My Personality

Generous, outgoing, hard working, self motivated, caring with a good sense of humour and a nack of sticking my foot in my mouth...regularly.

My Personal Values

Integrity

Consistency of character and basing actions on a framework of principles shows accountability and moral responsibility. To me this requires three steps: (1) discerning what is right and what is wrong; (2) acting on it, even at personal cost; and (3) being open about what you are acting on.

Honesty

Isn't speaking truth and creating trust in minds of others the mainstay of business. Well it is also the principal definition of Honesty. Whoever is in business and does not follow this is doomed to failure eventually. Honesty implies a lack of deceit. A statement can be strictly true and still be dishonest if the intention of the statement is to deceive its audience. I know there are many companies out there that are like that. Well look what happened to the economy.

Diligence

Every business should apply due diligence always. It is simple, it is the process to ensure risks are known and managed. We do this instinctively in our daily lives with everything we do, why not apply it to business. Yet so many get emotionally trapped by the sales pitch, that it all goes out the window... with the cash flow...

What I consider my greatest assets

It can be very hard to look at yourself and actually identify your abilities and your faults. It has taken me many failed attempts in life and in business to realize this. Now I can say that my greatest abilities are the ability to learn, to adapt and to change. It is important though to distinguish these abilities, they compliment each other but they are distinct in themselves. The ability to learn I think is the greatest human trait and what has kept us alive for so long and given us the possibility of evolution. Adaptation is a reactionary ability which gives us the capacity to think for ourselves and to make decisions based on what is perceived as right or wrong. Change is adapting what we have learnt in the hopes of bettering ourselves.