Entrepreneur Mark Sham attracted a large audience to the Hirsch’s weekly workshop series recently.
HYDE PARK – The event saw over 3 000 people follow the hour-long informative and interactive session either through Facebook Live or Zoom.
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Hirsch’s recently hosted a popular online entrepreneurship workshop featuring input from entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Suits & Sneakers Mark Sham.
This was part of Hirsch’s weekly workshop series anchored by multi-award-winning businesswoman Margaret Hirsch and business coach Marlene Powell.
The event saw more than 3 000 people follow the hour-long informative and interactive session either through Facebook Live or Zoom.
Sham’s core message was that happiness in life equals success in business.
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He said, “Happiness should not be taken for granted, in fact, we should study happiness at school. No one teaches us how to be happy. No one teaches you how to have a positive relationship with yourself or with other people.
“Several pointers that will help towards making you a happier version of yourself include prioritising sleep, finding a way to slow down and to speed up [meditation helps], eat correctly and train consistently.
“Spend time on becoming more self-aware. Create value for others.”
Sharing her view on happiness, Powell pointed out that our whole lives were a reflection of who we were and that the most successful and happy business owners were those who found a balance between passion, grasping how to run a business efficiently and having a guide to help with the day-to-day running of a business.
Hirsch said goal-setting was an important part of building a happy, healthy self-image. She added that putting together a vision board helped with setting one’s long-term goals.
“Don’t chase money if you want to be happy. Find joy in what you do and the money will follow,” concluded Hirsch.
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