Twilight of the Giants
“During the year I spent living in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, I worked at night for periods of time, waking up at sunset to follow animals through the hours of darkness,” says photographer Frans Lanting. “I often started the evening at a favorite water hole where I hunkered down by the edge and made myself a fixture in the landscape. Elephants moved around me in the waning light like shadowy forms. One evening [...]
Weekly Wisdom #5
5 Simple Steps to Deal with Risk
Most people don’t enjoy danger and the challenges usually associated with chance, change and risk. But we don’t always have a choice and often life requires us to face our fears head on.
Here are five steps you, whether as an organization or an individual, you can use to effectively deal with risk:
Identification – Identify the risks that are most likely to impact achieving your goals and objectives along with their sources and potential impact because any [...]
The reader may want to have a journal or notebook close by while reading this book [Surviving Your Serengeti]. There are many questions and thoughts that will come into the readers mind and it is a great time to write them down while the self discovery process is occurring.
It is different from any self discovery book I have ever read. This book can be used by anyone at any stage of their life. It can be used [...]
You will smile within seconds of watching this video. Amazing! An elephant enjoying the wonders of modern technology.
About the only thing Santa Fe and the Serengeti and Social Media have in common is the letter S. The climate zones, the geography, the animals along with cultures, lifestyle, food and everything in between is radically different. Yet, somehow the gift of a book, Surviving Your Serengeti and learning to adapt to Social Media made be see new connections from my Santa Fe window of real estate.
It was only a year ago that I wrote this post Surviving Your [...]
Effective the beginning of 2012 the Serengeti Team has a few miles south to one of south Orange County premier office buildings, Westcore Executive Center, at 29122 Rancho Viejo Road, in San Juan Capistrano.
The offices are conveniently located at the intersection of Interstate 5 and the 73 Toll Road as close to Mission Viejo Mall and 20 minutes from John Wayne Airport.
The two large courtyards are adorned with huge metal sculptures of Columbian Mammoth, an extinct species of elephant. (How appropriate is that!).
The Columbian [...]
I was chatting with Taylor Oldroyd, the CEO of the Utah County Association of Realtors, the other day. He shared how he had used the Serengeti wisdom in three different places in his life.
With his team, his family and at a party. Wow!! I never envisaged that Surviving Your Serengeti would touch so many people, and on so many levels. I am absolute delighted!
Taylor’s story is so cool that I asked him to share the details. He obliged and sent me below summary. Thank you [...]
On behalf of the whole Serengeti team,
and myself personally,
we would like to wish you all
a very Merry Christmas!!
May you have a blessed time with your family and friends!!
Thank you for all your support and wishing you an awesome 2012!!
One of our goals this year was to get 200 book reviews on Amazon.com
We are at 194 but not quite there.
Would you please do us a favor and help by posting us a review for Surviving Your Serengeti on Amazon at http://amzn.to/skillsbook
We would really appreciate your support very much!
What skill do you process that is a solid A+?
Finding your innate skill, your strongest, survival skill, can help you reach your dreams and goals.
This week, a year ago, we launched the “What Animal Am I?” quiz and so far 70,000 people have taken the free and fast online skills assessment and learned more about themselves.
Here is a breakdown of the most dominant skills:
Being Enterprising – 26%
Being Gracious – 25%
Being a Good Communicator – 14%
Being Efficient – 10%
Being Strategic – 9%
Being Tenacious – 9%
Being Willing [...]