The 'Driver' of Change: In Pursuit of a Brighter Future, Despite the Odds...

By Lance Brown

Lance Brown knows firsthand the opportunities available to those who are willing to work hard and challenge themselves to attain a goalâ to make a dream come true. There is no easy road to success but many rewarding ones where the journey changes the perceptions, possibilities and prospects of those who persevere. Through his personal journey and stories, Lance will convince you to embrace and love the challenge.

Lance shares his personal story progressing from a job as a delivery driver to a filing clerk to becoming a tax consultant with one of the world's leading financial services firms. Lance's message rings soundly with everyone who hears it. It's about motivating yourself to fulfill your true potential within the organization and within your life. Today Lance is a driver who delivers a message of change, who motivates individuals to find opportunities in their workplace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eBookIt.com
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9780620634861

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Preface

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it's

dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Thomas Edison

Lance Brown knows first-hand the opportunities available to those who are willing to work hard and challenge themselves to attain a goal to make a dream come true. There is no easy road to success but many rewarding ones where the journey changes the perceptions, possibilities and prospects of those who persevere. Through his personal journey and stories, Lance will convince you to embrace and love the challenge.

Lance shares his personal story progressing from a job as a delivery driver to a filing clerk to becoming a tax consultant with one of the world's leading financial services firms. Lance's message rings soundly with everyone who hears it. It's about motivating yourself to fulfill your true potential within the organization and within your life. Today Lance is a driver who delivers a message of change, who motivates individuals to find opportunities in their workplace.

Your journey begins now...

Acknowledgements

To all those people who have contributed towards my journey, I am truly blessed to have you in my life.

About the author

Lance Brown is a living testament to his 'Creating Opportunities' philosophy and presentations. Growing up in Mitchells Plain, a Cape Town suburb where dreams rarely stretch beyond one's street corner, Lance dared to reach for the stars.

From the small seed of a basic job as a filing clerk in his twenties, he discovered an aptitude for taxation and a road to a brighter world. He worked hard to earn a bachelor's degree in Financial Management through the University of South Africa and is now a tax consultant for one of the world's leading accounting and consulting firms.

Lance's talents and goals have branched out and touched many. He has given presentations in London on the South African tax system and has been featured in local and international articles on a variety of issues.

He also presented a speech entitled 'The Small Leap from Suspect to Success' at the 2013 TEDx Table Mountain conference. Yet his greatest joy is speaking to disadvantaged students, planting new seeds of belief and encouraging them to step out of their comfort zones.

Lance has always believed that 'Creating Opportunities' is a dish meant to be shared.

Introduction

In 2011, I was asked to introduce a guest speaker at a company event. Being fairly new to Deloitte & Touche, this was a great way for me to introduce myself too. I was called up to the front of the room and saw 350 staff staring directly at me, waiting in anticipation.

Lance Brown, Bill Russell (Consultant and Former Managing Director of Citigroup)

While I was standing in front of the audience, next to the Senior Director of Deloitte, and the speaker, a former Managing Director of Citigroup in the UK, I took a few seconds to reflect on my journey.

Just a few years earlier I was working for a financial services firm as a driver, delivering letters to clients and taking the Directors' cars to be washed. I was also a filing clerk, with one of my duties being to set up the meeting room for guest speakers - a room very similar to the one I was now standing in.

I continued with the introduction as planned and prepared, and just before I called on the speaker, I said:

"I am very excited about the presentation today, because it features some of