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THE MID 1980s STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE EYES OF A PRIMARY SCHOLAR framed windows. I admired the
soldiers were really nice to me.
big brown “hippos” that used to
So, I really did not understand
keep guard at our school. The
why in the evenings I had to hide
cute soldiers who rode in them
in the wardrobe or under the
were really nice too. With the
bed. Mom said it was for ducking
exception that they were male,
the bullets shot by the nice cute
they resembled my blonde haired
soldiers. I also had to put a lot
and fair-skinned doll that I named
of Vaseline petroleum jelly on my
seven. I was a newcomer at a
“Thandi”. She was the only one
face and dip some in my nose,
primary school which was about
at home that we actually called
the same way mom did to my
a kilometre’s walking trip from
by her African name. She didn’t
baby brother. She said it was to
my home. School was more
have to go to school after-all, so
protect us from the teargas that
fascinating than the nursery
it was okay that she carried only
fogged the streets of Soshanguve
school for me. I don’t mean the
one name.
most nights. Many guys called
I must have been six or
curriculum. No, not that. I was
I cannot remember having a
“comrades” used to budge in
a top “SUB- A” class learner. I
full view of any of the soldiers.
our home, running away from
was bored most of the time. I
All that my eyes were exposed
the nice cute soldiers. Some hid
could quickly grasp everything
to were the long gun and the
in the bathroom ceiling while
that teacher made us to “cram”.
hardhats. I was almost the
others went for the wardrobes
That is the word we used for
height of the ‘hippo’ tyre. And
or even kitchen cupboards. The
“memorising”. Later in life I
my little hand couldn’t even reach
comrades were a nuisance in
realised that the synonyms for
past it during those rare special
my life. They sang all night and
“cram” were words like “shove”,
moments when the nice soldiers
burnt tyres in the streets. They
“stuff” and “force”. And it
gave us dried food stuff. I took it
forced boys to go to funerals
suddenly made sense why it was
because it made me feel special.
and street protests which they
so important that we “cram” the
I did not eat it. My mother said
called “mzabalazo”. They made
poems back then. We had to
I shouldn’t. She said the powder
us keep water buckets at our
recite for the school inspector.
was laced with poison that would
gates so they could wash-off
He had to make sure that we
kill me. But the other kids that
the teargas from the nice cute
adhered strictly to the standards
ate it did not die. So I continued
soldiers and the police. I even
set for Bantu Education.
taking the powdery food because
had to dress my baby brother
I could not be rude to such an
in a pink nighty because there
act of kindness. These cute
was a rumour that boys in the
I spent most of my early school days peeping through the steel
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township were going to be killed.
Monday Pitso came to school with
came to look for him. He could
And it happened before in Egypt,
a fractured arm. He fell from the
see their faces and little light
as our Bible Study teacher told
avocado tree from his backyard.
that came from the torches. He
us. So I couldn’t take a chance
He was hiding there. He was
saw them screaming and kicking
with Themba’s life.
from a funeral night vigil which
open the door of his mom’s
the comrades had bulldozed him
home looking for “hulle”. He
was once shot on June 16 in
to attend. And the soldiers came
fell off the tree after they have
Soweto. I thought he was also
and started shooting. He ran
left. My heart was sore for Pitso.
a troublesome comrade. But my
home, but did not have time to
From then, I stopped taking the
schoolmate, Pitso Modiba, said
knock so he climbed on the tree.
powder food they gave to me…
Hector was a good guy. One
He said six nice cute soldiers
I have heard about scholar that
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LINDOKUHLE MNISI
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Lindokuhle Mnisi
Authors sits with Lindokuhle
successful individuals in
So in that process of being
Mnisi, affectionately known as
South Africa He has spoken at
concerned about what I would
“Dr Dream” is the founder and
Leadership2020’s Sunday Circle
become in my life and of going
Director of Iphupho Consulting,
event filled by entrepreneurs and
through all my circumstances, I
a multifaceted business entity
highly successful individuals.
just decided to write it all down
which grows faster than initially anticipated. .He qualified as a Journalist from the Tshwane University of Technology. He is also currently working for eTV (eNCA). He rose to prominence when he worked as a TV field reporter for (ANN7).
