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Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it will be your time to shine soon.

Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it be your time to shine soon.

Equality does not see colour, therefore, contributes to privilege. Equity sees colour, recognises systemic forms of racism and actively provided resources to level the playing field

A negative mindset will keep you stuck in a cycle of desperation & fear

The battles you choose not to fight are every bit as important as the ones you do.

If something great is going to happen in your tomorrow there are certain thing’s that need to end today.

Elevation requires separation and if you are not willing to let go of certain people you will never rise to your rightful position.

Let them write you off, let other's say you are finished but if you believe in your self, if you are willing to put in the work you can and you will overcome.

To protect yourself from others hurting you, you locked everyone out but at the same time you locked yourself in. All you now have is yourself for company but you never took the time to quieten all those negative voices in your head. You spent so long running away from you, escaping with different vices over the years that now you have locked yourself in those voices end up hurting you worse than anyone else ever could. Don't lock the doors, that could lead you to freedom

The only thing stopping you from achieving the life that you want is you. You have started on the journey and it has not been an easy ride, make it count, don’t let everything you have gone through be for nothing”.

We live in a period where people spend more time trying to influence people they don’t know, neglecting the people who are next to them craving their attention.

We have been winning running barefoot, imagine what would happen if we had spikes, a nutritionist and a coach we would break records.

To lead you need to empathise, to empathise you need to genuinely understand, to understand you need to be willing to have difficult conversations.

Don't ever let someone else's lack of ambition or vision define you.

Learn to operate in the duality of owning your brilliance and your imperfections

When you look at things from a different perspective your thinking begins to change but so often we see things as problems because we refuse to change our perspective.

Even though a "YES" sounds better sometimes a "NO" is more important.

The same effort I apply to the job I get paid for I need to apply to the job I don’t get paid for to make it a job I get paid for.

When my kids tell me "I can't do this dad", I smile and say it's okay. We sit down and we talk about it, I share some of my experiences with them and also let them know it's okay to fail but it is not okay to give before you have tried. One of the primary roles of a parent is to lend your kids some of your confidence enabling them to get their own.

So many people spend far too much time focused on the wedding day instead of the actual marriage itself.

In life, we have been running barefoot and winning. Imagine what would happen if we had spikes, a nutritionist and a coach we would break records.

Your perspective will either become your prison or your passport to a new way of thinking and living.

I might have accomplished great feats but that does not mean I am great. Greatness is only achieved when I have used every single drop of potential my maker has placed inside of me therefore I keep going till my dying breath

Excellence earns applause, but the journey earns respect and imparts wisdom. Every step towards the mountaintop lies a story worth learning from.

We applaud perfection yet we learn more from the journey.

Stop looking at what you don’t have and start using what you do have. Stop living in a fantasy world and create the life you want to live by taking action.

Families/Relationships don't fall apart by accident, they stop working and functioning properly when someone stop's playing their role. We live in a time when it is easy to point the finger at someone else and highlight what they are doing wrong but before you do that ask yourself are you handling business? Are you doing everything to the best of your ability?

Never stop having conversations with your kids even when it feels like they are not listening. Keep talking and being a living example because the seeds are being planted

There are times when you don’t feel the support you gave to others on their journey is given back but don’t take it personally because you have done what you were called to do

When my kids tell me “I can’t do this dad”, I smile

Some people do not want you to grow and succeed because they like looking down on you. As long as their life was better than yours they felt good about themselves, it made them feel superior. However, all that changes once you know your worth and being to understand your greatness. They feel threatened and will do and say anything to keep you down which is why you need to be careful of the advice you receive.

Some people do not want you to grow and succeed because they like looking down on you. As long as their life was better than yours they felt good about themselves, it made them feel superior. However, all that changes once you being to know your worth and understand your greatness. They feel threatened and will do and say anything to keep you down which is why you need to be careful of the advice you receive.

You don’t stop dreaming and going after what you want when you have kids, you go harder. It is a lot easier for your kids to listen to you when your actions precede your words. When they see you moving forward and overcoming the various obstacles that come your way.

The choice to be oneself requires courage and vulnerability as you put yourself out there for the world to judge and cast aspersion on you. It is far easier to copy others and risk standing out, but that path leads to unhappiness as you say No to yourself and Yes to others. I chose to be authentic, to be real and to know that I do not let the opinions of others define who I am or limit my greatness.

When life throws you a curveball, embrace the chaos, and turn it into your competitive advantage by shifting your mindset and transforming adversity into opportunity.

Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change. You can say the right words, you can start to plan and even actively work towards change but until you make the decision nothing will last.