The Odyssey

“When an interviewer asks that, they really mean tell me about yourself as it’s relevant to the position you are applying for and this company.” – Tina Wascovich One of the best ways to answer that interview question is to tailor your answer to the role you are applying for as well as the company’s vision or mission statement. In addition, you can incorporate your values with the values of the company you are applying for as way to describe yourself. For instance, I would answer that question by saying, Thank you! My name is Sibongiseni Mgolozeli and I come from Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape. My life revolves around one acronym, which is HEALTH! Health is my core value and all my beliefs, principles and life philosophy stems from it. So what does the acronym HEALTH stands for? H stands for Happiness – “Just like success, happiness cannot be pursued, it must ensue.” Victor Frankl.  I personally believe that both happiness and both success and happiness...

“To be a great leader, first become a great person.” – Robin Sharma The good thing is, everyone can learn to be great my modelling the lifestyle of anyone whom they think is a great person. Zig Ziglar advice that “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” Great people become great by building themselves, firstly by laying a rock hard foundation through well researched and tested values, principles and beliefs that resonates with their core personality and live according to them. Eventually, they become persons of great resolve and character - Individuals who are not shaken easily by other people’s opinions because they fully know who they are and what they stand for.   According to Robin Sharma, there are five basic rules or fundamental requirements that one must heed to, in order to become a great person. They are all summed up in the acronym – SHINE. 1.     S stand for S ee clearly – Learn to use your imagi...