Patience is overrated
Backstory: Sygnia's Magda Wierzycka
Where were you when Nelson Mandela was released from prison?I was at the University of Cape Town, glued to the TV screen with the rest of SA. The cheering that went on raised the roof.What’s your one top tip for doing a deal?Allow people (men) to assume that you are just a dumb blonde. It works every time.What are you reading at the moment? And what’s the one book everyone should read before they die?I checked my Kindle. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, by Klaus Schwab, alongside A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James. Everyone should read Abundance: The Future is Better than you Think, by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler.Nominate your eighth wonder of the world.The Galápagos Islands. It is an incredible place, full of wonderful experiences and animals and birds that have no fear of man. It was an experience tainted only by my teenage son refusing to wear a T-shirt with "I love Blue Boobies" (a bird’s name, for those not married to an avid birder) written on it.Which p...
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