The DREAMS DO COME TRUE(DDCT) Tour - Part 6, FNB - Bankcity branch

On this second trip to the Johannesburg CBD for a DDCT gig I was on time. I left Soweto earlier and I used a different route to town. I was not going to mess up my second chance to give a good impression.

   The talk itself went relatively well. I am starting to know my DDCT Talk material better. But I did still experience one or two moments of 'blankness'(moments of not remembering what comes next) during my presentation. From this, I am learning that recalling something by re-writing it down is different compared doing so by reciting it. In the former instance it is much, much easier to recall. In the latter case - i.e. in front of a live audience - the pressure is intense. Here one has no time to stop and remember because your audience will quickly notice this. So it all boils down to having a really good grasp of one's material. You need to know the material so well that when you do stand in front of that live audience eventually, your only worry is how much applause you will get at the end.

   The Bankcity branch staff taking well to my 'intro'(the 'TP' bit), I thought. But they received our last 'feel good' exercise even better. The enthusiasm with which this exercise was done bowled me over. It was like each staff member had found a long lost friend in the colleague they embraced. Really lovely to witness this.

                                             SOME THANK YOU's

Branch management and staff - for taking time to hear me out.

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THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.

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GOOD THIS WEEK?

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The DREAMS DO COME TRUE(DDCT) Tour - Part 5 (FNB, Johannesburg Branch)

Sometimes things don't go according to plan.
   My plan was to arrive on time for this DDCT Tour speaking gig at the Johannesburg branch of FNB. This time was 8.15am. But I didn't make it on time like I had wished. I was late. Not by 5 minutes(or 10 minutes), but by a whole 25 minutes.
   I take full responsibility for this cock-up. My estimation of how long it was going to take me to get to the Johannesburg CBD travelling by taxi was incorrect. I have not had to travel to the CBD in the mornings during the rush hour in a long time. In more than 3 years possibly. Three years ago it used to take me about 30 minutes(or so) to get to the JHB CBD from my 'kasi'(Protea North in Soweto) by taxi. On this particular morning of my DDCT Talk it took us 1 hour 15 minutes to arrive in the CBD. When I got off the taxi in Commissioner street the time was 8.40am. Our taxi having left Protea North around 7.15am.
   When I arrived at the branch I had decided already that the Talk was not going to take place because I had failed to arrive in time. If management and the staff chase me away, I was going to to understand. All I now wanted to do was to offer my sincere apologies and then go back home. 
This was least I could do.
   I did get a tongue lashing from management alright. But they were generous enough to still allow me to address the staff, which I found really humbling.  
   I did my best to condense my usually 25 minute long Talk into just 10 minutes.This was all that  was left of the original 30 minutes that I was allocated. This shorter version I hope still went some way towards motivating and inspiring the Jhb branch staff. As I left the branch we agreed with management that I will need to come back again to give a fuller version of my Talk.
   One thing I am taking from the Johannesburg branch though - in addition to their generosity - is to start my day with a prayer. Loved,loved,loved how the branch staff start their working day by saying the Lord's Prayer.

                                                  SOME THANK YOUs

Ausi Winnie(the branch manager) - For your understanding.
Bongani(Sales and Service Manager) - For pulling all the right strings to make this DDCT Talk happen.                         
The branch staff - for 'forgiving us our trespasses'.
Nomsa,Sammy & Thomas - for an interesting 'after Talk' discussion on poetry and places to go to for poetry sessions.                               
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THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.

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It's Official. Optimists Live Longer.

The researchers on aging should tell us something new.

   Here in the FGM we have known it all along. The reason why we are into making ourselves feel good every week is because we want to feel good, yes, but we also do it because we want to become centenarians. We want to live to a 100 years old and beyond. We kind of knew this intuitively, if you know what we mean.

   Science has provided us with the empirical evidence at last. The results from a study of people who live long(reaching 100 years and more) has found that most of these people owe their longevity to a positive attitude towards life. This survey was conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Institute for Aging. It took a sample of 500 Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe who have a history of long life. Most of the study's subjects exhibited what the researchers called a "sunny disposition towards life."(MailOnline, 27th May, 2012). They focused  

more on positive things in life, in other words.

   The researchers did acknowledge that the genes of this group of Jews - which were similar - had something to do with them having long lives to a certain degree. But the biggest contributor to their longevity was no doubt the way they approached life. Most of them were optimists.

   So, if the Ashkenazi Jews have joined the movement(i.e the Feel Good Movement), what is the rest of the world waiting for, we ask.

   From one group of 'the glass is half-full' people(and future centenarians) to another(current centenarians), we say keep the spirit of 'happy, positive & uplifting thoughts always' alive                  

on your side. We will do our damnedest this side of 100.

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