Those who keep learning, will rise to the top ….”I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”Source Charlie Monger
Let this sink in… here is our weekly encapsulated summary of key reality events that could shape your Leadership Learning growth…
Covid disappears as Russia/Ukraine grabs news headlines????????; SA vaccine maker BioVac gets R2.3bn to fund expansion????????????; Zondo releases part 3 of state capture report, says Zuma, Mantashe & Mokonyane have graft cases to answer⚖️????; Treasury DG says corruption could turn SA into failed state????; SA’s renewables sector gets major boost with UK & Norway investment????????; CR tells SALGA officials to stop local gov going off a cliff????; Treasury will oversee NPA donor funds says Lamola????; SIU details R300mil looting at lotteries commission????; SA abstains from voting as UN General Assembly rebukes Russia on Ukraine????; Eskom to open bidding for private generators to access vacant land????????????; SABC promises SCOPA it will not need another bailout????; Mpumalanga ANC fires 6 members who defied orders in a vote????; govs electoral reform proposals out of favour????; AfriForum threatens legal action over R50m Cuba aid⚖️; Tshwane passes budget after reaching deal with ActionSA????; CR names Thembisile Majola as new head of State Security Agency????????????; Andrea Johnson to lead NPA Investigating Directorate????????????????; risk managers warn SA must act to avert economic ruin????????; food prices have increased almost 9% past year????; ConCourts wage ruling eases strain on Treasury????; Kieswetter says SARS efforts played a part in tax overrun????; CR removes top cop Khehla Sitole “in best interest of SA”⚖️????; internationally, Russia isolates itself & pushes on with Ukrainian invasion????; global condemnation, sanctions galore, UN outcry, oligarchs assets seized with sanctions, Russian central bank more than doubles interest rates, Rouble tanks to all-time lows, global business cut Russian ties – Putin more isolated than ever????????⏳; IEA says EU can slash Russian gas imports by 1/3rd????; Oil spikes to 7yr high????; commodities stage most stunning week since 1974 amid crisis????????; EU volunteers have hands full with Ukrainian refugees????; a war to the end but nukes not an option asserts Sergei Lavrov????; Roman Abramovich selling Chelsea FC as stakes ratchet up????; sovereign debt markets need to wake up to climate risk⛈????; squeezed Tokyo taxi operators ask for 1st fare hike in 15yrs????; Omicron still deadlier than flu but less so than Delta variant????; UN approves “plastics pollution pact” in most significant accord since Paris 2015????????????; US says $8.5bn climate funding pledged to SA is for retiring coal plants not EV’s????; FED chair signals 0.25% rate hike in March meet????; Hong Kong urges calm as lockdown fears fuel panic buying????????; fuel shortages hit Sri Lanka’s apparel sector⛽️; Biden assails Putin, applauds Ukrainians in State of Union address????; World Court sets date to hear Ukraine case against Putin’s genocide claim⚖️; BoJo relaxes visa rules for Ukrainians but rules out no fly zone????; IEA members agree to release 60mil barrels of oil from strategic reserves????; Russia puts brakes on investor exodus as assets crash????????; neutral Swiss break with tradition & adopt EU sanctions against Russia????????????????; S&P cuts Russia to junk, Moodys issues warning????; indices, JSE@74734⬇️; DOW@33614⬇️; FTSE@6978⬇️; R/$15.37; R/£20.34; R/€16.78; Brent crude $118.03; Bitcoin $38901; sports, cricketing legends Shane Warne & Rod Marsh pass away????; Proteas women off to solid start in World Cup????; Graeme Smith to face formal arbitration hearing CSA confirms????⚖️; Lloyd Harris keeps SA Davis cup promotion hopes alive???? ( Thanks to Dan Thomalla)
So now ….What to do this week to make our 2022 year a resounding success ?