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🚀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴! During a discovery call, this topic was brought up—especially if you’re the type of person spinning multiple plates, and juggling multiple responsibilities. Unfortunately, those middle-of-the-night “I should really write that down” moments happen 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵. 🌙✍️ And it’s happening more: we are constantly bombarded with 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸𝘀 featuring business book recommendations, 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 articles to read, and 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 to catch up on. At Stow, I wanted to provide a super simple way to capture those tasks and add them to your to-dos. ✅ We’re currently testing the MVP with a select cohort and are thrilled to have some great feedback coming in already (in less than 24 hours)! 🎉 You can still sign up for early beta access on our website, which should be launching in early 2025. 👀

So many things

December has its own significance in a year and everyone will go to festive mood to invite Merry Christmas and happy new year. As a matter of fact, people will be in holiday and vacation mood. Most of them will be busy in pleasure trips with near and dear in and around the world. People will celebrate with cakes, flowers, fruits, and other gifts to offer as part of their tradition. December invites winter and say good bye to the old year and welcome to the new year with aspirations, fun and joy. They expect and pray The Almighty to fulfill their needs and requirements with their efforts in new year. Let us wish the new year cheers everyone and gives peace to the rest of the world. Peace and prosperity is our priority. Where there is peace there is growth and development. We are humans. Let us behave as human beings. Human values are utmost important. They save us from all corners at all times on all occasions in every step of our journey. Hopes and aspirations are part of the process. We hope to happen good. We act to complete the tasks in time. We plan and execute better and the best. We wish good health and wealth to prosper better in real life. Life is like a game play it. Life is like a journey move on! Movement gives action. Action gives results. Results are ultimate. Success is a journey not the destination.

This is a great way to end of the year. As we wrap up another busy year of teaching, it’s easy to feel like the only priority is to cross the finish line. But taking some time to do a proper inventory of your Coding and Robotics resources can make a world of difference when the new year begins. Think about it—are your robots in good shape? Do you have enough coding kits, batteries, or parts to hit the ground running next year? Are there licenses or tools that need updating? A year-end inventory isn’t just about staying organised; it’s about setting yourself and your learners up for success. It helps you: Avoid scrambling for missing resources in January. Spot what needs fixing, replacing, or upgrading. Plan lessons with confidence, knowing you’ve got everything you need. By getting everything in order now, you’ll thank yourself later when the new term begins, and you’re ready to dive straight into teaching. Have you done your inventory yet like Kerry-Ann van der Merwe ? What’s your go-to strategy for staying on top of everything? Share tips to make 2025 our most organised year yet! #CodingAndRobotics #TeachingTips #PlanAhead #EdTech #organise Resolute Education #success

Today marks four years of Clout Model Management and four years of business ownership! It hasn’t always been an easy journey and still comes with its challenges, but I’ve learned so much along the way and am incredibly proud of the steady growth. Here’s to many more years of Clout! #modelagency #companygrowth #businessanniversary

Sometimes I feel like the idea of considering migrants as illegal is something a lot of people take for granted. Many seem convinced that everyone arriving in Italy through the #BalkanRoute or the #MediterraneanSea is here illegally. What really makes me angry is how few people stop to think why migrants make these "journeys". Instead, they’re quick to #judge or want to #sendthemback, without asking themselves what could push someone to #risk everything. Let’s be real—none of us would choose such a dangerous journey unless we had no other choice. So why assume it’s different for them? It’s frustrating how much people blindly trust what they see on TV or in the newspapers, like we’re just swallowing whatever the #media or #powerfulpeople want us to believe. But we’re not powerless—we can think for ourselves, find #reliablesources, and look deeper into the truth. I really hope that this year more people will start seeing the world through their own eyes and hearts, instead of just going along with the narratives handed to us. 🌍 Let’s try to understand. Let’s question. #Migration #EmpathyMatters #ThinkForYourself #HumanityFirst #Refugees #illigalmigration

Sometimes, letting the engineering team speak to the real problems can motivate the client towards real solutions. This whole notion of sales teams and engineering teams not being on the same page is a problem that I continually have to solve for companies, when brought in to handle "system issues". Sales teams provide feedback for engineers on the customer experience, and defines the fiscal opportunity/risk. Engineering teams provide insights to sales on design decisions, scheduling, known solutions, and should be the metric for a businesses productivity levels. It's very common for sales and engineering teams to not be on the same page, and the worst part of it is the number of companies who are okay keeping these skeletons in the closet - because who wants to take responsibility for the problem when it's you? #engineeringproblems #technicaldebt #brokencode #spaghetti #cicd #mismanagement #guidelines #regulations #procedures #mobileapp #softwaredeveloper

Expanding and reinforcing conservation initiatives in 2025 will be critical to securing and stabilizing the most fragile areas of Africa