Before that, he presented his own Talk Show TUT FM in Soshanguve, North of Pretoria. Lindokuhle has also volunteered at the SABC’s SA-FM newsroom while he was still a journalism student. He is a published author.
in my spare time. In 2010 I AM:
Tell me about Your
first book , The Victim of Circumstance. What was the journey like?
When I started writing back in 2009, while I was in Matric, I never thought I was writing a book. I was just taking notes about the many challenges that I was going through. Life was so hard at home that I only found
went to Johannesburg to look for opportunities. I stayed with my aunt and her son and had a computer. That is when I started typing everything into his computer. And it was only in 2014 that I decided I was going to compile all my notes into a book and publish it.
AM:
Why did you
publish it yourself?
comfort when I was writing down every single thing I was going
- I believe that when you are
through. I used to sit in my
destined for greatness, nobody
room, crying, and jotting down
and nothing has the power to
my sorrows. I never saw myself
stand in your way. I wanted
as an author, simply because I
so badly to publish this book.
never believed I would one day
There was just that thing within
become somebody significant in
me that believed that this
life. Growing up in a village with
book has the power to change
lots of unsuccessful people and
people’s perceptions about life
not being exposed to successful
and subsequently change their
motivational speaker and life
stories made believe that I was
lives. Especially after my mother
coach. He gives motivation to
not any special or different
graduated for her first Diploma at
learners and teachers in schools
from the rest. I dreamt of being
the age of 48, having lived with
and universities Lindokuhle has
different and do something
the HIV virus for almost 10 years
shared a stage with a number
positive with my life but I
and suffered her own ordeals. I
of powerful and massively
believed it was just a DREAM.
was determined to publish the
His debut book titled “The Victim of Circumstances” was released in March 2015. Over 200 copies were sold in a period of three months, a milestone he never anticipated.
Lindokuhle Mnisi is a
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Lindokuhle Mnisi
book and tell her story and my
AM: You have sold over
on social media. I also sell copies
story. But unfortunately things
two hundred copies within
everywhere I speak, like when I
were not adding up. I was
the first three months of
give motivational talks in schools,
super broke. My hopes were
releasing the book, how did
libraries, universities and some
on big publishing companies.
you achieve that?
organizations. The vision is bigger
So I approached a number of
than the sales or the money.
publishers to request that they
My dream is to empower other
publish my book. All of them
people to believe that they can
rejected me and my manuscript.
overcome not matter how hard
I set up meetings to meet with
life can be. My vision is to share
publishers, but they have since
my story and some insights about
promised to come back to me. At
life for people to know what
one stage, a huge publisher told
others go through out there. I
me the content and the story in
believe it will help them become
the book is powerful but the book
better people.
will not sell, so they cannot take the risk. At that point, I was not
AM:
even well-known enough to sell.
receiving your first book?
In the process of knocking door to door asking for help, I found a
The book has changed my life
blessing. I learned the process of
completely. I am humbled by the
publishing books. I then decided
positive feedback I am getting
to publish my own book. I even skipped payment for my car and used the money to publish my book. Fortunately, before the end of that month, I had sold enough books to replace the skipped payment for the car. And it was then that I decided to start my own publishing company, Iphupho Publishing Services which is doing well with over 5 brilliant author publishing their books with us.
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How are people
Selling more than 200 copies sold is a milestone for me. I am just a village boy from Dundonald in Mpumalanga, without a celebrity status. Initially I could have sold none, but my dream kept on saying “Lindo wake up and market yourself. Your story is powerful. Somebody needs to read it and learn something about life�. So I took it upon myself to market myself with zero budget
about the book. I have sent copies to all the nine provinces of South Africa. It is humbling to get emails from people in the Western Cape telling me that they need copies for the staff of the NGO. I was elated when a certain group bought 20 copies of my book because they want to use the book to inspire high school learners. The book has taken me from a simple poor boy
Lindokuhle Mnisi
from the villages to somebody
promoted at work because of
during rainy days. She used
who is considered a motivator
how he changed his attitude
to pour hot water into a soft-
by some people. Today I get
towards life. It's amazing
drink bottle, seal it tight and
invitations to give motivation
stories that I hear on a daily
put it under my feet when I was
on national television and radio
basis.
studying in winter. I shared a bed
platforms. I get interviewed for newspaper articles and online magazines. These are things I used to dream and pray about. I am humbled by the reception.
with my mother until I was 16 AM:
Your name,
Lindokuhle, is someone waiting for something good. How do your achievements relate to that?
