International motivation speaker, Charles Marcus is coming to town. He is billed for the globally acclaimed book Success Is Not a Spectator Sport: How to Take Action and Achieve More. He is also contributor of the New York Times. He will be coming for one night at the end of June.
He says he has read a lot about Uganda. “It has always interested me. I remember growing up in the UK, reading that Sir Winston Churchill referred to Uganda as the “Pearl of Africa” and I have wanted to visit your beautiful country for many years,” he explains in an email interview.
Anticipation
He is keen to visit Lake Victoria, one of Africa’s great lakes and explore the country in general, thanks to Smiling Faces International, a company that promotes good service in the hospitality industry and motivational discourse.
Marcus is preparing three important topics for the Uganda audience: sales service, service delivery, leadership and motivation/human potential.
“I think universally these areas are on demand and the message relevant. Also in my communications with SFI this was relayed to me too by my partner in bringing me to your country Ayub Kato, a successful and knowledgeable Uganda businessperson and entrepreneur, informed me that the message was important for people to hear in Uganda and my story and journey too of overcoming adversity and winning against the odds was also powerful and relevant,” he explains.
He adds, “I suffered severe stammering for more than 25 years growing up in the UK. People wrote me off, laughed, ridiculed and humiliated me. They told me I would never amount to anything. I’m here to tell people humbly and passionately with faith, hope, belief, desire, focus and commitment, dreams come true. I’m living proof of that.”
Background
Originally from England, now a resident of Canada Charles Marcus has come a long way. For more than 25 years, he could not do what most of us take for granted–speak. He lived with the disability, sometimes going for long periods of not being able to speak at all.
Date: 27th June 2017
Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Venue: Hotel Africana
Email: events@smilingfaces.co.ug
