A few interesting/not so interesting facts about my life -
• I grew up in Johannesburg, on a rather large property that was also home to over 80 staff members, 7 horses, 13 dogs, a pet lion, 3 zebras, 5 springbok, 2 pot belly pigs, 4 meerkats, rabbits, mongooses (or mongeese - I never remember which one -ha!), 5 cats, 2 mandrill baboons, a warthog and the list goes on and on... My family (my mother and my sister in particular) have an obsession with 4 legged creatures. Needless to say, there was never a dull moment, it was an absolute madhouse! :)
• I rode horses from a young age and started competing in show-jumping competitions from about 14 years old. I stopped riding when I realized the exorbitant price of this luxurious sport - ha!
• I was very involved in the biking community and ran the social media platforms for KTM South Africa. This meant that I got to travel around the globe and spectate/be the best pit crew ever ;) at races such as Romaniacs and Sea To Sky in Turkey.
• I am a qualified personal trainer and previously worked at a power performance center for cyclists, as well as a private gym that specialized in sports specific training for enduro riders.
Life happens and I met an amazing entrepreneur by the name of Carl aka The Baker.
Carl recently wrote:
I have been actively seeking others to share my vision with, who are prepared to dedicate themselves towards making it a reality as much as myself and I’m excited to tell that a newly formed entity has been co-founded called Arkk Inc, with Daniella Shaw (who many of you already know) joining as one of the co-founders, along with others who I will announce to you shortly.
Very motivated and wonderful to help others reach a level of success otherwise not possible for them.
Our vision and mission statement:
Our Vision
Our vision is to build an entire ecosystem that is removed from the constraints of the existing world - empowering people to unlock their true potential, and in doing so, make the world a better place for all of mankind
Our Mission
Our mission is to show every single person on earth, through education, that it is entirely possible for people to see the world how it truly is; a place where our purpose is to create, innovate, and to pioneer, and that all constraints are entirely manufactured by man and seeded through society to create positions of power for a select few.
... I have an undeniable passion for music! It is literally all I eat, sleep and dream about!
Presently I am in South Africa - came home to visit my family - and covid has prevented me from leaving but it's been a productive time none the less.
As soon as borders are open I will be returning to Los Angeles to carry on my work over there.
Singing has changed my life in more ways than one but that'll follow in other blog posts.
I will be posting songs from my album - so watch this space.
Thanks for reading and I hope I bless you with many interesting articles about the people I work with and my own growth in the music industry.
The best photo is the one with the baby pig and puppy. Good luck with your music. I'm sure it will be extremely entertaining and a blast to listen to. Well, have a great day and welcome to the HIVE community! Keep safe... :)
Thank you - I hope you get a chance to listen to my music - would love your feedback. I have posted my first song.
Love your photos, especially that cute pig reminding me of Babe.
Cute hey?
Hello Dan,
Theluvbug so that’s must be that you already met @jaynie and some of the community in SA and here on line, I see appriciator aswell so you are informed.
Welcome to the HIVE community in the blockchain.
It’s a great day to start your future blogging or maybe blogging. You will live it and the interaction is very nice.
YESS You are a new hive’er now!
I saw your #introduceyourself and its nice to meet you. We haven’t met before but that changes right now. Don’t let all the replies and bots scare you. We are nice and but a new platform but with bloggers who know the ropes. Just comment if you get scared and i Will help out.
Blogging, building and uplifting eachother is what Hive is and what its all about on this blockchain. The best part is that you could earn money to.
I love blogging, But always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !!
I use Peakd to post to Hive. But hive.blog is an option too.
Good luck with with hive experience and I Will See you around and may you find here what you are looking for. Just remember that all good things come in good time and never giving up is THE key to big succes on the Blockchain. Also you could join the the Terminal discord. Or visit @heyhaveyamet for more new arrivals, newbies exposure in the beginning very important.
Let me know if this was helpfull or if you need more help, see you in Discord
the Terminal. Here is the invite its free,
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Greeting from the Netherlands
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Wow - thank you for this in-depth reply to my introductory post. I have been onboarded and helped by @pandamama and haven't yet met the lovely community from South Africa - but looking forward to meeting them in the future. I was going to ask what RC was but have subsequently found out and able to respond to the replies now. Your reply was very helpful and I most certainly will call on you if I need help in the future. Extremely busy at present so not sure about Discord but will follow you and get to know you on the platform.
Pandamama is also in our discord
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Thank you for all the tips - I will be mindful of them.
Welcome to hive!! I hope you will find exciting relations here and have a lot of fun :)
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