Welcome to Freedom Shaper Your Community Trade School

SOUTH AFRICA (KZN)

Striving for a Better South Africa

Community Leadership Training and Coaching

Below are just a few of the Course types and modules that we will cover.

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Business Training

  • Business Analysis
  • Management
  • Project Management
    • MS Project
  • Community Leadership
  • Time Management
  • Time Management using Outlook
  • Financials
    • Basic accounting
  • Budgets
  • Goal Setting

Technical Training

  • Introduction to Networking (IP Addressing)
  • Microsoft 365 (in person)
    • SharePoint
  • CompTIA (in person)
    • IT Fundamentals
    • A+
    • Network +
    • Server+
    • Security+

End User Training

  • Microsoft Office
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
    • Outlook
    • Power BI Desktop
  • Desktop Applications
  • Time Management Using Outlook
  • Home budgeting

The two most powerful warriors are Patience and Time.

The three C’s of life: Choices, Chances and Changes.

You must Choose to take a Chance, or your life can never Change.

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  • Hack the Brain

    How to Hack your own Brain and get results

    1. Change your self-talk. Your brain believes what you repeatably say to it.
    2. Visualize success daily. The brain can not tell the difference between imagination or reality. We can use that to our advantage and project reality into our future.
    3. Move your body. Exercise boosts dopamine, seratonin and focus.
    4. Feed it right. What you eat directly affects your mood and mental clarity.
    5. Practice GRATITUDE. It rewires your brain to focus on abundance and not lack.
    6. Sleep deeply. Your brain resets, heals, and stores memories while you sleep.
    7. Limit Negativity. Protect your mental space like your life depends on it, it really does. Your brain accepts anything that you pass on to it, and it treats it all the same.
    8. Learn something new every day. Growth keeps your brain flexible and resilient.
    9. Surround yourself with peace. A calm environment will help your brain regulate emotions better.

    Things to avoid:

    1. Limit the use of AI to solve problems. This relates to 8 above learning something new. Using AI will tell your brain it is no longer needed and will start to determinate.
    2. Avoid computer screens and rather read Books. Your brain was wired to read the black or blue on paper, this allows your eyes and brain to speed read a line at a t time.
    3. Avoid the Social media addiction. Start to Journal in a book. Writing in a book will help brain to body coordination and stimulate new learning networks.
    4. Avoid people who consistently run you down, rather find those that will lift you up and help keep you in a positive space.

    When I use AI to find a solution, I will copy it to a document and reformat it to suit my reading and understanding before I print it and use it to help me in my quest. This allows me to highlight certain words or phrases that will better imprint them in my brain.

    Our brains are designed to store graphic images and they are easier to record when mixed with emotion. Have you ever thought why certain events are more imbedded in our thoughts than others. Two triggers that affect the brains ability to record events in memory are fear and Love, both have very strong emotions and when grouped together with an image it is stored and flagged for materialization. This is why visualization and the feeling of I already have it will bring it into your reality at high speed, never allow logic to interfere.

    Now go out and achieve your goals, they are closer than you could imagine.

  • The budget

    In Luke 14:28-30 Jesus’ teaches on the importance of planning before beginning a significant project.

    “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.'”

    Budgeting is essential for achieving financial stability and control over your money.  It acts as a financial roadmap, helping you align your spending with your priorities and long-term goals.

    • Controls Spending & Prevents Overspending: A budget gives you clarity on where your money goes, helping you distinguish between needs and wants, and avoid uncontrolled spending that leads to debt. 
    • Builds Savings & Emergency Funds: By allocating money in advance, a budget ensures you save consistently for emergencies (recommended: 3–6 months of expenses), vacations, home down payments, or retirement. 
    • Reduces Debt and Improves Credit: Sticking to a budget helps you pay down high-interest debt faster, reduce reliance on credit cards, and improve your credit score. 
    • Supports Goal Achievement: Whether short-term (new phone, trip) or long-term (home ownership, retirement), a budget lets you set specific savings targets and track progress. 
    • Provides Peace of Mind: Knowing you’re living within your means and prepared for unexpected expenses reduces financial stress and increases confidence in your financial future. 

    For businesses, budgeting also enables strategic planning, resource allocation, performance evaluation, risk management, and stronger investor relations.  Ultimately, budgeting is not about restriction—it’s about intentional financial freedom.