Tell Your Story!

We thought this might inspire you..

"Great stories are about challenge and failure; the rise from imminent defeat to a place where maybe there is a road forward.

Characters that we connect with are not perfect, but they’ve got a hunger to be better which is endearing. We connect with that struggle.

Great brands are like great stories. They are a kaleidoscope of triumphs and defeats, successes and failures; all joined together on a shared journey that resonates with people.

Great brands share their full-unedited story, average brands tend to brush over their shortcomings and just tell you about the highlights.

So if you want to build a great brand you need to be as passionate about sharing the story of your challenges, as you are about your successes."

Source: CherryFlava.

The Punch line

The Punch line...

So we wake up early to go to school, work, or where ever we need to be. 

Its rush, rush, rush - out of bed, getting dressed, and off we go. 

"What is the time, are we late, did I pack my lunch, did I take my bag, did I forget to do homework, and are the kids ready..."

Our minds are full of thoughts, consumed with the 'did's'. 

Did. 

What an amazing verb. 

Leaving us feeling confused. 

What if we changed it to "I have"?

I have packed my bags.

I have done my homework.

I have fed the kids.

I have practiced my yoga.

I have followed my dreams!

Who can say this?

This rat race is a constant.

It is the one thing that won't change unless YOU change. 

Being caught up in the constant 'go go go' of life can make you tired. It can drain your energy. 

But if you follow your dreams you are most likely to excel.

Marc Cumon wrote:

http://blogmaverick.com/2012/03/18/dont-follow-your-passion-follow-your-effort/

"Think about all the things you have been passionate about in your life. Think about all those passions that you considered making a career out of or building a company around.  How many were/are there?
 Why did you bounce from one to another ?  Why were you not able to make a career or business out of any of those passions ? 

Or if you have been able to have some success, what was the key to the success.? Was it the passion or the effort you put in to your job or company ?

If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at what you apply your time to.

Time is the most valuable asset you don’t own. 

You may or may not realize it yet, but how you use or don’t use your time is going to be the best indication of where your future is going to take you.

Let me make this as clear as possible:

1. When you work hard at something you become good at it.

2. When you become good at doing something, you will enjoy it more.

3. When you enjoy doing something, there is a very good chance you will become passionate or more passionate about it.

4. When you are good at something; you have the passionate and you work even harder to excel, then good things will happen.

We completely agree with him! The Punch line is: 

"Don’t follow your passions, follow your effort. It will lead you to your passions and to success, however you define it."

Women's Evening : Prestige Academy 2015

Not all of us can do great things.  But we can do small things with great love – Mother Teresa

As with any other women’s evening event, Mrs. Sandra Mostert, Director and Mr. Mullins, Programme Coordinator:  Events, placed their heads together to conceptualise a theme of a trip around the world and finally got to Extra-Ordinary women around the world theme.

As this is an annual event for every first year event management student, this event forms part of the curriculum and specifically the subject called Events Practice 1.  Here, students are required to showcase their theoretical knowledge acquired in a practical manner by conceptualizing their own sub-theme within the event theme.

The audience where embraced by renowned motivational speaker, Ms. Elsabe Aldrich and artist Hugo Nieuwoudt who provided entertainment during the course of the evening.

This year, the Event management team incorporated the SRC – Outreach programme – Growing Love with the event, which amounted to a whopping success. The SRC had an opportunity to showcase their outreach activities and concluded the evening with an Auction that raised more than R5000.  

The SRC would like to thank the following sponsors: 

·    ABSA Student Bureau, Eensgezind, Platinum Hair and Beauty, Distell, Colosseum Luxury Hotel, Devmark Property group and M-Kem City

To conclude the event, Mr. Mullins congratulated, the first year event management class for exhibiting successful table displays. Based on a unanimous decision from the judges, in third place – Louise van der Waldt – Hawaiian theme, in second place - Lauren Daniels – with her Japanese theme and in first place – Michael-Cody Dakin with his Mexican theme.

Christmas in July at Prestige Academy

On 31 July 2015, we hosted our first ever Christmas in July at Prestige Academy. So to all of us it felt as if it was cold enough to snow and obviously this influenced the turn-out, everyone that did attend, had a ‘jol’.

Anneke Lategan had this to say: “Ek het, soos altyd, ‘n ‘blast’ gehad!”

With Christmas games, jingles in the background and the fires burning bright, the relaxed but oh-so-festive atmosphere was beautiful.

A special thanks to the hostel attendees, also known as the “loyal attendees,” for their generous support, once again.