Week 1. 15 April 2016

Module 1 

 by  Gordon Cook

-This is the man who mentored the founder of this initiative. This man deserves a trophy for mentoring Koo Govender, enabling her to want to mentor a hundred more women, and creating a platform for us to grow and mature.
 
-The first module was the key things I will never forget. That is;
1. Show up
2. Stand up
3. Speak up
4. Stand out

-Now if you’re not getting anything from these. You need to reflect on your life, because “He Not Busy Being Born is Busy Dying”- Bob Dylan. In other words, if you’re not continuously growing, renewing and learning, you are not living.


-Gordon made me feel pursuing a career in writing was not as wishful as i had thought after all, even told me that I could get a writing coach to advance. From him to Koo and now to me, I can be anything and have everything I ever wanted. A triple threat. A writer, an actress and wait for it… Miss CEO!

 

 

Meet and Greet

-The food was amazing! They had platters I've never ate let alone seen before. From sliders to brownies, I'm telling you I was so full I could barely walk. Had I worn a cropped top that day people would have seen the unimaginable!. I couldn't even suck my stomach in. I love food and everything but the amazing part was meeting and being paired up with mentors. 



-The most inspiring bunch of successful women. Call them Superwomen if you like. From CEO's to writers, head of departments to Miss SA, these women are phenomenal. I had to walk up to greet my mentor in my most uncomfortable pair of heels, I felt like I was mountain climbing bare feet!. Regardless I met Yevenia Naidoo, my mentor. The head of HR at Dentsu Aegis Network SA
 


-I don't mean to be biased but I have a great mentor. She's sweet, calm, beautiful, not a makeup person (like me), married and has 2 beautiful kids. This woman has it all together I'm telling you. 


-Somewhere between our chat I tensed up, not because I was uncomfortable but because I listened to her story and repeatedly told myself that I want to succeed, that I want to make something out of myself, and I won't let being without privilege stop me. I told myself that I belonged there, that this is what I want to become.


- These thoughts gave me a headache, brought me close to tears and made me mumble. What an impression right?, but I tried to keep it together, hey I'm a big girl!