I entered the Enke world totally oblivious to its vision. My only interaction was a brief meeting in Cape Town with one of its founders, Pip Wheaton. After going to JHB to the presenters training session, I have to admit that I have been bitten by the Enke bug. During the 2 day training seminar, excellently facilitated by Ilana Wetzler, I realized that I was involved in an organization which creates the platform for South Africa’s youth to make waves of change. This is all orchestrated by young dynamic individuals of this country. The training itself was thought-provoking and a total eye opener as to what I did not know about myself. It gave me insight into what leadership actually is. This is something that everyone who aspires to grow their personal success needs to know.
Being one of the only presenters from Cape Town and now heavily infected by the Enke bug, I developed an acute social disease called FOMO Disorder (Fear Of Missing Out Disorder). The team at the training had such a great energy and spirit that any occasion where they would come together in the future without me would aggravate my FOMO Disorder.
I look forward to the Forum Week in July during which I will have the opportunity to interact with some of South Africa’s agents of change, the Grade 11’s of 2011. As much as it seems that my purpose is to facilitate, motivate and (hopefully) inspire, I am more certain that I will be the one who will be inspired.
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen – (Russian Revolutionary V.I. Lenin)” – Let the Enke Week be the start of decades.
I am a Cape Town-based entrepreneur just carving out my print in the block of wood, Stuart Minnaar
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I feel very privileged to say I was part of the inaugural enke retreat. The energy at the retreat was explosive (((((((BOOOOM))))))), it makes me wonder what the Youth Forum in July will be like.
-Ivan