Make it big: Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success. Shiv Khera.
Make it big: Success is no accident. It's hard work, perseverance, learning, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you're doing or learning to do. Pele.
Make it big: Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Swami Sivananda.
Make it big: What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in-between does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan.
Make it big: Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are asking, 'What's in it for me?' Brian Tracy.
Make it big: The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt.
Make it big: Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas Edison.
Make it big: Fail often so you can succeed sooner. Tom Kelley.
Business Tip: Try to read at least one business article a week. It will expand your thinking as an entrepreneur.
Business Tip: Be grateful. Thank colleagues and advisors that help and support you along the way, because they'll be more likely to stick around.
Business Tip: Leverage your expertise. Do people know how much you know? If not, start telling them.
Business Tip: Get clarity on how you spend your time. Write a job description for yourself.
Business Tip: Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint. How are you building your stamina?
Business Tip: Turn down or give away work that you don't love. Focus on what you want to be known for.
Business Tip: Don't try to do it all. Your role as a business-owner should be to provide the vision, strategy and goals for your company.
Business Tip: Invest in PR and search engine optimisation (SEO). To succeed as a business today, you need to be good at marketing.
Stokvel Tip: Many of the major banks have accounts tailored for each stokvel type, which make them perfect as a safe and secure way of saving for each stokvel.
Stokvel Tip: Encourage your family to join stokvels and learn good saving habits, while engaging with fellow members and getting to know their community.
Stokvel Tip: Stokvels give members a sense of collective well-being and understanding of what a group can accomplish, creating social goodwill in communities.
Stokvel Tip: Some stokvels offer the option to borrow from the group account, with a varying interest rate. This depends on the amount needed and for how long.
Stokvel Tip: The average contribution each month for a burial stokvel is R210. Investment stokvels are much higher, with amounts ranging between R300 and R500.
Stokvel Tip: The most popular stokvels are savings, burial, grocery, birthday and investment-savings groups.
Stokvel Tip: Anyone can join a stokvel. If you are able to contribute the required amount on the a regular basis and are acceptable, then you can join.
Stokvel Tip: Stokvels usually do not have any interest charged on outstanding contributions, so if you fall behind you only pay the amount you missed.
Save Money: Do a maintenance check on your appliances such as your refrigerator, dryers, cooling units. The cleaner you keep them, the longer they'll last.
Save Money: It's easy to spend money just to wind down from a stressful day at work. Find other ways to de-stress, eg. exercise, meditation, reading, etc.
Save Money: Do a price comparison and find a cheaper grocery store. Keep track of the 20 things you use the most, and base your comparison on these items.
Save Money: If you aren't able to get rid of using credit cards, then at least keep it in a safe place at home and not in your wallet where you may use it.
Save Money: Cleaning or changing your car's air filter can improve your petrol consumption by seven per cent, which will save you lots of money over time.
Save Money: Research and invest in appliances. A reliable energy-efficient appliance may cost you upfront, but will save you energy and money in the long-run.
Save Money: Install a programmable thermostat to cut down on energy usage when you're not at home or to just regulate the temperature in your home.
Save Money: Energy-efficient light bulbs might cost a bit more initially, but they have a much longer life than normal bulbs and use far less electricity.
