What if you could, in 200 seconds, at no cost, gain a deeper understanding of yourself, unlock your innate talents and communicate better with others. Discover your innate skill to master business and life.
As a brutal business environment meets a soft economy, business leaders and managers are looking for sources of both inspiration and survival.
This compelling fable offers a riveting tale of life in Africa’s Serengeti and what lessons it holds for today’s beleaguered business people and struggling society.
The 1.5 million wildebeest rely on stubborn endurance and support from the herd to survive; the crocodile is opportunistic; the cheetah ruthlessly effective; the giraffe embodies grace, the lion a master strategist, the mongoose is a risk-taker, the elephant is an excellent communicator.
The travelers in the safari see in the Serengeti the essence of life itself and find a roadmap for mastering the difficulties and struggles we all experience every day.
Surviving Your Serengeti provides a larger-than-life metaphor for the problems and struggles humans and companies experience. The story reveals the primordial skills for overcoming adversity, conquering one’s fears and ultimately triumphing over all challenging conditions.
The wisdom of Surviving Your Serengeti reveals that no journey is ever too long, too far or too difficult. It reassures us that nothing is impossible, that we can overcome any obstacle and survive our own Serengeti.
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“Captivating. For those who are ready to clarify a code worth living by and who are willing to challenge convention to fulfill a meaningful purpose, professionally and personally.“
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Stefan’s life has been a “Serengeti journey” – from his birth in Kenya to his schooling in Hong Kong and South Africa to running a New York-based global franchise network with 25,000 sales associates in 30 countries.
He has served as president of seven companies and two nonprofit organizations. Stefan has authored forty-five books and reports on business trends, real estate, and social media. Stefan’s books have been featured on over 18 bestseller lists including the: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Huffington Post, CEO Read, and has been ranked #1 in 4 different categories on Amazon. He lives with his wife in Las Vegas.
Stefan Swanepoel, NYT Best Selling Author
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For lions, it’s all or nothing. If their strategy fails, they go hungry. For us, however, it’s all about organizing our thoughts, ideas, experiences, skills, expertise, and expectations to accomplish a desired goal.
Strategy is not just about the end; rather, it’s the means to that end. For that reason, sound strategies must be flexible, not rigid. In its simplest form it’s a basic road map—albeit one that involves and incorporates change. This might make it not only difficult to accurately read at times, but also somewhat dependent on future uncertainty.
If you are a strategic person—a strategist—you will recognize these characteristics in yourself:
Enterprising means showing initiative, a willingness to undertake new projects, and a strong desire for success and achievement—all qualities that support the role of the entrepreneur. Like the crocodile, enterprising people possess the energy, creativity, and ambition required to see the possibilities in the future that others cannot see.
If you are an enterprising person, you’ll see the following characteristics in yourself:
Like the wildebeest, endurance—in its simplest form—is our ability to apply ourselves for relatively long periods of time. This quality keeps our minds going when our bodies want to quit, and gives us the mental capacity to continue moving forward despite the obstacles, hardships, pain, fatigue, or stress in our path.
Every professional ordeal and personal hardship we encounter as we pursue our goals is an opportunity to hone this skill—which you might recognize in yourself if you exhibit the following characteristics:
Succeeding in troubled times often involves taking a risk. But like the mongoose, you need to evaluate of all the options involved with on the chance you’re taking before you make a decision.
Just as it is for elephants, successful relationships between people—in life and business—depend on good communication. Effective communicators understand that it’s not always best to use a lot of words when relaying an idea. In fact, the more words we use, the more our message can be obscured.
Each parcel of words we deliver is accompanied by a nonverbal message that provides insight into the spoken meaning. Skilled communicators understand how critical both verbal and nonverbal exchanges are, and frequently display the following characteristics:
Similar to the cheetah, efficiency is all about finishing the job in the shortest possible time with a minimum of wasted energy and resources. If you are efficient, you will notice the following habits and qualities in yourself:
The word “grace” tends to vary in meaning from one person or situation to another, often depending upon the context in which it is used. While many see the grace of the giraffe in human-like terms such as elegance, charm, or a positive attitude, others consider it to be divine in origin. They believe that it represents that indispensable gift for the development, improvement, and expansion of one’s character.
No matter how you see it, grace is a disposition that requires compassion toward others and the desire to extend goodwill. It incorporates the exercise of love and kindness—most importantly, to those who may not deserve it. Grace is as crucial in business as it is in life.
This truth is embedded in the fiber of who we are, what we believe, our appreciation, and the contribution we make to society. Gracious people exhibit the following characteristics: