AFRICA IS A CONTINENT ON THE MOVE AND HER YOUTHS ARE HER GREATEST RESOURCE."We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."Franklin D. Roosevelt. MentorAfrica looks to help youths, through various life transition mentoring topics, to prepare youths for development and leadership that will help them change the African narrative whenever the opportunity arises.
Friday, 6 August 2021
MentorAfrica: LOOK AROUND YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE ATTRACTING AND...
LOOK AROUND YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE ATTRACTING AND BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. - REGARDEZ AUTOUR DE VOUS POUR VOIR CE QUE VOUS ATTIREZ ET SOYEZ HONNÊTE AVEC VOUS-MÊME.
People who refuse to understand that what they are surrounded with are people and things that they have attracted, will continue to suffer the consequences of their choices. Everyone is a magnet who can attract whoever or whatever; mediocrity or greatness. What are you attracting? Take time to look around you and see what you have attracted with your magnet and see if you are in an environment of greatness or mediocrity. Most times, all we have to do to move things around and change our lives for the better, is to reshuffle our circle and everything that goes with it. Unfortunately, there is nothing more difficult for people to do than shake off the old to make room for the new. There is no shying away from the obvious and you will have to take your destiny in your hands if you are ever going to achieve certain heights. You are not helpless in life, the simple truth is that you attract what you allow. Don't allow mediocrity and blame others and then you envy those who have made their choices carefully. Excellence attracts excellence and mediocrity will effortlessly fall away where there is no magnet for it to stick to. It is not always that you have to take off what you do not want, sometimes you just need to change the frequency and anything that does not fit into the new one will naturally fall away. However, some people are too weak because of the attention they pay to their heart rather than their head in order to take necessary steps to do the needful. Everyone has the power to change what they attract, the problem is that some are too laid back or too ignorant to do what is expected of them. Until you move into the right circle and environment, mentally and physically, you will continue to attract the same things and people because like poles attract. You are one decision away from changing what you attract and if you really want to attract something better, there is no better time to change into the frequency of excellence than now. Do have a great weekend!
Thursday, 5 August 2021
MentorAfrica: CHAMPIONS DARE WHERE OTHERS FEAR. - LES CHAMPIONS ...
CHAMPIONS DARE WHERE OTHERS FEAR. - LES CHAMPIONS OSENT LÀ OÙ LES AUTRES CRAIGNENT.
We all want to make our dreams come true and some of us have decided that we will give it all it takes to become a reality. However, the route will decide to take will determine what we make of our vision. The choice of which route you take to get to your destination is totally up to you. Some prefer the one with little or no obstacles, others will dare to tread on serpents and take down wild animals to reach their destination. Nothing of sustainable worth comes easy because it takes a lot to build something with a foundation that will carry it for generations. When our desire is for immediate applause, that foundation is shallow and it gives way very easily because it would not be able to carry the weight of impact that is required for generations to benefit from. This is the reason why the easy route is not always the best route since it has been stripped of all that helps to stimulate creativity and develop muscles for growth. All that is then left is a stream of passengers who are just going with the flow like dead fish. The route that brings out the best in anyone is the one that challenges people to build a path across a terrain that is yet to be or not explored at all and that is why there is no traffic on the road less travelled. Great minds prefer this route and you can choose to be one of them by refusing to shy away from challenges and building a dream that will outlive you. Champions dare where others fear. The degree of legacy you wish to live behind is what determines the amount of courage you can put into making your life count even after you have quit the stage. Some will never meet you but they will meet your legacy, so make that count for something. The choice is yours and the difference will be clear at the finish line. Do have a fantastic day!
Nous voulons tous réaliser nos rêves et certains d'entre nous ont décidé de tout donner pour qu'ils deviennent réalité. Cependant, la route que nous déciderons de prendre déterminera ce que nous ferons de notre vision. Le choix de l'itinéraire que vous emprunterez pour vous rendre à votre destination vous appartient totalement. Certains préfèrent celui avec peu ou pas d'obstacles, d'autres oseront marcher sur des serpents et abattre des animaux sauvages pour atteindre leur destination. Rien de durable n'est facile car il en faut beaucoup pour construire quelque chose avec une fondation qui le portera pendant des générations. Lorsque notre désir est des applaudissements immédiats, cette fondation est superficielle et elle cède très facilement car elle ne serait pas en mesure de supporter le poids de l'impact dont les générations ont besoin pour en bénéficier. C'est la raison pour laquelle la voie facile n'est pas toujours la meilleure voie puisqu'elle a été dépouillée de tout ce qui permet de stimuler la créativité et de développer les muscles pour la croissance. Il ne reste alors qu'un flot de passagers qui suivent le courant comme des poissons morts. La route qui fait ressortir le meilleur de chacun est celle qui met les gens au défi de construire un chemin à travers un terrain qui n'a pas encore été exploré ou pas du tout exploré et c'est pourquoi il n'y a pas de circulation sur la route la moins fréquentée. Les grands esprits préfèrent cette voie et vous pouvez choisir d'être l'un d'entre eux en refusant de fuir les défis et en construisant un rêve qui vous survivra. Les champions osent là où les autres craignent. Le degré d'héritage que vous souhaitez conserver est ce qui détermine la proportion de courage que vous pouvez mettre pour faire en sorte que votre vie compte même après avoir quitté la scène. Certains ne vous rencontreront jamais, mais ils rencontreront votre héritage, alors faites que cela compte pour quelque chose. Le choix vous appartient et la différence sera nette à la ligne d'arrivée. Passez une journée fantastique!
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
MentorAfrica: THE FIRE OF PASSION AND THE INTEGRITY OF COMMITMEN...
THE FIRE OF PASSION AND THE INTEGRITY OF COMMITMENT. - LE FEU DE LA PASSION ET L'INTÉGRITÉ DE L'ENGAGEMENT.
A lot of emphasis has been made about the passion to pursue our purpose with a little on the importance of commitment. Passion will fire you up and get you started but, when challenges come and your resolve is tested, it is commitment to your dream that will stand and see you through. Commitment will definitely carry you farther than passion because the integrity of commitment is far more potent than the fire of passion. There will be days that the fires of passion will just be embers and it will take your commitment to fan them back to flame. The road to the actualization of a vision starts with the adrenalin rush of passion and this is a good beginning, but we know that for fire to achieve desired results, it has to keep burning. Passion has to be maintained until the vision is realised and that is not a small fit, so we need to constantly add the fuel of commitment in order to keep the fire burning even during seasons of rain and wet weather that try to slow us down or completely quench our fire. Resilience can only be born out of the degree of commitment we have for the achievement of our set goal. Many fires burn out and dreams die because there was not enough commitment to create the staying power to keep them burning. Stay true to your vision by keeping the integrity of your commitment, that is the only area in which you will find it difficult to get help. You can get all the help you can to make you continue until the job is done, but you are the only one who can decide to stay committed no matter how much you waver. When the chips are down, all you will be able to totally rely on only one person and that will be yourself. Do have a beautiful day!