Growth From Stepping Out Of The Nest

By Antony Makonese

Have you ever wondered whether anyone goes through what you go through?

Tony has captured the essence of life's struggle - to be more, to be better and to make a difference.

He writes in a conversational style where you can imagine yourself sitting by the fireside enjoying a drink while he shares his life's experiences with you.

If you want to learn how to win even in tough times this is the book for you. If you wish to make a difference in your life and in someone's life, again this is the book for you.

It's short so you can get back to it again and again to remind you of the essence of life - a life with meaning and a life that makes a difference in others. Out of the comfort zone and in the comfort zone

- Dr Charity Chiratidzo Jinya

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Antony Makonese
• Release date: Sep 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386828143

Book preview

Growth From Stepping Out Of The Nest

-  by Antony Tony Makonese –

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Change is inevitable

Embrace pain

Shake off fear

Use feedback received

Nature’s conspiracy theory

Growing through experiences

Stretched forever

Another door must be opened

Self-initiated growth

One step at a time

Every little struggle is a step forward

Vulnerability

The old habit has to die

The best thing you can do is keep going

Every rose has its thorns

Focus leads to expansion

Become Comfortable Outside Your Comfort Zone

Do not procrastinate

Pruning

Afterword

Acknowledgements

A hearty thank you:

To my wife Pellah, my children; Tanaka Laura, Kundai Charmaine and Tinoda-Ishe Jayden, my mother Kumbirayi and late father Johni Gumisidzo. Your support, encouragement, belief in me and love gave me the courage and motivation to write this book. Kundai and Tinoda-Ishe you are the ones that brought the seed that resulted in this book; back, on that January 2016 night before you two left for your first year at university and primary school respectively.

Thank you to my boss and mentor; Charity. The way you always challenge the status quo, your attention to detail and your eye for the bigger picture will forever inspire me to perform better every day.

To my known mentees Emmanuel, Neeta, Alfred and Nkosi, thank you for bringing the best motivational insights out of me in our engagements. Half of the time when we had or have our scheduled and impromptu sessions I did not know beforehand what I should talk about. Miraculously each time we settle down in our sessions, I would find appropriate inspiring thoughts and ideas coming as the discussions go on.

Thank you to Pellah, Charity Chiratidzo and Alfred for your editing input into this book.

To my golfing friends; thank you for putting up with my crappy swing but I know I gave some of you a run for your money on my good day (lucky for you as these days were, and have been few and far in between). My golf handicap could be average but I put my best and easy swing in this book.

Foreword

Since 2014, I have been saying to myself I will write a book one day. Not just a book, but a highly motivational one. Since I started reading motivational and inspirational books, I have experienced tremendous growth in my career, relationships, social life, health and spiritual realm. This has positively impacted my perception around some hurdles that I have encountered in my life journey. All these improvements in my life were due to some selfless people who sat down and packaged ways and processes for people like you and me to feed on. I believe I must