WHY THIS PLANT REFUSED TO BE PLANTED, WATERED & NUTURED My Journey from Long Street to Main Street I remember at the age of 9 I found myself roaming the streets of Cape Town begging with my childhood friend called Reimpie (grew up together in Petunia Court). Begging was never part of my plan, but… […]
Read More… from BLOG: ‘Dying Seeds’ (Cape Flats Karma™ – Planting The Seed) by Earl Albert Mentor
‘We should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for’ An entitlement mentality is a state of mind in which an individual comes to believe that privileges are instead rights, and that they are to be expected as a matter of course. I have observed the issue of entitlement mentality amongst our… […]
Read More… from Planting The Seed #2: Cape Flats Karma BOCS™
Are we good enough? My biggest focus when working with my clients during my life coaching seminars and workshops is this, the fear that you’re not good enough. The fear that you’re not good enough is like a routine governed by negative self-talk that affects everyone, but show up differently for each person. How we… […]
‘How dare you settle for less when the world has made it easy for you to be remarkable?’ – Seth Godin When I was young I was always told that I would never amount to anything because of my rebellious nature. This came from my teachers that seem to have gotten it wrong. I almost… […]
“It’s okay if you hate me, I hate me too.” It had been a good 16 years that I have researched the make and break of our people residing in high-risk communities in Cape Town, South Africa. ‘Marginalised People’ having to endure the painful reality that much of what limits us in our lives is our… […]
“They forced us into a space and made us hate our own race, by erecting apartheid structures to direct our ways, now mirrors are being broken in Council Flats because we can’t stand to see the reflection of our own face.” – Earl Mentor The immense irony of “The Flower Pot” built dead-center in… […]
PROLOGUE: Since the industrial revolution, humans have been driving towards ever greater efficiency. In fact, efficiency – making the best possible use of the resources at hand – has become the core concept of how we need to survive within our high-risk communities in Cape Town, South Africa. On the face of it, being efficient makes… […]
“If young people in marginalized communities arise and act, they have the strength and dynamism to generate a huge transformation in society.” South Africa is faced with the challenge of limited and poor participation of young people in the positive upliftment of their respective communities, particularly the marginalized communities. A salient feature of this poor… […]
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