible to live without expectation of good outcome in the future. I wish many aspirant business owners could remember this fact always the next time they feel tempted to give up on their businesses. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 30 October 2018. Continue reading →

– #SavingFace from Failing Initiatives

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At what point of the protracted implementation can one “know” if one’s chosen technological solution is the wrong one and that it was now time to “disinvest” and revert to the basics? How do companies even test for soundness of reasons advanced at business case review stage when such solutions are punted? Can there be a viable and face-saving way of salvaging protracted implementations in a manner that earns decision-makers compliments?

I now understand why companies in some sectors use the same technology solution despite there being equally superior alternatives. Though technology does enable companies to differentiate themselves from competitors, the scarcity of higher skills to sustain the differentiation is often the reason many companies avoid using unique technologies for differentiation, but rely on commonly used solutions. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 30 April 2018. Continue reading →

– Something’s got to give, #Improvise

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Rarely can anyone have all aspects of their life going swimmingly without loss, pain, or suffering. There’s bound to be something else that acts as a reminder that one cannot always have what one wants.

Then, we should be ready to improvise and make the most of what we have despite difficulties and setbacks.

Joy and pain are intertwined. You can’t have joy without having experienced sadness, and even if one is joyful, pain is what will erode that joy. Sounds obvious but when we’re in the thick of things, we tend to forget that we can’t always have what we want. We need to learn to make do with whatever we have, while doing our best to overcome our discomfort.

With so many lives dependent on the President, we can learn, though still early, from President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa to make the most with little desirables we have. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 February 2018. Continue reading →

#Beliefs – Be careful what you believe, your life depends on it

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Without beliefs, we have no principles. Without principles, we have no convictions and are not anchored. Without anchors, we are drifting away. And with drifting, we have no control of our destination. Without control, we are at the mercy of life situations.

Surely such life leads to hopelessness.

Control your thoughts, avoid calamities and live better. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 September 2017. Continue reading →

#BusinessSuccess – You need more than Business 101 principles to make it

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If there ever was a need for proof that observing Business 101 principles isn’t enough to bring about business success, a visit to a large and busy mall in the festive season to observe customers and business interactions provides proof of such inadequacies.

For some businesses, maintaining flexibility and dual operational strategy might be the additional missing link needed to ensure success. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 December 2016. Continue reading →

– Lessons We Could Learn From Tata And Geely based on BMW And Ford Failures

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The success of Land Rover, a company originally spawned off and owned by British carmaker Rover Company, saw its successes in the 70s dwindling owing to the parent company, British Leyland Motor Corporation’s financial troubles. As declines caused one takeover after another, the brand was then bought by BMW in the mid-1990s. But that too didn’t save the carmaker from its troubles. It was given another lease on life when Ford acquired the brand as part of its then Premier Automotive Group (PAG) in 2000, which then also included Jaguar, Volvo and Aston Martin.

The car manufacturer soon experienced financial performance troubles under Ford. The troubles compelled Ford to offload Jaguar and Land Rover to the Indian owned Tata Motors, and the Volvo brand to Geely Automobile of China.

Why couldn’t such previously successful brands be rescued by more successful and formidable carmakers like BMW and Ford? And why have the initially much “deplored” Chinese and Indian carmakers such as Geely and Tata, do the unbelievable and turn these companies around so quickly?

What lessons can we, as owners of small companies, learn from the history of Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo to ensure our growth and development isn’t stunted by the same challenges they experienced? By Nimroth Gwetsa, 31 October 2016. Continue reading →

AVOIDING PITFALLS OF SELLING TO DIFFICULT PERSONALITIES

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Persistent failure to persuade people to consider our proposals could sometimes be owing to our asking wrong people for help, seeking answers in wrong places and knocking on wrong doors. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 30 June 2016. Continue reading →

– SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS CANNOT BE DEMANDED

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Success is earned. To keep it, it needs to be sustained. These obvious facts are not so obvious when you’re struggling with and facing many debilitating challenges. Life feels unfair especially when people around you seem successful without much fuss. Unlike what many may believe, sustainable success cannot be demanded. It is the result of what has been produced. By Nimroth Gwetsa, 28 October 2015. Continue reading →

– THE POWER AT THE CENTRE OF OVERCOMING CHALLENGES

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By Nimroth Gwetsa, 09 March 2015

The power of belief could be likened to using atomic energy in overcoming challenges. Its potency could transform abilities of ordinary human beings to extraordinary levels. Failures in our advancement could be overcome by exercising more faith.

Belief powerfully propels our hope to overcoming challenges and increases our expectations of a better future outcome. Without belief, there would be no hope but despair.

To what extent could our failure to achieve our developmental, financial or any other goals be due to weaknesses in our belief in envisioned goals? Continue reading →