Rabison Shumba
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Author, Motivational Speaker, Life Coach and Business Consultant Expert

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- Main Areas
- Motivational speaking, Business Consultancy, Project Management, Training and development
- Best Sellers
- The Greatness Manual, Fountain of Inspiration
- Career Focus
- Author, Motivational Speaker, Technology Consultant, Business Owner
- Affiliation
- Computer Society of Zimbabwe
Rabison Shumba is an author, motivational speaker, life coach and business consultant. He authored "The Greatness Manual" as well as "Fountain of Inspiration Vol. 1 and 2". He also co-authored "101 Great Ways to enhance your career" together with 100 Career Experts. Rabison founded the Greatness Factory Trust, an organization through which he is helping to mentor and coach young people to achieve success. His trust works with disadvantaged school children supporting them with school fees and general livelihood. He speaks about success, leadership, motivation and inspiration. Rabison is well traveled having been to Asia, America, United Kingdom and all over Africa. He is married to Jacqueline and they have two children. They reside in Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa.
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10 Business Lessons My Mother Taught Me
The one who gave birth to this author Mrs. Dainah Mapuranga (nee Mabaya Madoro), never attended Business School neither did she attend formal primary school education because of the culture which discouraged fathers from investing in the girl child as “she would be soon taken away anyway on getting married”. I remember her making an attempt to attend Adult Education classes where she learned basic reading and writing. That is how far she went but the intelligence of that woman was unfortunately never given a chance to manifest.
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10 Office Etiquette Tips
In this article, I will show you how we need not take our workplaces for granted. Every workplace has a general feel and expected etiquette. It sometimes does not necessarily need to be documented for your to behave in a certain way. The ambiance communicates the expectations to you. However in some organizations, expectations are clearly laid out in company code of conduct documentation from Human Resources Department. I have documented common guidelines.
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10 Essential Tips for Effective Networking
Networks and relationships will take you beyond where your salary (money), schooling (education) or smartness (intelligence) have taken you. Greatness is built through deliberate relationship formations (networking). The bigger your network, the greater your reach. Networks are made of mutually beneficial relationships where it is not about you benefiting but others benefiting from your existence and established networks.
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Who Stole your time? 10 Tips for Effective Time Management
Your success is linked to your understanding of the value of a resource called time. Time lost can never be recovered. While you are still able to work, make your time worthwhile and productive. While sleep is important in that you rest the body, some have a challenge of over committing time to sleep and slumber. The issue of time management is what has separated the rich from the poor. Somehow in some parts of the world it is acceptable to be an hour late for an appointment without feeling guilty. It's the "normal" expectation.
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10 Destiny Questions Everyone Must Answer
A question is a sentence that solicits for information. A question has a corresponding answer or set of answers. In life, one must be able to ask themselves vital questions pertaining to life and destiny. This is a questionnaire that you carry throughout life which acts as a guideline or compass on how your life must run. Many people shy away from these vital questions which require introspection, looking at life in retrospect and evaluating what the future holds. Whether you like it or not, one day you would have to answer the questions.
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Be married to your vision - 10 Lessons
Are you merely paying lip service to your vision or you are sold out 101%? A marriage of convenience sometimes occurs where one party or both parties are seeking to get a quick solution to an issue. Be it citizenship issues or merely passing time. Sometimes we are found reneging on our own commitments and vows out of familiarity and making our marriage so common. Question that comes to mind automatically is "What happened to your first love, the days you used to court your vision?
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10 Excuses Potential Entrepreneurs Make
Starting and running your own business has never been an easy road. It is a leap of faith, hope and believing in your dream that it will one day blossom. Building a company is similar to what a farmer goes through. He has time to Prepare the land, Plan the appropriate seed, Plant, Pluck out weeds and hope for big harvest. This is something that keeps the farmer going. Year in year out he/she risks all the seed and finance available because they are convinced that a good harvest is coming someday. As I said implementing your dream is usually riddled with many excuses.
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10 Tips of Money Matters (Money Demystified)
Money is a power tool that enables businesses and individuals across the globe to exchange value for goods and services. You often hear many people mention that money is evil. I submit to you that there is no evil in money whatsoever. It is the love of money that actually is a root of all evil. How you behave when you now have the money or what you try to do in order to get a hold of this power tool is what can end up being in the Evil category. You have the right to access money. You will realize that in most people's lives, money does not come easy.
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10 Pointers to Effective Recruitment - How to select your leaders and team.
Appointments to position of leadership, influence and high decision making power are always rigged and plagued with inconsistency, thumb-sucking, guesswork with no system of set down criterion in place. Many followers complain of haphazard approaches to promotions where it is not based on any merit or previous track record. Books are continually judged by their cover, promotions based on looks, composure and dressing become the order of the day.
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10 Steps towards Excellence
Within every individual is a desire to be excellent in that one does. Unfortunately for many, excellence remains a desire and is never acted out practically. No matter how much you can desire to be excellent, it will not come on a silver platter. It will cost you in terms of action, standing up and beginning to do those things that are building blocks for ultimate excellence. Excellence can also be referred to as distinction or pre-eminence. When you boldly take the steps I will give you below, you will soon make excellence a way of life. It will be a part of you.
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10 Tips to Get and Keep Customers
"Customer is king", "Our customers are not strangers to us, they are part of what we do". These are common cliches we speak and write on the walls of our businesses and in reception area. The question which is rarely asked is "Do we mean all that we say?". When you customer coughs, your company performances feels the threat of that cold. The tremors and challenges your customer faces have a direct bearing on your profits and your targets. Once you obtain a customer, they should be kept lest they move on to the next supplier.
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10 Business Fundamentals for Success
10 Business Fundamentals for Success Rabison Shumba 23Apr 2010 Your understanding and correct use of the available business tools will determine how far the business goes. Regardless of size, every business needs tools to setup, administer and properly run. Some of those tools are purely financial in nature. A fair understanding of finances is necessary for every leader regardless of profession. You ignore your financial performance at your own peril. You are able to make better, informed and calculated risks or decisions whenever you know the financial implications.
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