At some point or another, you will encounter a moment where your employer, business partner, colleague, family member or friend will offer career advice that will stick with you throughout your career.

We asked some of our management team to share the most important career advice they received that changed their life.

Tumi Keele – Marketing Manager

​"A Professor who was my boss when I started my career saw that I had a fear to lead or take charge as I was a young manager at the time. He then told me the reason he was being that hard on me was because I needed to make a mental jump to catch up with the rest of my life. That changed how I not only saw myself but how I needed others to perceive me as a professional too. Now I enjoy a bird's eye view into my career." 

Graham Paulsen – Finance Branch Manager

"Someone that I look up to in business once said to me that you need to be able to justify the salary that you earn – when looking at your work product, do you add more value than what your cost to the company is? The result should be a net positive. I think this is particularly important in today's business world where there is such a focus on value-adding leadership and the perceived entitlement of millennials as the formula can be applied to every level of the organisation across functions." 

Angelique Van Rooyen – Finance Team Leader

"The career advice that changed my life would be from my father that has always been a big inspiration in my life. He would always say that nothing in life comes for free; in order for you to achieve big success or results in your life, you need to be willing to put in the work and make things happen. If life knocks you down, stand up and make another plan…success is only for the ones who dare to believe and dare to challenge themselves on a constant basis." 

Naydene Cronjé – IT Team Leader

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." – Winston S. Churchill. Experience taught me; you are hard on yourself because of high expectations. This viewpoint will boost your confidence to persevere. I also learnt that by being too harsh on yourself, you infest doubt and fear which prevents you from taking the risk. The realization of my fear of striking out and losing kept me from having the courage to play the game. Now, I am aware. "Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning." – Robert Kiyosaki 

Tanya Hattingh - Finance Branch Manager

Some very significant career advice has been "always aim for higher than what you will be comfortable achieving, you may miss the stretch goal but you will land where you originally wanted to." 

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