{"id":892,"date":"2022-03-26T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=892"},"modified":"2022-03-26T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T16:42:13","slug":"rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am not very keen of sportsmen\/women biographies but I decided to read this one<\/a>, after watching this video<\/a> some time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Siya is still young, he relates about his career from a very challenging upbringing to the summit of his sport career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what I liked from the book, it is not just the path to success but the persona. How he relates to the problems of South Africa, to his own personal problems. In a very macho sport, it is difficult to imagine somebody talking about his feelings, his wrongs, his addictions. This is another very interesting video<\/a> about mental heath issues from a “big boy”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he shows in the book, he found help in his wife and faith. And admits he is not perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a important point about success and values. It is more important to be a well-rounded person than a top rugby player. But we live in a society\/world that we only focus in the best, the winner (who takes all) And those are the values we give to kids. As a famous coach said, the result takes care by itself. That means, if you put the work .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You would expect the book would finish in his top achievement but not, if follows with what it is really important to him, make a different in the society. From supporting campaigns against violence to women (and it is not just a problem in SA, we had similar problem in Spain) and setup the kolisifoundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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