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Owning it!<br />
Weltevreden Park’s Kevin Britz is not only the voice behind the iconic Steve from the 'Beep<br />
Bank’ advert, he is also a formidable businessman. This behavioural, performance and<br />
wellness coach from Business by Design shares his tips for surviving the festive season.<br />
Image: RESONATE PHOTOGRAPHY.<br />
How did you start a successful business<br />
using your skills as a telemarketer,<br />
singer/songwriter, voice-over artist,<br />
and neurolinguistic programmer?<br />
Since I can remember, I’ve wanted to<br />
help people but instinctively knew that<br />
I needed to help myself before helping<br />
anyone else. Having been on stage<br />
for most of my life and learning about<br />
neurolinguistic programming in my<br />
20s and again in my 30s, I wanted to<br />
share useful information and a version<br />
of what I believed worked for me. With<br />
all my experience in voice, sales and<br />
neurolinguistic programming, I created<br />
a product and sold it on Gumtree to<br />
my very first client at Nedbank. Today, I<br />
train, coach and facilitate training and<br />
leadership programmes.<br />
What did you want to be when you<br />
grew up? I wanted to become a doctor<br />
or Michael Jackson. Both options<br />
seemed quite lucrative and fun, but I<br />
didn’t do either. I’m glad my choices<br />
changed as I got older.<br />
Steve from 'Beep Bank' is one of SA's<br />
most iconic radio ads. Are there any<br />
similarities between you and Steve?<br />
I think the only similarity between<br />
Steve and me is persistence. Damn ...<br />
he was persistent. I find that in business<br />
it comes with the territory, as an<br />
unspoken rule. Other than that, Steve<br />
and I are completely different. I’m also<br />
quite the recluse and love my own<br />
time, quiet time and nature.<br />
What is your inspiration for helping<br />
others achieve greatness? Being a dad<br />
is my inspiration. I wouldn't be the<br />
man I strive to be if it wasn't for my<br />
daughter. Being a parent often carries<br />
quite the juxtaposition in life. It can<br />
be completely unforgiving, and the<br />
greatest moment of your life, all at the<br />
same time.<br />
Is hypnotherapy like we see it in the<br />
movies? Umm… No! People have<br />
a hugely misguided notion of what<br />
hypnosis is. Hypnosis is to a large<br />
degree a guided learning state. It also<br />
allows you to connect more specifically<br />
to the subconscious that drives 95<br />
per cent of our lives. Neurolinguistic<br />
programming practitioners use<br />
hypnosis to learn, guide and elicit<br />
information, always with the aim<br />
I’m quite<br />
the recluse<br />
and love my<br />
own time<br />
of helping individuals understand<br />
behaviour and themselves more<br />
specifically. Hypnosis is a great way<br />
to relieve stress, deal with emotional<br />
states and help people practically.<br />
What was the last gift you gave<br />
someone? I gave my fiancé a birthday<br />
cake. He’d never received a cake for<br />
his birthday before, so I decided to<br />
wake him up with a cake, while singing<br />
'Happy Birthday'. Naked.<br />
Tell us more about your love for beer,<br />
travel, and music … I have been<br />
fortunate enough to travel to a few<br />
countries in the last two years and my<br />
love for beer stems from travelling. I<br />
love experiencing new cultures and<br />
the history of a country, and beer just<br />
happened to be one of the major<br />
ones I brought home with me. My<br />
love for music stems from a very early<br />
age when I had asthma. I was put on a<br />
ventilator at night when I was younger<br />
and my mother didn’t know how to<br />
keep me occupied at 2am. She would<br />
give me headphones and let me play<br />
all the LPs we owned, like the Bee Gees<br />
and Elvis, while she lay on the floor<br />
next to me sleeping. I think this may be<br />
the reason I love music so much – and<br />
my mom was my hero.<br />
What three things would you not be<br />
able to live without when stranded on<br />
an island? My daughter, my cellphone<br />
(with signal ...) and an asthma pump – I<br />
would be the worst Survivor candidate.<br />
What’s the most interesting thing<br />
you’ve ever read? Law of Success by<br />
Napoleon Hill. He writes about 'the<br />
ether'. The ether being about the<br />
spaces in between the spaces, which<br />
we human beings can’t see.<br />
Pick a song title that best reflects the<br />
story of your life … I am the One and<br />
Only by Chesney Hawkes.<br />
If you could have any superpower,<br />
what would it be and why? I would<br />
love to have the power of flying. I don’t<br />
like traffic and travelling would be<br />
such a joy!<br />
Reading on the beach, wandering<br />
around an art museum or scuba<br />
diving? I love art museums near a<br />
beach in Hawaii. Options are key!<br />
If you could be a slogan on a T-shirt<br />
– what would it say? 595 ... The 5–95<br />
rule (spend 5 per cent of your time<br />
planning, and 95 per cent of your<br />
time doing).<br />
Details: 084 414 1852, kevin@<br />
businessbydesign.co.za or www.<br />
businessbydesign.co.za.<br />
16 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
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