Intersections with George Bennett(SA)

So much time is wasted on the human experience doing things that has no value. Talking about things that don't matter, and spending time on things that will never transform our life and the lives of others. We must become obsessed with this question '' What am I doing here?

14 years of education 6 hours in a classroom, additional 6 hours with people who don't realy know you, why because they allow their fear to limit them.

Success or failure comes down to one thing, taking a chance. If you decide to never step out of your house, get out of bed nothing will happen. You will not be burdened by the memories of failure because you never tried, so the next time you ask why are you not successful think about the last time you tried something new, something that you had very little knowledge of and was inspired to learn ag...

This remains reality for most of us, stuck in our old habits, doing what we have always done. Never taking a chance, not willing to take risk's. Life is so short and is a one ticket only event, no one is coming back for a repeat experience so what are you waiting for.

The society we live in today is far more advanced then our ancestors, we have better tools and still we struggle. Perhaps it's because we have not worked on our ability to be better human beings we have ignored the real eduaction,how to be a brother, father and husband. We are consumed by the desired to have the latest Iphone and laptop forgetting that our lives are made better because we particip...

When things are going good for you we tend to attract many people, some we even call friends when they are only attracted to the celebration. Once the Celebration is done they bounce, they not there to provide support to us, they attracted to the gift and rewards related to the gift, so don't give the title of friend so easily to people who are not qualified.

If you have been on the receiving end of peoples hatred I can tell you it's not something to look forward to. I have come to learn that hurt people Hurt others because they have also been hurt. So that makes it certainly not OK but it provides a deeper understanding to us the people who are often on the receiving end of the actions, words and behavior.

Why do people committo something called a job, where they know this will not result in their happiness. Why do they choose a stressful existence where you are one pay check away from being homeless or food insecure, why do government's invest billions into social welfare instead of building the economy and fixing ailing infrastructure.

Life is a one ticket only event, we are all on a one way journey from birth to death we are traveling at light speed thru experiences that compel us to discover our individual identity, we must therefore develop the confidence to lead and break free form the culture of following.

What is the role of a parent if not to install confidence in the child. As a parent it's nit your job to discourage your child it's jour job to encourage them, when the fall to get back up, when they fail to try again. Many people who where kids become adults that have low self confidence, they don't believe they can do anything great. So they settle for mediocrity, they become part of the social...

The question is always how did he or she manage to make it when so many did not. It is often difficult for people to accept that the determination of success comes down to looking for that one person who will inspire you to be greater then you think you are. That person can be anybody, a elder over the street, a aunt a uncle your first job is to find them and the world will fight you and discourag...

To the shock of many, success is often linked to service of others. The more you are able to serve the more valuable you become, the less people you serve, the less valuable you become. The measure of a persons wealth is often portrayed by the means and ability they have to serve others, success is about giving not getting.

Many of us fear technology, why because we have been misinformed about it's intentions, imagine no longer needing to wait in a que for service, having the convenience of transacting on your cellphone. The time and the money you will save, technology is about knowledge, we must begin a process of embracing technology not rejecting it.

People do things that make them happy. Happiness requires compliance to value, the more valuable you are the more happier you will be.

The battle of ideas is shaping the narrative for future engagement and is allowing us to believe we can become advocates of change without holding ourselves accountable.

Don't believe the do it in 5 steps ideology, success is about sacrifice and pain. The culture today makes us all believe that success comes without pain and many is in for a culture shock that will ruin more life's then drugs in the 80's and 90's, the biggeat drug today is ego, what I think I am.

So much potential and talent is among out African people, yet we have been destroyed over time, from how we learn, live and survive because of modernity, we have given up our freedom and libertya be relevant to a capitalist system. We are all still slaves we just don't have the conscious persuation to understand our condition.

Evolution escapes many of us because we are not ready to change to adapt and to let go. We hold on to the familiar and are hostile towards the future, because of our identification with suffering it has become part of how we see ourselves. In order to be free we must allow the process to be uprooted and planted as a new seed from which we bare similarities of the past but can celebrate our uniquen...

In a world we everyone where's the same clothes listens to the same music it's hard to hold on to yourself, the global culture makes very little accommodation for this, therefore it is wise to hold on to yourself.

We choose everyday what impact we will have on others, we are energy what we do has a impact on the world.

The voices in your head telling you to give up, the fear of failure because of how failure is perceived this why many don't succeed.

Life provides very little guarantees, the probability for success when you come from nothing is very low, because you need a network of people around you to make things happen, now you might have been that person that everyone comes to for support and you feel tired and exhausted because of that, know this you are very lucky to have survived such an experience where you where stretched because now...

The idea of being a individual is perhaps what creates much suffering for many. In our social spaces we gravitate often towards people who talk, walk and behave like us. We isolate, unfriend and unlike people who don't view the world the same way we do, we become indeferent to others and put up walls when others challenge our point of view, instead of learning to understand.

In the workplace, regardless of role and position things go wrong, people mis communicate and trouble comes. When we fail to communicate our expectations the outcome is 100% guaranteed, we do not control the interpretation of other people, we only control ourselves, it's important to begin with safety, are you aware of your own bias, can you keep your ego in check

It's very easy to critize people who are looking for opportunities to elevate themselves, we tend to say if you just accept that who you are is set in stone, stop wanting to change everything around you. This is a mistake and will increase suffering because what we all need is support, understanding and respect. Yes we can pull ourselves up but we need help to get to that point, we don't always re...