AM:
What has been some
years old because our house was not big enough to accommodate all of us. For all that, I owe my mother a lot. What I have done for her so far is not enough. Everything that I have and everything I will ever achieve, I
of the comments or reviews
owe it to my mother. Great things
about this book?
keep on happening in my life, thanks to my name too.
- The book has been received in all the provinces of South Africa,
AM:
and I'm just a village boy
Who inspires you?
Why?
from Dundonald in Mpulamanga. People who have read the book say it speaks to the everyday
I am inspired by people who
challenges that villagers and
believe that there is more to life
township people go through. The
that the circumstances that they
book represents reality about life.
go through. I am inspired by
At no point in the book did I say I
motivated individuals, especially
am successful. That wasn't
- My mother gave me the
young people who strive to thrive
even the point of writing the
name ;Lindokuhle because she
not just to survive. I am inspired
book. The book has always been
had her own expectations. She
by young people who use the
about exposing people to the
was awaiting great things. I
stones that life throws at them
different challenges of life. People
think so far, I have given her
to build empires. I am just a
who read the book humble me
exactly that. She used to jump
village boy with a dream. And
everyday. One message that I
out side the window with me on
it motivates me to see that if I
got from one reader said after
her back every time my father
push myself to achieve something
reading my book he started
was assaulting her and my big
I actually achieve it. So I work
writing his own book, and got
brothers. She took care of me
harder to achieve more. I am
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Lindokuhle Mnisi
afraid of being afraid to do
my dreams. Every time I worry
have media interviews lined up. I
something.
about what other people think
have schools I need to go speak
or say about me, I think about
at and organizations I need to go
my dream. Every time life knocks
speak at. And is always like this
me to my knees, I think about
every month, if not every week.
my dream. My dream keeps me
I don’t know where do I get the
going regardless of what life
extra hours in the 24 hours that
throws at me. I am a qualified
we are all blessed with. But in
journalist working for eTV/eNCA.
everything that I do, I give 120%
I am an entrepreneur, a founder
effort. Starting something from
and director of the Iphupho
scratch is not easy but if it has to
Group of companies which
be done. It has to be done.
AM:
You are a journalist,
a businessman, an author and motivational speaker. How do you find time do it all?
It is interesting that everybody has 24 a hours a day to do something with their lives. Some choose to waste a good portion of the 24 hours while other make use of every single second in the 24 hours. Every time I think about taking a nap, I think about my dreams. Every time I think of not waking up in the morning, I think about my dream. Every time I think about doing something stupid, I think about
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include Iphupho Consulting, Iphupho Publishing Services and in August we are launching a clothing manufacturing company where we will be manufacturing academic attires and also printing and embroiling clothes. I am a motivational speaker with a list of invites that I need to fulfil especially in this youth month . I
AM:
How can you
encourage young South Africans to write books?
- I believe that young Africans need to take upon themselves to document the stories about Africa. It is our responsibility to change the negative perceptions
Lindokuhle Mnisi
about our continent. Africa has
the villages. People can go to
about connecting people with
greatness in it. Those stories
youtube and listen to some of
their dreams and helping them to
of greatness have to be told.
my music. Unfortunately I never
achieve every single one of them.
Storytelling is the most powerful
made it as a Hip Hop star. But
So if a young person requires
tool that can be used to change
my friends, people that I started
mentorship, they can contact
perceptions and subsequently
doing music with, are going big
us, we have a free mentorship
change the world. Young people
in the music industry. I am super
programme with a list of mentees
need to take their pens and
proud of them. But I am a dream.
who benefit massively.
their papers, their laptops and
That's all I am. I always
start documenting what they
dream about everything. Even
experience.
when I'm not certain that I will achieve a particular thing, I
AM:
“Dr Dream”…Why
this name?
