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Exercise 1: 10 Memoir Topics plus related aspects:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| 1. Adolescence\/childhood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Gladioli and street playground | \nSuccess as a scholar \nTrying to understand adults esp Parents and older siblings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.Reaching adulthood \/ a dangerous situation I survived.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Tertiary education\u00a0 including Candidate Officers course | \nFirst car \nTemporary work \nDesperate motor accident<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 3. My career<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | How it started? Resolute in what I wanted. 10 years of creativity \/ hands-on as the foundation | \nRole became more of an expert and then to achieve promotion moved into junior management \nProduced stable environment \nSenior expert \/ management where managed managers. Career interferes with personal life. Spouses drift apart.Excuses. \nChasing the holy grail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 4. A sport or game that\u2019s been important to me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Growing up in sport. Family allcommitted particularly with boxing champions, South African soccer and provincial cricket. | \nMy early successes in cricket appointed captain nearly every year from age 9 until high school completed. Achieved selection provincially \nPlayed youth soccer at a high level but a car accident caused a move into a lesser level where played until 29. chieved provincial selection. \nLong distance running successful achieved sub 3 hour marathon and a silver medal at the Comrades. 10 medals at Comrade and 2 Oceans \nMy son and Golf . Now my wife.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 5. Middle age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | When do you realise you are in the middle of your life | \nWhen everybody goes their own way. Political circumstances exercabate this \nGoals are singular, family relationships take a nosedive \nPension preparation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 6. Songs and movies that influenced my life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Peter Sarstedt. Where do you go to my lovely. Built on my aspirations. Rod Stewart the rocker | \nOne flew over the Cuckoo’s nest mad Portrayel of a person who had only positive thoughts even when the going was tough \nPretty Women. Everybody can do good, striving for success.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 7. An illness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Wake up ? Stroke? Radial Nerve palsy | \nInitial\u00a0 tests not conclusive but continued to expierience balance and walking issues further testing \nNeutologist diagnosis. Shock PD Feb 2004 \nDevastated Debilitating disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 8. A move to new accommodation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Originally lived at home for 23 years. Could not afford anything else. | \nMarried moved to a flat for 2 years. Daughter – moved to a house. My most profitable transaction \nNow own three houses in South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 9. A change in my economic situation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | My spouse the entrepaneur developed us into a financially strong partnership | \nMy stability and lack of risk taking plus my wife’s skills were the foundation \nMoved to complex for theattributes of safety affording lock up and go functionality \netirement gives opportunity to travel and having these properties contributessuccessfully<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 10. An important friendship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Conjugal relationship experiences strong binding links. | \nConfidence in each other built on trust and respect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Exercise 2. Action Memoir aspects for 3 of the above topics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2.2.1. Adolescence\/childhood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 1 Peed my pants the first day of school | \n2 Eke out a living \n3 Chummy \n4 Fish & chips \n5 Shopping centre and my jobs \n6 Results from school<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.2.2. My Career.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Military waste of time except for sport | \nAccident recovery \nToo late for University Simple job but big knowledge accumulator \nAsbestos throat \nSmall salary all economic goals achieved \nThen a late University – not successful and started work determined to be successful \nPromises made must be kept learning curve MUST be maintained \n9 years then 32 years \nSuccessful retirement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 2.2.3. Adulthood \/ Survival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Finished military – about to go to university. Sister & husband negative towards each other Took my sister out to a club | \nOn way home had an accident \nDescribe and explain medical process that occurred thereafter \nDad and exhaust pipe. 56 days in hospital. Went home in a spiker \nFront section taken out. Walked? \nHad January well into recovery. First plaster cast in May \nNo Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Exercise 3. Survey of Topics.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Topic most operstional\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 My career<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Topic most focused\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 Adulthood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Topic most functional. –\u00a0\u00a0 Adulthood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Topic most appealing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A sport or game that\u2019s been important to me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Optional exercise:\u00a0 A conversation that had an impact on my life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \u00a0It was a Monday morning. I had just been summoned to the Vice Chairman’s office at 09h00. I had had similar requests in the past but this smirked of a serious issue as the excecutive PA who had called me did not know the reason so I was completely in the dark. I had one\u00a0 hour to contemplate the potential reason and prepare as best that I could having recognised that this could be a career limting conversation. I had already considered the most recent circumstances and had discarded my current preparation of budgets even though I knew he took personal interest. The most logical reason had developed on Friday when I found out that a management decision I had implemented some time ago had been a poor decision and it was about to cause my intentions to be questioned. I frantically revisited the circumstances which essentially had been to ignore a potential threat to our relationship with our franchise operations. | \nThe Vice chairman’s office was situated in the golden mile.ie where all the directors sat and the area was imposing. On arrival and the initial greetings had taken place I immediately sensed that I best be wary and not interrupt the proceedings. In normal circumstances the vice-chairman was easy going, strict and very effective in displaying respect and trust towards the individual. However these were not normal circumstances and I was asked to take a seat\u00a0 and he proceeded to define the rules of the company that I had not held up high but had preferred to implement them incorrectly.In essence two of my staff members had chosen to operate in opposition to our company\u00a0 and I had ignored this potential threat as impossible and taken no steps to intervene. However this dual process became an issue when the improbable happenend causing concern within our franchise base. \nThe vice chairman proceeded in no uncertain terms to explain to me what my shortcomings had resulted in. He maintained total focus on me and by the end of the meeting there was no question\u00a0 that I had received a valuable lesson – one that I would never forget. I had\u00a0 learnt that I would involve all parties in my decision making in the future and I would immediately share it with the executive management. This conversation\u00a0 with the vice chairman was indeed part of my learning curve. The two staff members who did not inform us once they have received their successful appointment consequently moved out of our company. \nThis completed this period of learning for me.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exercise 1: 10 Memoir Topics plus related aspects: 1. Adolescence\/childhood Gladioli and street playground Success as a scholar Trying to understand adults esp Parents and older siblings 2.Reaching adulthood \/ a dangerous situation I survived. Tertiary education\u00a0 including Candidate … Continue reading |