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About me

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i am a business loving, internet browsing, social media doing, public speaking, productivity addicted, book reading, wife loving, theoretical lawyer, black belt fighter (literally and figuratively), naively optimistic, startup starting, thrill seeking, entrepreneurial dreamer with a plan to change the world while drinking life to the lees.

(ps. a friend on twitter suggested i use google to write this page. i googled “who am i?” and found this. i thought it was funny)

I am often the one they call You but I am no more You than you. I am me. And I am more Me than you are or can ever be. And one time I was Corey for almost five minutes while I was talking with a stranger, until she realized that I was not her friend Corey.


Reading list

I love reading. Mostly books on business with abstract concepts and theories of things. Not really novels or stories.
What i plan to read:
  • Lean Entrepreneur - Brant Cooper (in progress)
  • Retire young, retire rich - Robert Kiyosaki
  • E-myth revisited - Micheal Gerber
  • Like a Virgin - Richard Brandson (in progress)
  • Thou shall prosper - Rabbi Daniel Lapin
  • The Happiness advantage - Shawn Achor
  • The art of the deal - Donald Trump
  • The Icarus deception - Seth Godin
  • The millionaire next door - Thomas J. Stanley
  • Businessmodel Generation - Alexander Osterwalder
  • Execute - Josh Long (in progress)
  • Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money - Dave Ramsey
Read and recommended:
  • The E-myth revisited - Michael Gerber
  • Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
  • Don't make me think - Steve Krug
  • The thank you economy - Gary Vaynerchuck
  • Purple Cow - Seth Godin
  • Love is the killer app - Tim Sanders
  • The bootstrap bible - Seth Godin
  • Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
  • How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie
  • Start with the Why - Simon Sinek
  • The Lean Startup - Eric Ries
more coming soon...

Bucket list

This list is copied from @jbagley's awesome blog (the idea of the list, not the items on it)

  • See the Northern lights
  • Snowboard
  • See the 7 Wonders of the world
  • Watch a Wold Cup soccer match
  • Watch a rugby World Cup match
  • Save a life
  • Give away a house
  • Skydive
  • Fly in a microlight
  • Bungee jump
  • Surf in Hawaii
  • Run a marathon
  • Have 3 kids
  • Memorise a deck of cards
  • Make an iPhone app
  • Write a book
  • Learn to speak Xhosa
  • Present a TED talk
  • Surf when i'm 60 years old
  • Build a business with my son and grandson
  • Organise an industry conference
  • Pay mortgage
  • Send someone to University
  • Walk the Camino
  • Kite Surf
  • New Years in Times Square
  • See cherry blossoms in Japan
  • Do Capoeira
more coming soon (some items were omitted due to the fear of sounding crazy)

My social medias

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My recent posts

  • Interview: Grant van Zyl
  • Thirty. Something.
  • Reality checks allow you to get better.
  • Money is the gas
  • Thanks 2013, bring on 2014.

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This was made by me. I used WordPress, WooThemes and the interwebs as inspiration