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Posts Tagged ‘personal development’
My 60 Minutes with the Largest Personal Development Blogger On Earth, Steve Pavlina
Monday, October 20th, 2008
One Thing We MUST Begin Doing NOW As African Immigrants
Friday, August 15th, 2008So What Must We Begin Doing NOW as an African Immigrant Community (more…)
Martin Luther King’s Dream Had One Little Hitch: Tolerance Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up to Be
Monday, January 14th, 2008Part one of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa
One of my teachers once told me, “If you want to succeed, put words to things which people haven’t put words to yet. Give a name to, verbalize or talk about gnawing feelings that people have that they just can’t describe.” Ironically, I am about to do that for myself and in so doing I hope I give voice to some of the things that YOU experience.
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Landed in Australia
Monday, December 3rd, 2007The first post of the Displaced African blog: Yeah!
First of all I must confess the title of the series is somewhat misleading. I almost never experience the emotion of regret to be quite honest. Instead I always look at every stupid thing I do as a learning experience for the next moment. If it were written for me I would have called it Ten things I have learned during my 5 year stay in Australia. The fact is, I am not writing this for me, I am writing this as a resource for ALL OF YOU especially if you somewhere in Mama Africa about to make the long journey to a Western country. I hope this series is of service to you and feel free to contact me and let me know your thoughts, in spite of your location or ethnicity.
Picture this: It’s cold winter day in June 2002. The world cup final is playing out, Brazil vs Germany. This is the big one. The greatest world cup ever. Something even more important was happening in my life. (more…)