Joni Peddie's new book - From Can't to Can Do!

10 Nov 2025 · 2 min

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In this brief endorsement video, a fellow former president of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and former Global Speakers Federation president introduces Joni Peddie's new book, Going from Can't to Can Do. The speaker highlights their shared leadership background to establish credibility, then explains the book’s core CANDU model—Mental Clarity, Emotional Agility, and Physical Nexus—as a research‑backed framework for improving human life in the age of artificial intelligence. Emphasizing the need for smarter, more balanced living rather than relentless hustle, the speaker positions the book as a guide to better mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. The video concludes with practical information on where South African readers can purchase the book (Exclusive Books and other physical stores) and notes its online availability, ending with a congratulatory message to Joni.

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Let me tell you about my friend Joni Peddie's new book, Going from Can't to Can Do. Joni is a past president of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa, a role that I also once held, and she's going to become the president of the Global Speakers Federation in 2 years, and that's a position that I also held. So we have so much in common, and one of those things is wanting to see people live better human lives, especially in an age of artificial intelligence. Joni's book is, is really quite a significant piece of research, and she's gone into the various components that make for a really good human life. So the CANDU model stands for mental clarity, emotional agility, and physical nexus. The model that she has in the book kind of unpacks the different things that we can look at to move ever closer to being better in those spaces. Why I like that as a futurist is that we really need to think smarter about how we are as humans. We should not be hustling more and working harder and just driving through. We need to find better ways of living our lives, living in our bodies, and using our emotions and our intelligence to do the wonderful things that are possible. And Joni's book will help you to do that. If you're in South Africa, you can find this at almost any Exclusive Books and some other physical bookstores. It's also available online, and I'll share the links. Joni, if you're listening, congratulations. This is really significant. I really think you're doing some great work here.