And Then They Fired Me

✍ Scribed by Jannie Mouton

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Cover
Title Page
Introduction
PART 1
The concert with morning assembly – growing up
Matie man – student life
City of gold, fool’s gold – working in Johannesburg
Walking the plank – getting sacked
Truth hurts – my road of self-discovery
Buffett hits a nerve – how to recover from a setback
Marilyn Monroe and political passion – a new opportunity
From sacrificial lamb to sheepshape – looking back doesn’t help
PART 2
Have strategy, will win – I believe in strategic planning
A (brief-)case of the jitters – I take an entrepreneurial approach
It’s your baby now – the catchword is ultimate empowerment
Four-square men and women – the right people are crucial
Sharing is caring – I give the right people a share in the business
In the limelight, in front of the crowd
A family affair – is that what PSG is?
PART 3
One for all and all for one – the interconnectivity of doing business
We go to town for some shopping – purchasing businesses
Come to Mama-business opportunities present themselves
See which way the cat jumps
The right fit – are the affairs of a business clear and does it fit in?</2>
Bare bricks and wet cement? Beware – is something happening there yet?</2>
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
A licence to see one’s backside – unlisted shares don’t always work out
The maiden voyage – if you’ve just bought the business
Cut your losses – sometimes you have to sell a business
A craving for capital – issuing and buying back shares
My yardsticks – the measurement of business success
The ABC of business – the most important business principle
PART 4
A white Harvest elephant – and pulling a humongous lion’s tail
You’re simply the best – PSG Konsult
Getting cheesed off with all the w(h)ining: the KWV saga
Reality helps me out of my investment bank dream – PSG Investment Bank
Third time lucky – ultimate empowerment gets more colourful with Thembeka
Cowboys doughn’t cry – Pioneer Foods
Curro – from a single sapling to a growing forest
mCubed, mBarrassed, mBattled
The Capitec fairy tale – Cinderella’s PIN is her secret now
PART 5
Not in the suitcase under the bed – my thoughts about investments
Plant your money tree early – start saving while you’re still young
A policy policy and is the name of the game bond, mortgage bond? Your home and annuities might not be your best assets
Running with the bulls, dancing with the bears
For life? When you buy or sell a share
Who’s the daddy? Measuring investment success
Tarzan swings from a supple branch
A no-brainer – speculation is not for the faint-hearted
Not high and fast enough for you yet?
Grow some more hair on your chest
For a copycat with patience – watch and learn from PSG
PART 6
The soul of a company – the culture determines the performance
Climbing the windmill of a hierarchy – a flat structure is best
Drowning in the e-mail ocean of a bureaucracy – formality is stupidity
Empower others or sweep the office yourself
Transparent and fair, or a costly game of hide-and-seek
Buffett, the Bible or Scrooge – you decide about charity
Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble – humility is admirable
An eager B-team beaver or a damp squib – enthusiasm rules
Short cuts are for crooks, and saluting comrades-in-arms
Fishnet stockings and stilettos for a plan – creativity motivates
Infusing talent with passion – dedication wins the day
Rugby, sunshine and doing business – South Africa is the best
The Berlin wall has collapsed – socialism is a dead end
A tax jail, business ball and chain, or a funfair for opportunities
Does King deserve the crown? I don’t really fancy the King reports
All aboard! I serve as a director of Steinhoff
Casting one’s bread upon polluted waters
Home, sweet home – my own hearth and home
And that’s a wrap
Addendum
A. Charter for extraordinary achievement
Action, action, we want action
Team work is dream work
On a point of order
Yes, we can
Put your foot down
Knowledge is power is more than a school motto
Leader of the pack
One for me, one for you
You can run, but you can’t hide
B. Milestones in PSG’s history
C. List of companies in the PSG stable
PSG Group
Zeder Investments
Paladin
D. Recommended reading
E. Jannie Mouton’s curriculum vitae
F. PSG shareholding
G. List of sources
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Addendum A
About the Book
About the Authors
Copyright Page