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Motivation and inspiration: Million dollar smile

Motivation and inspiration: Million dollar smile: How to turn your passion into a profit... Do you believe in yourself? If the answer is yes, that's good because you have come to the...

Motivation and inspiration: The Legacy

Motivation and inspiration: The Legacy: Play your part well. Life its a gift from God and therefore we must never take each day as it comes for granted. As we all know that there...

Motivation and inspiration: Rejected men and women.

Motivation and inspiration: Rejected men and women.: How to deal with rejection. As people throughout the world we experience rejection from family and friends at some point in our lives. Som...

Motivation and inspiration: Hustle.

Motivation and inspiration: Hustle.: Hustle 24/7 I often hear people saying money makes the world go round and I agree with them hundred percent. For these reason you can trav...

Motivation and inspiration: Walk tall.

Motivation and inspiration: Walk tall.: Special and significant. It's so wonderful and a gift to be in this world. Never forget that we are a gift from God and what we become...

Daily Motivation: The importance of respect.

Daily Motivation: The importance of respect.: Ten ways to earn respect. Respect in our lives is very important and highly needed. Each an everyone of us in the world need to have self...

Motivation: Gain self confidence.

Motivation: Gain self confidence.: 20 ways to gain self confidence. Self confidence is very important for one to have, without confidence it becomes difficult for people t...

White wedding.

How to find the perfect guy.
Before you could fall in love and enjoy that big traditional or white wedding lobola must be paid by the perfect guy of your dreams. Most women already have the picture of their man before they can meet him, they had known exactly what they were looking for.And they never compromised when it comes to picking the right one.

Whether you met him in a nightclub, on the street or at church if it was love at first sight no doubt after a few months or years of dating we will hear the wedding bells.Love is so sweet when you are with the right person, love is blind and we are all commanded to love. Women most of the time when the fall in love they give it all.unfortunately love is a two way street, you give him and he must give you back and you can't be in a relationship all by yourself. Then how do you find the perfect man, the man of your dreams. I'm not talking about a player here or Casanova, I'm talking about the real man who is very responsible.A man who will think about you day and night and a man who will love you until the return of Christ.

A guy whom you will feel safe when you are in his arms, the kind of guy who will make you feel like a real queen that you are.I mean a man who can tell you day by day how much he loves you and how much he miss you when you are not by his side.

Some guys are born sweet talkers out there, they can convince you that they love you and they can do anything to be with but when it comes to commitment then dololo. But some guys are a bit shy and they don't talk a lot but their actions when it comes to showing you how much they love you speaks volume.

I know that women are different and unique but the nice thing about them is that most of them are caring and loving. Women are kind in nature.So as a good woman to avoid not to fall for the wrong guy, know and understand what you want in a man once you get that go for it. If it happens that you fall in love with a guy before you can know him well its OK don't worry.

The only thing that you must look for in order to find out whether he is the good guy or not, look at how he reacts when he is angry. A reaction will tell you all that you need to find about him being the kind of guy you want to spend the rest of your life with.

If you see that he becomes a monster the moment he loses his cool, look no further just run back to your parents or to the nearest safe place you can find.
On the link below you will find out how you can leave a legacy for your children, The legacy.

I am an African before I became a South African.

Seven Reasons why I left South Africa.
First of all south Africa' economy's is one of fastest growing economy in Africa, not only is the fastest developing country in the sadec region but in Africa as a whole. South is a beautiful country that is celebrating more than twenty years of democracy and is only one of the African countries that has managed to avoid civil war after it has suffered so much pain,racism and genocides that happened under apartheid government before 1994.

1. Living in a Democratic country like SA, life has become so exciting that one can just catch the next available flight to USA and do business without being interrogated by police because of the colour of his skin.

2. The south African government on its own is able to offer black children from previously disadvantaged background study bursaries to go and study in country like Canada and Turkey. 3. South African musicians and actors are given opportunities to go and showcase their artistic talents overseas in places like Brazil without their talents being doubted by the government official who have the finances to support them.

4. When you go to African countries like Tanzania, as a south African you already feel at home when you get there because it was once became home away from home to the freedom fighter like Thabo mbeki hence they have a street named after him today in Tanzania.

5. Our neighboring countries like Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana they see south Africa as their promised land they way its so beautiful and full of opportunities. So beside being our fellow Africans they have being always treating us like  their own blood brothers and sisters when we visited their countries and it has began from way back during apartheid era.

6. The best treatment and respect that one get from other African countries including overseas countries its amazing because of our rich history as a rainbow nation.

7. One cannot forget the fact that when you take your south African passport and cross over the border you are no longer just coming from south Africa, you are coming from the home of the one and only the Nobel peace price winner,the legend, advocate and a global icon Dr Nelson Rolihlahla madiba Mandela.

So whatever the difficulties(slow growing economy, high unemployment,drug abuse,junk status) that this beautiful land of ours is encountering at the present moment, i won't loose hope and leave SA for good.South Africa is my roots,land of my forefathers and my beautiful country. I will visit other countries and do business, study and make friends but I will always come back home to south Africa and speak eleven official languages and eat mopani worms.

Dream or Drown Part 2


  • Every great dream begins with a dreamer always remember that you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change your world.

Self confidence

How to boost self confidence.

I was told many times in my life that Steven you can't do these and that, and I know that many people have being told that they can't don't these and that, and as a result of that they were left with no confidence but self doubt, their self confident has taken a hard knock in life.

 Let me tell you next time when someone tells you something you can't do, perhaps you should consider that they are telling you what they can't do themselve.whether you are educated or not confidence its something that we all need to succeed in life.

This is how you can boost your self confidence.
Let me tell confidence its something that doesn't come out of nowhere... It comes as a result of hour,days,weeks and years of constant hard work and dedication. If you are a student you can't wake up and go and write exam you should study hard, spend sleepless nights studying. A businessman before you could make a presentation, research and preparation is a must if you want to become successful in your business.

In whatever field that you are in make sure you study, research and get knowledge hence they say knowledge is power. Make sure that you don't do anything in your life without preparations first.

Motivate yourself all the time, believe in yourself and work hard.

Dream or Drown Part 1

You have two choices in life. Instead of drowning in your own tears, you can choose to make your dream become a reality. Find out exactly what is it that you want in life, what you enjoy doing and what you like. Understand that your dreams are not going to fulfill themselves, lot of hard work and commitment will be needed.

Have big dreams, set up yourself achievable goals and have a master plan.Own your dream, make it your baby,breath it and sleep over it. Love it, respect it and protect it, remember you are the boss and the manager of your dreams and in other words you are the chief operations officer of your own dreams.

I agree it may not happen over night but through hard work and determination you can make it happen. Its in your hands. You need to understand that dreams are today's answers to tomorrow 's questions.

So get up and get what is yours.

South Africa

I was born and raised in South Africa, my both parents are South Africans. Our country suffered a lot of discrimination and inequality under the apartheid government. Growing up under apartheid and under difficult circumstances was not easy at all, even though my parents were not that politically active because of fear of the apartheid government.

Apartheid has affected my entire family very negatively in terms of us getting education, 'cause most of them never really got time to study and understand the importance of education at that time.

Even today under the current government my family is still not that politically active or rich, all these is as a results of the injustices of the apartheid government.

But over an above all that I love South Africa with all of my heart and soul certainly because this is the land of my forefathers. Regardless of the injustices of the past we are still able to live with each other indians ,colourds,blacks and white in peace and harmony.

Yes they may be challenges here and there but we will always welcome our fellow brothers and sisters from all over Africa into our homes. Whether you are a Chinese or Japanese we welcome you and try to teach you about our cultures and traditions that we have in our beautiful country South Africa.

One thing our forefathers from my small village has taught us is respect, love and the spirit of Ubuntu. That's the reason why I love my country and I'm proud of this great country South Africa.

Stay positive and motivated...

Dreams and diamonds

Your dreams are like diamonds. Without the refining process they are just rocks. But by cutting away the impurities, they become priceless. We have being through hell and high waters, through fire and storms in our lives because we are in the refining process.

And it was hard and sometimes unbearable but thanks God we are still here. Experience is the best teacher and respect is earned not demanded.

Respect,love, perseverance, experience, glory comes as a results of the struggles, trials and tribulations. So be prepared to suffer until your dreams turn into diamonds and you yourself personally shinning like one... Refining process...

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Dreamer.

You may be born and bred in a small village in Africa like myself or born and raised in a farm or born and brought up in New York, the fact of the matter is we are all dreamers. Big or small dreams, it all depends or how the dreamer looks at it and it can be fulfilled.

The strange things about dreams is that they don't care how you look or where you come from, you can find a person looking very small physically, lean and thin but having a big dream that can change the world.

Most importantly as a dreamer with a big dream there is no need to look at yourself or to think about your origins because that doesn't matter, what it matters is the dream and where you wanna be in future.

Never let the big dream scare you or make you doubt your capabilities and potentials. Big or small all dreams can become a reality.

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Own it.

One of the reasons why most of us young people we are not living and fulfilling our dreams is because of failure to own our gifts and talents. Ownership, you see when you own something special in your life, you love it,nurture it, protect it and defend it with all that you have got. We don't show enough love towards our crafts and skills.

Some of us we give up on our dreams, we wanna be pushed to follow our dreams. We don't give it our best and sometimes we crack under pressure and stop the chase.

Lack of ownership becomes the problem here...

Big Smile.

We can go a long way with a smile, things may not go your way but a little bit of smile can turn your entire day around. I smile and laugh out loud a lot, you know why? because I have being through a lot in my life, smilling has always being able to ease my pain and made me feel better.

I used to drink and smoke but not anymore, and smiling is one of the things that makes me feel better. Going through some bad stuff in life doesn't mean you should wear a frown on your face rather smile and seek a solution to your problems.

The good and bad things will forever be part of our lives, if things are not going well today but just laugh at your problems that will help you to calm down and be able to solve whatever problem that is troubling you in your life. When your friends and family turn their backs on you after you have lost your job just smile and continue to live your life.

Don't forget to kill your enemies with success and bury them with a big smile.

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