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"While it is extremely difficult for me to reduce to words my highest level of admiration for you and your capabilities, I have attempted to do so in the attached letter of recommendation. You have truly amazed me at times and working with you has always been a rewarding pleasure. Indeed, I am proud to consider you a great friend and mentor. 

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The strength of your sales and marketing skills that prompted SRS, Inc. to invest in a 50 million Rand process plant for the South Africa market.

The SRS staff has always appreciated the loyalty, honesty and professionalism that you brought to our association. I will personally miss your energy and self-motivating perseverance that I view as your trademark characteristics." 

Stephen F.Martinez

Vice President SRS. Inc. Operations

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John Wayne

A founding director of SRS in 1971 &

An American Legendary Actor

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Brian Horne

SRS Director

"I have known John Mcdermott since 1974 and have been associated with him in several successful international business ventures. For the past ten years, he has been a Director and Managing Director of Separation and Recovery System (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of SRS Inc. an Irvine California U.S.A., a firm in which I was one of the largest shareholders.

During his tenure with SRS Pty headquarters in Durban South Africa John excelled in his responsibilities, especially in developing and maintaining an online dialogue with key South African customers, to the extent that he procure the company's first multi-million dollar contract.

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What I have seen first hand is that John is an energetic hands-on corporate executive who has total dedication to meeting the company's bottom line objectives with the ability to motivate his people accordingly.

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I highly recommend and endorse John to any company that requires a productive and profit orient managing director - he is outstanding.​"

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Joseph De Franco

SRS President

LEARN MORE ON verification after concluding the first and largest rehabilitation of its kind in South Africa related to the Petroleum / Chemical industry.

"It was wonderful to catch up recently with an old friend and motivational speaker, John McDermott, who I can highly recommend as a guest speaker.

He started out as a Motivational speaker in 2008 - speaking to the Sanlam year-end function in Durban. Then followed Absa's Black Empowerment Entrepreneurial Award in Cape Town and he has gone on to be a guest speaker at many events from school-leaver events at top schools in Cape Town, and in the townships to our own Hirsch's Networking groups in Cape Town. He has received many complimentary replies from attendees as to how he has improved their social skills and this has resulted in improved success in sales, better relationships with their customers, business colleagues, family and friends."

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"This serves to confirm that Hirschs on behalf of Businesswomen South Africa, invited John McDermott to speak at our annual event in Fourways Johannesburg earlier this year. Johns talk was humorous, inspirational and kept the audience enthralled!"

Margaret Hirsch

The Executive Director of the Hirsch's Group

I am fortunate to call myself a colleague of John McDermott. We both work together at Harcourts. John was kind enough to give me a personally autographed copy of his book “Selling Yourself as a Way of Life”. It was a great read and gave an intensely practical guide to making yourself more successful. Unlike many overly complicated books on the same topic, John has been able to draw on his incredible wealth of real life experience, to provide a simple set of steps that should be followed by everyone in business.

John’s strong value system and awareness of how to interact with many different types of people, comes through strongly in the book. In a high tech age, where many people have forgotten the simple art of interacting, this gives us a timely reminder of the basics of communication.

This is a great book that should be read both by people entering the business world, right through to experienced business people. I highly recommend it.

Richard Gray

CEO of Harcourts South Africa

I just want to say John's book is inspiring! It's my book read for the month of March.

Oscar Emetuei

Speaker & Coach | Africa's Top Life & Business Strategist

John McDermott is a man of many talents and an icon for me.

I met John 4 years ago at a function and found his life experience overwhelming also becoming a very dear friend of mine and when starting my new business I called him first for some advice etc.

So when he told me he wrote a book about selling I thought I must get one.

I have been in the motor industry all of my life and have done every sales and selling course under the sun but after reading John’s book it has reminded me of a lot of thing that I have already forgot again.

Thank you John for writing this book I really think it is something every sales person should have and refer back to it from time to time.

In the sales industry there is always something sales people forget…..honesty ,integrity and to not promise what you can’t deliver.

Rather over deliver than under deliver !

If You do not have this book in your draw then  I suggest you get one right away….”SELLING YOURSELF AS A WAY OF LIFE”

John I wish you all the success with this book and hope you write another one.

Hilgard Muller

Director & Founder of The Dealers Group

An immensely FRESH READ – what you KNOW for sure, but fail to implement or, slip up in doing – during the scuffling day to day -  through life.

Selling yourself as a way of life-  by John Beyers McDermott. – ISBN 978-1-920315-81-8 – Just Done Productions.

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First about the Author, John is an absolute gentleman. Impeccable old school manners. Refreshing attitude, positive outlook and carries extremely varied, professional, global work experience.

A light and easy read to remind us that upbringing, training, education, places of employment, has taught us many things. However, DO WE implement what we have been taught, each hour, every day! This compilation will certainly provide that.

John points out how simple and important it is to be well mannered, well groomed, well presented and generally – be kind to yourself and others , equally.

This book relates to the success of sales people, in a competitive world. For me, I have taken many tips from the book, for applying to a broad sense of life, in all situations.

A very easy instruction/lesson, written in perfect eloquence, with humorous artwork/illustrations. A book to complete without putting down. Pick up at any time, on any page, for inspiration and a reminder of WHAT YOU CAN BE – ALWAYS, with the inspiration of John McDermott.

I highly recommend this deliverance, and cherish my PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED version.

Miri Moore

Reader & Property Consultant at Harcourts Western Seaboard