Tag: focus
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Dear Goliath (stories for when we get successful)
Your towering presence over me is frightening. It’s even difficult to look you in the eye. Just the sight of you, is enough to make me think twice about my next move. And it seems you like that I’m scared of you, that’s why you like being on my face. I know I’m fragile. I’ve […]
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Faith: (stories for when we get successful)
What’s your plan? They asked. And I didn’t have any. Just a belief that this has to happen. I don’t know how, but I can see the final picture. I was entering an untapped territory. There was no template to follow. It made sense for anyone to doubt it. But every revolution had resistance from […]
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Rewire the brain (stories for when we get successful)
Is it possible to rewire your brain? Take it from me, it IS possible.Allow me to take you back to 2011.2011, I was doing grade ten at Holy Cross High School, a brilliant school in the Eastern Cape, Mthatha. At the time I was not learned in neuroscience but I had trained my mind to […]
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Keep Going (stories for when we get successful)
First post after 100 blog followers. A reminder to keep going
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Pace vs. Stamina
Pace vs. stamina I started running a few days ago with two co runners with pace, one thing that I don’t have, but God has blessed me with stamina. Stamina by definition: “Ability to sustain a prolonged physical and mental effort”. We started running with a small pace but as we kept running they increased […]
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LandLords with Lunga: Waiting for the founder (2 of 3)
When we called Rashid Thobega, the founder, he was busy delivering the sneakers to cleints, so we kept reflecting on what he was telling us. We became instant students, because of the passion. We also spoke about the concept of Sober Alcoholics in the context of LandLords. Listen to the second part of the conversation […]
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Face to face with the LandLords
When you see our about page, you’ll find that The GeltonNation is about finding role models amongst ourselves. However, in this case, Lunga Lonwabo Mntuyedwa found us first. He has been following our content since the beginning, and now he brought one of us a delivery of a nice looking sneaker. The sneaker brand is […]
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Sober Alcoholics: Solace
Trying times. Turbulent tides.The storms keeps getting worse.I’ve projected myself as strong, I’m obliged to keep going.It’s a heavy burden, I can’t believe I’ve carried it for so long. I want to stop and pause for second.But being idle makes the journey longer.If nothing is done, there’s no progress in the struggle.So in order to […]
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Demotivated: (stories for when we get successful)
At the beginning, I was all pumped. The world was at the palm of my hand. I saw all the results already. Even people were clapping, so I started moving. The first stages had the biggest responses. From it, I got a hit of dopamine. I wanted to get it again and again. However, there’s […]
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