TABLER OF THE YEAR

A mister, WINSTON CHURCHILL, described success as not final and failure is not fatal, but rather that it is the courage to continue. In my table career I have also found this to be true much like traffic lights managing the flow of traffic and believe me I’ve received green lights, move with caution, and stop lights.

ROUND TABLE’s traffic light is managing the flow of my life, goals and dreams and has done so for the last 8 years. With many green lights most of them in succession and a few “move with caution lights” to halter my speed and make sure I move in the right direction. But mostly stop lights, there where I needed to change my direction, perception and to grow because without failure we cannot grow.

Success has different meanings for all of us and can be defined as such. Success is defined for me as followsthe promotion and recognition of myself as myself, for achieving the goals that are in my reach and are reachable with my specific talents and gifts. The BICEP - the muscle for show, our men have been conditioned from a young age to show our muscles and flex our biceps as a promotion of our man hood. It is a big bulky muscle and if you aren’t careful in how big it becomes, one has the risk of not even wiping your own ass. BUT the TRICEP - the working man muscle, the one not on show, the one that does all the heavy lifting and puts the food on the table and is the one I’ve always wanted to live by “less impressed and more involved”- Matthew McConaughey. It is easy to do a few things for show, it looks important and feels important and sometimes taste important, but like a Afrikaans saying goes “dit het niks met die prys van eiers te doen nie”.

We are here to build (develop) FELLOWSHIP (friendship) between young men, not flex our “man hood”. We are here to foster RESPONSIBLE citizenship, not promote negativity. To offer an EXCELLENT medium of service to our community, not half heartily in service. This is what table is for me and how I strive to table, to be recognised and appreciated for me being me and living my fullest for TABLE is one of my greatest achievements I’ve received. For that and all it has brought to my life, goals and dreams, I thank this wonderful organisation.

A few important steps to success and greatness. Know yourself, start without hesitation, be small goal driven first, set long term goals, focus on what you want to achieve and not be haltered by limitations, track your progress, set metrics, and learn for successful cases first, then innovate, FIND A COACH.

In closing - fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.