When I started my first venture, the hardest thing to do was click on the "invite" button on Facebook. It took me like 2 hours just hovering my thumb over that button. In that moment, doubt filled my mind. And I felt I was not ready. I felt the venture was not ready. When you… Continue reading Entrepreneurship: “The Invite Button”
Step One 101
You have no business NOT knowing what to do. Plan. Plan. Plan!
Before The “Yes”
I was watching America's Got Talent today. A show where different people take their talents on to a huge stage in front of a large crowd in a bid to win $1million--it IS 1 million right? Anyway.A gentleman came on for his audition, he was oozing excitement and pride to simply BE on the stage.… Continue reading Before The “Yes”
Swimming Lessons
Picture this. The aftermath of the June/July winter (Zambian weather) just ended and it is a sunny day in October. It is the first swimming lesson of the year and you just noticed you didn't get rid of all the "winter weight" as you try to adjust your swimming costume. The pool is always cold… Continue reading Swimming Lessons
Hustlerpreneur Diaries: WHO CARES?! (I Do)
When I decided to become an entrepreneur, I faced backlash. I faced ridicule as well as discouragement. This is not a testimony though (yet), I am still struggling lol, I am just getting the hang of it now! I have lived a life of privacy. Speak when spoken to, be as loud as the crowd… Continue reading Hustlerpreneur Diaries: WHO CARES?! (I Do)
The Little Things
We have sooo much we want to achieve. But as we get older, we realize that such extravagant dreams take time and hard work. So, what do we do while we wait? Do we suspend our happiness until we reach THAT point in life?Rhetorical questions all around, the answer is "no".In the meantime, we explore… Continue reading The Little Things
The Ceiling
Yes-yes, I know I talk about living in the moment. Treasuring every step of the journey, yada yada.... But that doesn't stop me from wishing I was let's say... 3 years in the future already.When everything in my short-term plan has been accomplished, and I am just smiling and looking back at the times I'd… Continue reading The Ceiling
Co-Existing
I have always been amazed by the emotional processing of human beings. I love how we think, what affects our thinking patterns, and most of all, how we are similar in the ways we think despite having different experiences and exposures. The emotions below are emotions we have all felt before but cannot explain. Nothing… Continue reading Co-Existing
The Treadmill
A treadmill is a machine you find in a gym. You press a few buttons and this conveyor belt-like-thing rotates and you have to walk/jog/run so that you don’t fall. I recently got onto a treadmill. Not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. It was moving, I was… Continue reading The Treadmill
I’m (not) Over It!
I could just be sitting down, scrolling through the Food Channel line-up for the day, then my mind does that thing where it loses focus then I find myself thinking about an incident that had occurred and the SAME hurt, the SAME sadness will wash over me. Sometimes I have to snap back to reality,… Continue reading I’m (not) Over It!
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