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Article by Etsko Schuitema
For more than twenty-five years, the Schuitema Personal Excellence Programme has helped people from every walk of life gain greater clarity, purpose and effectiveness in their personal and professional lives.
Throughout those years, many of our programmes have been held in the magnificent Drakensberg. Over time, Oaklands Farm Stay has become closely associated with the Personal Excellence experience. There is something about the quiet beauty of the mountains, the open spaces and the slower rhythm of farm life that creates ideal conditions for reflection and growth. Away from the noise, urgency and distraction of everyday life, participants find the space to ask deeper questions about who they are, what matters to them and how they want to live.
Personal Excellence is not a training course in the conventional sense. It is a five-day journey into self-awareness, intent and personal maturity. Participants explore the habits of thought and behaviour that either diminish or enrich their lives and leave with practical tools for creating greater fulfilment, resilience and contribution.
The impact is often profound.
We have seen business leaders rediscover their passion for leadership after years of burnout and frustration. We have seen relationships repaired because participants learned to replace blame and resentment with generosity and responsibility. We have seen people who arrived burdened by anxiety and self-doubt leave with a renewed sense of confidence, purpose and peace.
Many participants describe the programme as life-changing. Others speak of it as a turning point or a homecoming — an opportunity to reconnect with values and aspirations that had become obscured by the pressures of modern life.
The Drakensberg has always had a special place in this journey. The mountains have a way of restoring perspective. They remind us of both our smallness and our possibility. They create the conditions in which important conversations can happen, both with others and with ourselves.
People arrive carrying the weight of ordinary life.
They leave with a little more clarity, a little more courage and a much deeper appreciation of what it means to live a life of excellence.
Want to learn more about how the Personal Excellence? Leader your team with greater purpose, strengthen organisational culture, and unlock potential? See: www.schuitemagroup.com
Note: We have a course scheduled for November ’26. If you’d like more information feel free to contact us.
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