{"id":50406,"date":"2017-07-17T09:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=50406"},"modified":"2017-07-17T09:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T07:05:43","slug":"grit-author-daniel-dunga-takes-book-to-be-more-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/07\/17\/grit-author-daniel-dunga-takes-book-to-be-more-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Grit author Daniel Dunga takes book to \u2018Be More\u2019 race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the countdown to Standard Bank\u2019s \u2018Be More\u2019 race continues, Malawian author, Daniel Dunga, has donated 50 copies of his book <em>Grit <\/em>towards the race.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agreement, proceeds from the Lilongwe race will go towards educating girls.<\/p>\n<p>Dunga said he was inspired by the idea of \u2018Be More\u2019 by Standard Bank, hence donating copies of the book which talks about how one can beat the odds on the road to success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want people to be more active to achieve more. That is the message of my book <em>Grit<\/em>. Reading <em>Grit <\/em>will help the runners prepare for the race and life in general,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dunga said just like the \u2018Be More\u2019 race, greatness is achieved over time and requires all individuals who pursue it to adopt a gritty mindset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever give up on your goals and dreams. Be gritty. Be prepared to live your life like a marathon, always looking forward to the long stretch. Have passion and perseverance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Standard Bank Head of Marketing, Thoko Unyolo, said the bank was excited to see more individuals and companies joining the race.<\/p>\n<p>The race has been split into five kilometres, 10 kilometres and 21 kilometres for men, women and children above the age of 10.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Be More\u2019 race will stretch from Lilongwe City Centre to Kumbali Village in the city\u2019s outskirts.<\/p>\n<p>Over K2.5 million is up for grabs for top three winners of the 21-kilometre marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the countdown to Standard Bank\u2019s \u2018Be More\u2019 race continues, Malawian author, Daniel Dunga, has donated 50 copies of his book Grit towards the race. According to the agreement, proceeds from the Lilongwe race will go towards educating girls. Dunga said he was inspired by the idea of \u2018Be More\u2019 by Standard Bank, hence donating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50411,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50406\/revisions\/50411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}