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Michael
Mol
DETAILED
BIOGRAPHY
MBChB, Dip PEC (UP)
Dr Michael Mol is a qualified medical doctor with vested interests in HIV management, emergency medicine (registered advanced trauma, cardiac and pediatric life support physician) and integrative medicine – blending science with the art of healing.
Eight years ago he carried his charisma from the casualty room over to the small screen and has co-anchored Top Billing, South Africa’s longest running prime time magazine program ever since. He has spoken to the stars, travelled the world and shared his experiences in a personal and endearing way with a captive audience, as evidenced by numerous critically acclaimed media awards. A former Mr. South Africa, he is also a Red Cross Children’s Champion and a patron of SA Cares for Life and The Living Hope Community Centre.
Michael's passion for understanding the world around him led him to make a subtle shift in emphasis by co-founding a futurist consultancy in 2004. This shift has allowed him to devote more time to working with individuals and organizations, helping them to understand the way the world works, trends that will affect us in the future, and what to do today to be ready for them. In particular, Michael has a passion for helping people find true significance and a holistic, balanced approach to the world they live in. This combines his medical training, his life experiences and his business skills in a truly unique blend that sets him aside from the average motivational or inspirational communicator. He has spoken to leading companies around the world and has recently been nominated by foremost CEO’s as one of the top business speakers for the GIBS Speakers Awards.
In October 2006, Michael was appointed as CEO of Paragon Health – a company focused on integrating health and wellness and providing optimal wellbeing for a productive nation.
He’s a writer and speaker that suffers from an incurable ailment …an insatiable thirst for endogenous adrenalin! From sky-diving out of a hot-air balloon, to running the bulls in Pamplona, to scuba diving under an frozen lake, to wing walking on a bi-plane, to surfing the great Zambezi white waters on a body board and bungi jumping off the highest bridge in the world backwards … there’s nothing that he would shrink back from – yet!
Michael resides in Johannesburg, South Africa and has been married to Jacqui since 1994, and has two children, Joshua (7 yrs) and Rachael (4 yrs).
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Big Talker
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FOR A SHORT SUMMARY, OTHER TOPICS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
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1. Get a Life
2.
The Strengths Revolution
3. Success
to Significance
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Get a Life. Work Life Balance!? Get a life.
On your marks, get set … think.
Why is it that despite the speed and efficiency of the 21st century there’s still too much to do, and too little time? We live our lives in the fast lane, but are in danger of falling asleep at the wheel. Exhaustion has become the most prevalent health epidemic in modern times, yet we continue running on empty, tipping the scales and upsetting the balance – begging the question: “Are we really living at all?”
There is an answer, a distinct, proven remedy to manage the all consuming 24/7 work ethic. “It’s about time!” you exclaim. Actually it’s not … it’s about Energy. Time is only valuable when it intersects with energy. What matters is not the amount of time spent but the energy that’s invested in the time that you have, whether at work or at leisure.
Since Energy is defined as the capacity to do work, every business requires adequate energy to drive successful execution. Energy is therefore the fundamental currency of business, and arguably the most important asset of any organization.
As the late Peter Drucker said: "Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy, and then to help orchestrate the energy of those around you."
Managing energy, not time, is the key to sustained high performance and satisfying work life balance, or better still: Work Life Integration. That’s the foundational mainstay of the keynote presentation: Get a Life. This simple yet profoundly fundamental paradigm shift will assist individuals and organizations to accomplish more, in less time, with a higher level of engagement and a better quality of life.
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The Strengths Revolution
New site to go live soon.
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Success
to Significance
A personal account of our journey
to live, love and leave a legacy. A look at living life
to the full by taking success to the next level - namely,
significance.
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Journalist
In his capacity as a medical doctor Michael has been
a contributing writer for Maksiman Magazine for a number
of years (see medical articles on the Medical
Male page), and more recently has been capturing
his own travel stories in print for the new monthly
Top Billing Magazine launched in 2004. Selected articles
can be found on the travel
page of this site.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE EXAMPLES BELOW
TO VIEW SELECTED BUSINESS ARTICLES.
• Stand
in the Gap
• Seven
Bribes for Severance Brothers
• Two
Socks to Success
• Byt
in 2014
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Master of Ceremonies
MICHAEL HAS BEEN MC AT
NUMEROUS HIGH PROFILE EVENTS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE:
• Miss South Africa 1998 (live broadcast)
• Miss South Africa Teen 1999, 2000, 2001 (live
broadcast)
• Miss Africa 2001, 2002 (live broadcast across
Africa, Asia & Europe to 350 million viewers)
• Kora All Africa Music Awards 2001 (live broadcast
across Africa, Asia & Europe)
• SAPPI Awards (Hong Kong)
• Fancourt Ball 2003
• Presidents Cup 2003 – Players & Presidents
Wives
• Dunhill’s Symphony of Fire (SA & Nigeria)
• Table of Unity (2000, 2001, 2003)
• Red Bull Flugtag (2000, 2002)
• J&B Met (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• Fancourt Ball 2004
• Elton John Charity Ball 2005
• Deloitte Best Co to work for 2007, 2008
• Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation 2008
• Emirates International 2008
• Audi Awards of Distinction 2008
• Retailer of the Year 2008
• Premiere?s Excellence Awards 2008
• Turned down Miss World 2008 (Family holiday!)
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Voice Overs
PLEASE USE THE INFO BELOW,
WE ARE WORKING ON DOWNLOADABLE VOICE CLIPS.
| Languages |
| English
and Afrikaans (fluent) |
| Tone |
| Medium |
| Styles |
| Hard and
soft sell, corporate, conversational, narrative |
| Accents |
| South
African, British |
| Notable Ads |
| SAA, BMW,
Top Billing |
| Age Range |
| 20 - 50 |
| Experience |
| 12 years |
| Province |
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Gauteng |
| Preferred Studio |
| The Refinery |
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Script Writing
Since joining Top Billing 5 years ago,
Michael has been responsible for a large proportion of the
scriptwriting for the program. He also writes copy for all
his own links (obviously!) and for those of his co-presenters
as well.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE EXAMPLES BELOW TO VIEW
SELECTED SCRIPTS.
• Adventure
Sports
• Australia,
Sidney
• Egypt,
Cairo
• Italy,
Florence
• J&B
Met
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Husband
and Father
"To be unconditionally
loved by Michael is awesome, but what is even more mindblowing
is that he unconditionally likes me and that makes me
feel priceless.
To be able to make a woman feel that way speaks
volumes about Michael's character!" JACQUI MOL
JOSHUA MOL, 7yrs. Quote: "I have the best fun with my Dad - he makes me laugh! I want to be like my Dad one day!"
RACHAEL, 4yrs. Quote: "We love going running together and my Daddy gives the best hugs!"
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