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Fam, I think we need to distinguish between people who are flexing and those who are living their lives. There are many people who work hard and should enjoy the fruits of their labour without being vilified.
Equally, we should not berate those who are struggling for the situation they find themselves in.
I’m happy to celebrate those who are doing well, whether I know them or not. Similarly I would like to help those I can when they request assistance.
I’m happy to celebrate those who are doing well, whether I know them or not. Similarly I would like to help those I can when they request assistance.
Share the knowledge you have, whether you get 10, 100 or 1000 likes it may change someone’s life!
I am motivated by many people on and offline daily, people I’ve known for decades as well as strangers.
I am motivated by many people on and offline daily, people I’ve known for decades as well as strangers.
Success is not a result of hard work only - it’s a combination of hard work, positivity, luck, opportunity and risk.
Bill Gates is one of the most recognisable names in business. He has said that he was extremely lucky, he went to one of the very few high schools in the world with a computer in 1968.
If you don’t know this story please take time to read up on it. A former navy pilot who became a Maths and Science teacher had the foresight to petition Lakeside High School to buy a computer in 1968.
Most US Ivy League universities did not have a computer let alone one as advanced as what Bill Gates had access to at the age of 13. This is a case of extreme luck. Luck met brains and opportunity, the rest is history.
Of course Bill Gates took some risk in starting Microsoft with his co-founder and lifelong friend, Paul Allen.
There’s an old African Proverb that loosely translates to “Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it”. Read that again.
Not everyone who works hard will be successful but to succeed in any aspect of your life you need to work hard and take some level of risk. The other elements also need to be present; that is a positive mindset, luck and opportunity.
Each one of us has access to more information than any other generation. Therefore we see more wealth, poverty and suffering than ever before.
Remember that the average Black person in South Africa grew up in abject poverty. Many of us have been so poor we wore second hand clothes, besithenga kwa khomba phansi. Besidla iphalishi ne tiye nsuku zonke.
Shouldn’t we celebrate our achievements? Shouldn’t we spoil ourselves and our families? Shouldn’t we share with our compatriots how we escaped poverty?
Michael Batnick, a well-known investor and author once said “Some lessons have to be experienced before they can be understood.” Perhaps he was right, I honestly don’t know but I think it’s time we learnt from others instead of repeating the same mistakes.
Let’s stop dragging each other and start appreciating our differences and strengths. Let us learn from each other. We can build a much more harmonious Twitter community and positively influence the trajectory of our nation. The government and corporate SA will not do it for us.
Continue to celebrate those who have excelled, encourage those who are breaking barriers and reassure those who need additional support.
A much loved Sesotho proverb wishes the nation peace, rain and prosperity. I love the phrase because it means where there is rain there will be no fighting, people will plough and there will be plenty of food and prosperity resulting in peace.
Khotso, pula, nala!
Khotso, pula, nala!