It is interesting because from a young age I used to preach
dream and keep working. Call me Dr Dream. Hahaha.
AM:
Tell me about
Iphupho Consulting
about the importance of having a dream. I used to tell everybody
AM:
How far are you from
reaching the dream?
I am not anywhere close to where I want to be but I am happy with the things I have worked hard for and achieved so far. I am proud of myself. And I am confident to say the future I
-Iphupho Consulting is
always dreamed of and thought it
in my circles that a dream is all
company under the Iphupho
was impossible to reach actually
a person need to become better
Group of companies, Iphupho
walking on it now. I used to sit
. When I was little I did not know
Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
down and count my problems but
what it meant to have a dream. I
Iphupho Consulting’s main
now I am counting my blessings.
just was convinced that a person
focus is the empowerment of
who has a dream has the power
people. We do motivation, life
to rise above all circumstances in
coaching, mentorship, orientation
pursuit of that particular dream.
in schools, universities,
Some people have honoured
organizations, companies etc.
me with an honourary PhD in
The company has been growing
Dreaming; so they call me Dr
from strength to strength ever
Dream, hahaha. So, Dr Dream is
since it was launched in 2014.
my stage name too. Something
Whether it is career guidance,
that some people do not ;t
entrepreneurship or writing
know is that I used to be a well
books. Iphupho Consulting is
known Hip Hop artist back in
AM:
What is your next
project?
- In August, we are launching our clothing factory for Leano Clothing Manufacturers. We will be producing academic and professional attires for pre-school graduates, college graduates, university graduates and some pastoral and legal
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Lindokuhle Mnisi
attires across the country. We will
“To the youth of South Africa,
could have killed anybody’s spirit,
also be printing and embroiling
Africa and the rest of the world
but she kept on going. In 2014,
clothes. We will be providing
, I want to let you know that it
at the age of 48, she graduated
those services from August until
is never too late or too early to
for her first Diploma. And that is
FOREVER. We will be creating
do a great thing. You are your
motivation enough for me to keep
jobs for people in through this
own responsibility and you have
going no matter how tough life
company and we will expanding
to fulfill your responsibilities. In
is. Was it easy? No! But I believe
to other province soon . The next
the process of working on your
that if it was easy, everybody
big thing is to continue working
dream, you are going to incur a
would do it. Young people should
on building Iphupho Publishing
lot of challenges. But your dream
stop making excuses just so they
Services to be the biggest
should always be your driving
can do nothing with their lives.
publishing house in the country.
force. No matter how many times
Young people should know that
life knocks you down, your dream
in the process of working on
will give you reasons to get back
their dreams, it is going to be
up and continue fighting. My
difficult but they have to keep
mother had a dream of being
going. The youth of 1976 could
a graduate one day. She was
have stayed in their little closets
forced to get married at the age
and complained about what was
of 19 and she dropped out of
going on in the country, but they
school. The man, my father, who
chose to take a stand against
was initially loving and caring
it. The youth of today should
tasted alcohol and started being
learn one thing from there and
abusive. My mother was stuck
that is taking a stand for what
in that marriage without matric
they believe in. It is one thing to
for over a decade. She decided
dream about it. But unfortunately
enough was enough after more
a dream without action is exactly
than a decade and she left with
that, a DREAM. Do something
me and my big brothers to
about it”.
AM:
What are your
hobbies
I am an ‘underground’ Hip Hop artist. During my spare time I visit my friends in the studio and we record music. When I am not Lindokuhle Mnisi, I am Dr Dream. hahaha. I am a storyteller. So I don’t only tell stories through a book, I also tell stories through music.
AM:
Your favourite meal?
another village. At the age of -I am a village boy. I love
37 she went back to school and
iphuthu nebisi (fain porridge and
passed her matric. She fell in
milk)
love again with my step father, got pregnant and encountered
AM:
Any message you
want to send out to the youth for June 16?
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terrible complications. It was then where she found out she had TB and HIV positive. That
AM
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STHEMBISO SITHOLE
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR AT M&G @SITHOLEEXPRESS
He is the gem of the South African social media. His days are made of twars , tweleps, tweeps and bookers. But Sthembiso Sithole’s role as a Social Media Editor is more responsible than what one may think. He develops and implements strategies for the Mail & Guardian’s (M&G) social media platforms . He updates those platforms with content from the site and further create social content that drives traffic to the site. In a day, Sthembiso manages the M&G’s social media accounts and tend to followers and fans across the platforms. During his daily news diary meetings and help integrate social media into daily coverage. He is stays
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Sthembiso Sithole
abreast of new developments in the area of social media,
business owners and artists.
his university peer and friend,
The Tshwane University of
Lindokuhle Mnisi. The book is
introduce and implement new
Technology Journalism graduate
about his life growing up in an
story telling tools creating an
has worked for various print &
abusive family in Mpumalanga.
M&G presence.
broadcast media houses and
Mnisi shares his story of how
blogs. However, working for
managed to survive against all
businesses are starting to use
the SABC News Online and
odds. He believes that young
social media to promote their
subsequently joining the M&G as
people are still interested in
services and to engage with their
the social media Editor were the
reading books. “I think there are
clients. “Business owners have
peak of his career. “I was told:
young people who dedicate time
realised that social media is a
Mr Sithole, we have searched for
to read different books. I know
good tool to use and they come
your name on Google and we are
young people who have started
up with strategies that are in line
impressed.” This gentleman from
book clubs in their communities,
with social media”.
Senaoane, Soweto, spend time in
varsity and at work”.
Sthembiso believes that
He is also a Brand Specialist,
boardrooms different companies
Apart for hosting social media
focusing on social media and
that want to partner M&G on
sessions, Sthembiso will be
personal branding. I have passion
projects and also creates content
commencing with his research at
for social media and I have
around trending topics for the
Wits next semester.
started to do talks about social
M&G’s website.
media and personal branding. “I
Even though Sthembiso spends
Sthembiso has achieved so
believe social media is a great
his time working on the monitor,
much, and there are tons more
platform for one to use when
he believes that print is still
he dreams of accomplishing.
it comes to personal branding.
relevant. “Print media has always
He is toiling towards a BA
Many companies have started
been there and it will continue to
Honours in Journalism and Media
to search different social media
be with us despite the challenges
Studies at the University of the
profiles of the people they want
that it is currently facing. I think
Witwatersrand. He has written
to hire. It is always good to have
it is still relevant because readers
for The Star, was a blogger for
a good social media profile”,
are still buying newspapers and
JournTau, worked at SABC as a
he said. Few weeks back he
it offers extensive coverage
digital online news producer and
hosted a social media session on
compared to social media which
most recently bagged the title of
my Facebook timeline. He was
is mostly used to break stories”,
Mail & Guardian’s social media
offering tips on how to use social
he adds.
editor. Sithole is also a Brand
media for personal branding. It
Sthembiso is currently reading
was a real time Q&A the session.
“Victim of Circumstance”, a book
He targets mostly students,
that was recently published by
Specialist, focusing on social media and personal branding. AM
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Noxolo Chalale
NOXOLO CHALALE
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Noxolo Chalale
PIZZA WITHOUT PEPPERS I’d been craving a pizza for a while, so the other day I finally ordered one. I was smiling like a little girl holding that warm box in my hand. With each step my hands itched to open the box and just have a slice in the street. I got to my room, threw my handbag on the bed and closed my eyes for a second to take in the moment. I opened the box and stared in disappointed disbelief. There were no peppers! The youth of 2015 have forgotten, or simply left out the peppers. We forget or simply reject the teachings of the older generation. When I was growing up, I was taught to respect elders. Today, we are all equal and respect is about superiority and not seniority. I see young people sitting in the bus when elderly people are standing because “we all paid the same price”. Younger mangers disrespecting older subordinates to show that they are in charge and senior citizens being cursed at on the road by younger drivers with better cars. Human worth seems to lie in wealth. The cleaner at a private school rarely receives the same amount of respect from the learners as the teacher, even though both are offering their services. Like pizza ingredients, we all have different inherent values. Some prefer olives to tomatoes, but that does not make the tomato inferior nor should a qualification make someone superior. People are people first. Arguably, the youth of today are like this because those before us abused their seniority as superiority. Wrong doing was righted with a simple “because I said so” and exploitation not questioned because “older people are wiser”. However, we lost some peppers when we got extra cheese. More young people are committing suicide today than 10 years ago before social media allowed us to connect to thousands of friends. We live vicariously through profiles while rejecting the personal wisdom of the elderly as foolishness. A Nigerian grandma would idiomatically tell us that a child can have more clothes than an adult, but can never have as many rags. In other words, the youth may know or have more, but the elderly will always have more experience. There will always be something to learn from the elderly if we don’t leave them out of our conversations about how our generation of amazingness can learn from theirs. With those thoughts, I took a slice and appreciated the pineapples, mushrooms and caramelized onions even though I had a feeling I had paid too much for a pizza without peppers. Noxolo Chalale AM
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KGETSA MAMABOLO
PURE-UNITING-REFORMED-ETHICS POET AKA PUREPOET Kgetsa “Purepoet” Mamabolo is a stage performer. His poetry infuses Sepedi language with English to cater for his diverse audiences. The 26-year-old Industrial Engineering Vodacom intern from Ga-Mamabolo, Limpopo sways crowds at corporate events with his exclusive approach. His love for poetry was inspired at a very tender age when he used to read his uncles’ books and newspapers. Purepoet believes that more young people would read more and participate in poetry if poems were written in modern style and easy to understand. Even though he has not officially published any of his poems, he work has been featured by other seasoned writers such as Mabonchi Motimele.
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Kgetsa Mamabolo
1976 TO BEYOND THE EDGE Revolution will not be televised and Liberation could not be told as a fairy-tale That involves tinkle bells. Souls trying to Reconnect with the body where pains run Everywhere. They never wished to be heroes As they were zeros in the struggle.
They saw revolution with their blood fighting For liberation of language, I mean the very same Language that I tongue this poem with. Unchained The closed minds of teachers, highlighting their presence Of being youth at the pinnacle, they smell freedom
While Bantu was a curse to name.
Gun shots ringing on the streets, memories aregone that is school Time. The dust smoke of bullets had knocked down the innocents A 12years old hector was down in hectors of blood lost in the name Of revolution.
Heroes are now forgotten, heroines are buried with thick sand they Were sent six feet under but you and I still regain their reflection And effort s they hungered for and us to eat their planted fruits Freedom. They were not leaders by choice but by commitment.
at The gates.
They witnessed brutality at their doors a man eating the same
They found themselves in ragging wars, smelling their own Blood, bullets flying over the space to revolutionise the language
Flash for the month endbenefit and heroes fought fearlessly not In demand of benefit but better education that will cater for the Future, I wonder language can makethe streets go
The hunger of education was irritating their minds.
mad.
The rejoice of Of when will freedom of education arrive was next to their hearts
I speak of literary giants of the days. The Mbuyiswa makhubwa,
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The Infinite Treasure
THE INFINITE TREASURE
for. This is the best time for diligent workers who understand the vision of their companies and who are prepared to do anything to see that vision materialize. You have infinite treasures inside of you, the
The Infinite Treasure speaks to your spirit, to
ability to do anything that you put your mind to. I
your soul and to your senses to help you become
am not referring to what we can see, your physical
the best in your field of life. The aim is to develop
appearance, education, social group or anything
the top one per cent of leaders in this generation
physical that you think gives you an advantage.
and in generations to come, who will be the light
Anything physical will open doors for you, but
and hope to the rest of the population. The world
something not seen will keep you going. I am
has developed so much that ordinary thinkers
referring to the abilities and strengths that you have
and innovators cannot survive the change that is
inside of you. The fire in your belly that pushes
taking place. The Infinite Treasure gives tools that
you to not sleep but to continue working until you
will ignite fire in your spirit, burn any reasons for
see your vision become a reality in your life. There
laziness in you and help you to express excellence
is nothing that you cannot do in life if you take
with your senses.
advantage of that potential within. The Infinite
Being ordinary is no longer an option in this
Treasure will give you tools to discover that part
generation; this is a generation of top thinkers
of yourself that only you know exists. I am looking
who are prepared to give up their sleep just to see
at you as a house of treasures; you have valuable
progress in their lives. You are no longer limited in
things inside of you that can change your life, your
any way if you want to make progress in life. You
company and even your friends and your family.
are part of the group that has a high potential to
You must understand that all that you need is not
succeed and to fail at the same time. If you do the
far away, but is within you. You must make up your
right thing you will make it and if you do the wrong
mind that you will work hard from today to make
thing you have lost the mark of greatness. You
sure that you become a leader in your generation.
cannot afford to be just an ordinary student or an
This life that I am talking about is beyond luck,
ordinary employee in your organization. Make it a
education, connections, networks or family name.
point that wherever you are today you are adding
I am referring to the desire to succeed more than
value or you will lose your opportunity. Companies
anything in your work and also in the preparation
are no longer looking for mere employees; they
that goes with it. People who will put enough hours
want to hire leaders who will help them to take
into their development will have great things in
their business to next level. You must be prepared
life and they will enjoy life. You must decide what
to work hard and to put more hours into developing
you want in life and work hard to see that vision
yourself and the organization you are working
become a reality. There is nothing impossible in this world, as long you are prepared to work hard.
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LEGACY Your legacy in life is what you can pass to the next
generation because God has blessed this generation with a lot of wisdom and with the fortitude to push
generation and you can pass to the next generation
against all odds to achieve its dreams. A young
only what you can carry inside of you. You have
person who wastes his/her life in drugs or sex has
not done anything in this world until you have
not caught the reality of the time that we are living
done something to benefit the next generation.
in. This age and time require young people who will
That is why it is so important to increase your
take their life seriously and who will believe in God
capacity, because it determines whether you can
for their progress and their development. Any young
or cannot pass anything to the next generation.
person who will work hard and who will have faith
The true wealth in life is not money but is the
in God will win the battle of life. Just look around
legacy that can live for many generations. Great
the world and see what young people are doing
people have legacies that are able to take care of
in their community, I mean the global community.
their future generations when they are not alive. I
This is the best time to live in as a young person
am convinced that if you want to leave wealth for
because God has blessed us with unlimited
your generation you must a have a lasting legacy.
resources and with the potential to change our
Legacy has nothing to do with money, but it is your
lives. You are a chosen generation from the mere
name. There are names that are very expensive
fact that you are reading this book. It means that
brands today and people pay a lot of money just to
you know that there is something for you in this
associate with those names. I am challenging you
world. Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will
today to spend time thinking about the legacy that
achieve your dreams by sitting around and doing
you want to leave. A good name is more desirable
nothing. There are many people who have the same
than great riches.
dream as the one you are having now, but they are prepared to work for their dreams.
LIFE Life is a battlefield. Never make the mistake of thinking that life is smooth and without challenges.
TIME Your life is governed by time. You live by time and
Every day you will face different challenges and
you will die in time. I believe time is everything in
you must be prepared to meet them or else you
this world, with time you can achieve your dreams
will be consumed. One of the things that make life
but without time nothing can be accomplished.
difficult is that you are no longer a citizen of your
Never misuse your time in life, if you are a student
country, but a global citizen. Young people of this
use your time to learn and to develop yourself, and
generation are intelligent and are hard workers who
if you are an employee use your time to work. The
are prepared to lose their sleep just for a better life.
bad thing about time is that once it is lost it can
The battlefield I am referring to is not a battlefield
never be regained. Many people say in their hearts,
of weapons but is a battlefield of the minds. An
if only I could turn back the hands of time, things
ordinary young person cannot survive in this
would be better.
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CONCLUSION This book is not written for other people, but is written for you alone; forget about your friends or anyone else and focus on what you can do. Excellence glorifies God and mediocrity is worse than sinning. If you don’t believe me then look at nature, people, animals, and see how beautiful they are. God is excellent in all that He does, as someone made in His image you must be excellent. You are made in the image of excellence. Mediocrity will frustrate you and will make you think that life is not worth living, and you will find yourself giving in to drugs, sex and many other things. Never make the mistake of living an ordinary life because there is nothing ordinary about you. Commit to work hard and never allow laziness into your life. If you are serious about living a prosperous and successful life, work more than your competitors and push yourself to the edge. Success is available to you; all that you need to do is work, work and work. AM
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