NEWSLETTER | ​WOMEN IN MOTION

Don’t Wait for the Phone to Ring

Multitalented businesswoman Moky Makura says she has learnt that creating one’s own opportunities are key to a fulfilling career. For her, the true definition of success is having a vision, following your passion, setting goals, and achieving some (not all) of your dreams. “When I was younger, I had a recurring daydream: I was smartly dressed and carrying a briefcase en route to the airport. I would then board a plane and arrive at a five-star hotel somewhere in Africa, where, shortly afterwards, I would conduct a business meeting in the hotel’s lobby. I didn’t know what the meetings were about or what was in my elegant briefcase, but I did know that I equated this scenario with a successful career. This was something I really wanted, and it eventually came to pass,” she says. Along the way, she found out that, for her, the true definition of success was about having a vision, following your passion, setting goals and achieving some (not all) of one’s dreams. Life has simply filled in the rest.

 

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Recipe for Success

In 2009, at the tender age of 28, Chantel Dartnall became the youngest chef ever to claim the Prudential Eat Out Chef of the Year Award. This year sees her award-winning Restaurant Mosaic celebrate its eighth anniversary. The secret ingredient in her recipe for success? Passion, a clear vision and hard work. Chantel had always dreamt of having a restaurant of her own where she could have complete creative freedom to live out her passion for cuisine. “My great-grandfather was a chef, and so I maintain that cooking is in my veins and that it has always come quite naturally to me,” she explains. Chantel says that, as a businesswoman, it is vital to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve, and to be sure that your team knows what that vision is – your vision must also be their vision. “Don’t look for instant successes or rewards – building a reputation takes a lot of passion, hard work and time,” she notes. To this day, Chantel works a six-day week, Tuesdays through Sundays, only taking Mondays off.

 

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Fight for Freedom

If you are a woman, you have gone through life with all kinds of rules regarding your appearance, your activities, your profession and the roles you have to play. Baby girls are dressed in pink. Women should have long hair. Women paint their nails and wear make-up. Women are looked down on if they take part in ball sports like rugby, cricket and soccer. Women are expected to raise children and keep house. When a woman is in a position of power, it is often automatically assumed that she can’t handle it as well as a man. You’re nodding your head now, aren’t you? It’s because we all live the reality of it every day. We try our best to meet all the requirements, and we don’t even expect to be able to change things if we try to challenge them. The few who have tried have resigned themselves to a certain level of ‘outcastness’. But yet, there are women out there who have broken out of the cage and are respected for it. Have a look at what some of these women have to say…

 

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