--- title: EOS Worldwide Blog | Tips & Advice for Entrepreneurs and Leaders of Growing Companies | Tom Bouwer (2) description: Leadership tips and advice for using the Entrepreneurial Operating System to get powerful results from your business. (2) --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/tom-bouwer/page/2#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : ## Tom Bouwer ### Recent Posts ## [Pole Pole – A Lesson in Swahili](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/109685/eos/pole-pole-lesson-swahili/) Written by[Tom Bouwer](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/tom-bouwer) on February 12, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-3096439992-jpg/blog-files/pole-pole-200x300.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/109685/eos/pole-pole-lesson-swahili/) Pole Pole – pronounced Polay Polay – means slowly, slowly in Swahili. Our guide hiking up Kilimanjaro (and later assistant guide if you read my previous blog) kept saying this over and over. Admittedly, I’m not the most patient person in the world – so this Pole Pole thing kind of ticked me off. [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/109685/eos/pole-pole-lesson-swahili/) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/109685/eos/pole-pole-lesson-swahili/#comments-listing) Topics: [Implementers](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/implementers), [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) ## [Left on the Mountain…](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/104794/eos/left-mountain/) Written by[Tom Bouwer](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/tom-bouwer) on November 7, 2014 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-3096439317-jpg/blog-files/left-on-a-mountain...-300x204.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/104794/eos/left-mountain/) Yes. It’s true – happened this September. My business partner Alex Freytag & I were Halfway up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, when our guide left us. To be fair, his wife was having an emergency appendectomy. But still, it did cause us more than a little concern; we still had 6,000 vertical feet to go (the peak is at 19,341 feet). [Read More](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/104794/eos/left-mountain/) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/104794/eos/left-mountain/#comments-listing) Topics: [Implementers](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/implementers), [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) [< Previous](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/tom-bouwer/page/1) | [All Posts](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/all)| ![eos-tools-dark.jpg](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/eos-tools-dark.jpg "eos-tools-dark.jpg") ## Unlock The Toolbox. Simple tools that empower entrepreneurs to get what they want from their businesses. [![EOS-logo-web-500](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EOS-logo-web-500.png?width=250&name=EOS-logo-web-500.png)](https://eosworldwide.com)   ### Follow EOS on Social: #### Subscribe to Email Updates: