Thoughts Of A Dreamer

Medical practioners have always said that you are what you eat. My argument is that the same goes for our brains, we become a total sum of what we put into our minds.  We cannot change our output without changing the inputs. Whatever we input into our minds is what comes out on the other end. You cannot feed your mind negative information and then get a positive output. We cannot feed our minds inspirational content and not be inspired  Our mental diet precedes our outlook on life and the results we get. (a) If you "feed" yourself the word of God you will begin to speak the word.  (b) If you feed yourself gossip you will begin to speak about gossip. (c) If you listen to music you will begin to (i) sing the music (ii) speak about the music.  (d) If you listen to negative and sad people, you will begin to be negative and sad.  Above are examples to clarify my point and hopefully you can relate to them. This is why if I listen to a "Kendrick Lamar" song, I will beg...

(Adapted from a video by Vusi Thembekwayo, titled The Gift of Communication)  We need to be great communicators if we are to contribute to the world. There is a process one can follow, to be a great communicator. In the video by Vusi Thembekwayo, he goes on to state that there is an "scientific formula" for effective communication and it entails the following: 1. Understand Motivations  Nobody ever does something, just for the sake of doing it. Every action has a backdrop that is invisible to the naked eye. There is always a certain form of factor that makes people act a certain way. We need to understand what drives people to action, if we are to engage in meaningful conversation (exchanges). Pastor Michael Phillips once said "When you see people do what they do, don't judge the what find out why". This is because there is always a cause of the effect.  (i)I am writing this chapter because there is a certain motivation, I am trying to achieve a certain goal and...

Like any other  plant, to flourish the Chinese Bamboo Tree requires nurturing – water, fertile soil, sunshine. In the first year, there are no visible signs of activity or development. In the second year, again, no growth above the soil. And the third and fourth, still no signs.  Finally in the fifth year – voila! There is growth…and what growth it is! The Chinese Bamboo Tree grows 80 feet (nearly 30m) in just six weeks! One has to believe that the tree is growing in all those years where they see nothing on the ground. Patience should be weaved into the process, imagine watering the same spot for years when you see nothing above ground. It takes a certain degree of wisdom to understand that just because we do not see the tree with our physical eyes it doesn't mean it is not growing and developing. (This is at the core of walking by Faith not by sight)  So the question is: Does the Chinese Bamboo Tree really grow 80 feet in six weeks? Did it lie dormant for four years onl...

The conversations with yourself are the most important ones.  "The conversations we have with each other determine not only our attitude but our altitude" - Toure Roberts Our conversations determine our outlook in life, those who talk about hope, love and faith display these qualities conversely those who talk about worry, lack and doubt display these parallel qualities. People who commit crimes, spend time having conversations about how they will pull of their crimes. People who talk about bringing a positive change in society, spend their time talking about  how to change present reality. In your mind there is always a conversation going on, a thought process that seems to be back and forth. We either rise or fall by the quality of our conversations. Elon Musk spends a lot of his time having conversations about innovation & problem solving at the highest level, which is why he has risen to great heights financially and otherwise. Poor and underachieving people spend the...

The relationships you make along the way can either be one of the reasons you reach your goals or one of the reasons you live a life without goals (Reason ,Purpose). In order for you to have relationships ,people must see or find something that will attract them to you. Imagine if you had an actual magnetic field around you and you move around attracting different people ,who see qualities or habits  they like in you.The only role you have  is to choose who you are attracted to then an actual Relationship can "begin". What I want us to focus on today is how to build long -lasting relationships. The question then is "What do people want from Relationships" ?because once we understand that we can have a clue on how to build friendships that will stand the test of time . What do people want from Relationships?  1.Acceptance :In many cases we just want someone who will accept us into their lives regardless of our past or where we come from or our financial status . We a...