“Dear Dave,

A few months ago you walked up to me and asked me to write up my experiences of TAG since my first introduction to it 30 years ago. My initial reaction was surprise at the “30 years” statement. After some quick calculations I realised that this was in fact correct. I recall first meeting you in around 1986 or 1987.

At the time I was young and naïve, and found the world I a bit of a strange place and a challenge to come to terms with. I didn’t really know where I was going with my life. I remember that I didn’t really know what you were talking about, but there was something about changing the way I looked at and engaged with things, and about unleashing my true potential, that made me listen. I had always thought that there was more to life that what I was experiencing.

I agreed to attend the TAGI and TAGII workshops, not really knowing what I was letting myself in for. My memories were of 2 weekends are of extreme highs and lows of my emotions, as well as all my beliefs being challenged (a lot of them I was sceptical of anyway). These two weekends basically showed me that just letting go and giving in to the capabilities within me was in fact amazing. I was blown away by the capabilities that I actually had within me.

This was the start of an intense journey of challenging everything around me, constantly looking for more information and discovering more and more about myself and the world I lived in. I started writing down my goals – some of them started appearing without any effort (yes it is amazing how many things you can attract to yourself with some focus and intense emotion) and others I put lots of planning into and started working towards them.

I have since done most of your courses and repeated TAG I and II four times. I have been asked by many people “why have you repeated TAG so often?”. Well what I have found is that I each time I repeated TAG I was a different person, listening with different ears, watching with different eyes and I have learned new things every single time. The greatest learning has always been about myself. I have grown in all areas of my life – emotionally, mentally, spiritually.

In my work-life experience I have spent time working for myself, but also time working for large corporates. I have found that working the TAG principles, I can actually work towards my own goals within a corporate. I have found that it is possible, with the right mind set, focus and planning, to attract to me the things that I desire. I am now in my dream job as Vice President, Strategic Intelligence at Sasol and feel very fulfilled.

TAG set me up on a path that has exposed me to so many fabulous experiences and helped me to become a totally different person. I have become comfortable with myself – by this I don’t mean that I am complacent – by this I mean that I have realised the powers within myself to achieve whatever I want, I have moved to a place where I find life continually exciting and interesting and that there is so much to learn and experience. I am excited by life!

Dave, thank you so so very much for your lessons, your challenges, your inspiration, your guidance! You have changed my life completely!

Much love and light”
Alison Von Ketelhodt