Mduduzi I'm self-employed and often have busy days chasing after business and doing 'emergency services' to ensure correct implementation and control of what we do. I sometimes even chase my tail. Yesterday was a busy day and I responded to your message in-between my rat race activities. I am not fussy in my dealings with misspellings and wrong pronunciations. There are official documents and correct platforms where I emphasise on doing things right. My first job was as a proof-reader at Ravan Press - I should know better than to complain. These days I don't even do spell checks on my emails and am often embarrassed when I re-read them after the fact. But I'm digressing, MoAfrika. At business schools they teach emotional intelligence as a component of management processes and an essential feature of leadership. I've come across characters who are otherwise good, diligent and professional in their work but have low control in applying emotional intelligence. Once a wrong happens they lose their groundings emotionally and can no longer reason rationally. I was friends with the late Vus Make whose political acumen and erudite command of presentations were beyond measure. Bra Vus was smart and had the aura of a leader. Khotso Seatlholo used to give me narratives of how the Soweto '76 youth leaders were rescued in press conferences and august forums like the UN by the wit of Bra Vusi. However, this good leader had low emotional intelligence and he knew it. He was a perfectionist in very way and wanted his house for example very clean every day. A speck of dust could almost drive him insane and he wouldn't be able to control himself emotionally. Having met and worked with him closely, I re-read the version of his ex-wife Maya Angelou's autobiography on their relationship and could pick up the similarities of observations on Vusi Make's weaknesses in emotional intelligence.
During the underground days in the early 1980s I taught our recruits and operatives the dangers of not observing the "The 7 Sins of a Guerrilla". We adopted this from the works of an urban guerrilla warfare theorist in Brazil. One of the sins is panic. If you lost your emotional control and panicked under pressure, a guerrilla could expose himself to the enemy by acting irrationally and behaving strangely when his comrades were not performing according to plan or were even missing in action. I have experienced several instances like this where APLA combat units made blunders which led to arrest and even fatalities on our side when we could have avoided this. Sometime back on this google space I deliberately cast a strongly worded aspersion to the insincerity of some characters when we dealt with the contradictions in the PAC leadership. I also attached plans made by the Research Unit to resolve strategic planning and structural flaws on a long-term basis , which I felt had been thrown in file 13 (the dustbin) by those who held senior positions. That missive took Narius Moloto out from his hidden corner and exposed him as one of the key stumbling blocks in the moves to build unity in the PAC currently. He was very emotional in his unsolicited response and I believe he will live to regret his outbursts. He should have attended the political class on the Seven Sins of a Guerrilla. Emotional intelligence is a form of self-discipline that is applicable to every individual who sincerely wants to participate with others in a progressive social activity. There are leading psychiatric expects on the subject and tomes of books published . A spelling error on my name is not significant enough. What's in a name? A rose in a different name will smell just as good. William Shakespeare. Izwe lethu iAfrika. Jaki Seroke Subject: Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:51:18 +0200 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hi Jaki: I realize I have misspelled your name. Some people are very sensitive and express an outburst of anger instantly. I will spell it right next time Kind Regards Mduduzi Sibeko 011-724-9298/49 071-101-2595 [email protected] www.randwater.co.za The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. -- Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com
