Write a list: the 10 most unexpected consequences of being online

1.    Wasting time playing social network, instead of getting your work done.

2.    Gossip about other people personal life (celebrity gossip news)

3.    Chatting to someone you don’t know (strangers)

4.    Finding  strange things on the internet that will scary the rest of your life

5.    Accidently sending someone else (boss, lecturer, manager or your mother) your message instead of your friend.

6.    Finding out that people are not what they say they are (fake).

7.    Seeing naked pictures of people, which you didn’t expect to see.

8.    Dating the wrong person.

9.    Lying about who you are.

10. Downloading music and movies to your phone including fake CD’s and DVD’s

The elephant in the room

Who was lying and now the truth come out. The truth is something that we cannot run away from, it always have its own way of coming out. Imagine a big fat animal in your room, tell me what you will do, run away, that won’t solve anything. Elephant in the rooms means the truth came out at last, now you have to face the consequences of it.

My mom used to told me not to lie, always tell the truth, even if how bad it is. I’m a child of God; I must always tell the truth as it, because it will cost me the rest of my life.  My clan name is Ndlovu (means elephant in English) that means elephant is one of my favourite animals. Even if I can find elephant in my room it’s no danger to me, because we are the same in fact an elephant is my great-grandfather, so I will welcome it serve it with coffee and food. Our grandparents used to share the same bed, why can’t we do the same, that is of my cultural background.

I am Ndlovu an elephant woman.

Make it Happen – Taking Initiative

Do you make things happen for yourself and for your friends or teammates? Or, do you wait for someone else to tell you what to do? No matter what job you're in, you'll only be successful if you can "make things happen."

"There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened." This is where it's essential to take initiative. People who have initiative and make things happen are highly valued especially in workplace, but, what is it? And how can you develop it?

When you show initiative, you do things without being told; you find out what you need to know; you keep going when things get tough; and you spot and take advantage of opportunities that others pass by. You act, instead of reacting, for example at work most of us have seen initiative in action. Maybe you've seen a young manager who fills her boss's shoes when she's sick and the rest of the team is unsure what to do; or perhaps you've seen a team member proposing a process improvement plan to the executive board.

Initiative has become increasingly important in today's workplace. Organizations want employees who can think on their feet and take action without waiting for someone to tell them what to do. After all, this type of flexibility and courage is what pushes teams and organizations to innovate, and to overcome competition.

Nedbank says Make things Happen

Every day is a good day

The sky is blue, roses are red, the sun is shining and everyone is smiling. What else can you ask for, if you have all of these things. This should always keep you in a good mood. Every day is a good day we must give thanks to the Lord our saviour. Whatever situation you are facing, always remember that it’s God only who create a day and night.

Remind me of a song by Vickie Winans that says ‘’everyday is a good day to give thanks unto the lord for all he’s done for us, for he has done great things. Oh how we love him, how we love him, How we love him for what he’s done.’’

So please agree with me, when I say no matter how you look at your day, believing in who you are and what you are, everyday is special, that is why we as humans we should always celebrate everyday that we live, because you will never know what can happen tomorrow. My teacher used to tell four things that will encourage if you ever feel like giving up:

·         Turn every challenge into an opportunity.

·        Cope with radical change without falling apart.

·        Heal from difficult past experiences.

·        Find serenity, happiness, and meaningful success

Every day when I wake the first I do is to pray and thank God for a day he gave me, because it’s his mercy that I’m awake, even before I sleep at night I always pray. This is how I celebrate my day.

Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.

Sometimes our strength comes from our weakness. When I heard this topic the first thing that comes to my mind is honest, love and money. These are the things that we cannot live without them, they are our life, and we can’t afford not to have them in our lives, but sometimes they break our hearts and bring us down.

Even if we try we cannot run away from them, they are our strength but they can turn to be our weakness as well. You love and trust someone with all of your heart, but he/ she will be the one who break your heart, what do you do? As a woman of this century I know how it feels to be heart broken, I can tell you that crying won’t solve anything or make you feel better but it will make things more difficult for you. Then there’s one more heart breaker that is called money, where can you go without money, because for everything you must have, even if you go for an interview you must have transport money and you must look good, to tell you the truth without money is the same as you are not living in this planet, maybe underground. In my culture even if you want to ask a permission to marry a girl, before you even talk you must put R1000.00 in the table, then you can start talking.   

We love, we trust and love money as well they come as a greatest strength to us, but they are our weakness. You must be careful for what you want, what you hope for and the possible consequences that lead to it.

How to survive on a minimum wage

You may find this very funny, but there are people who cannot have control of their money, its true what they say the more you get higher income, the more you your problems (financial) arise, why?

The answer(s) is very simple:  You are unable to control your money, want more expensive things that are more than your income, your friends, family are putting more pressure on you (peer pressure), you can’t budget for what you have and lastly you can’t accept yourself for who you are and what you are. Competition is everywhere you have to learn to deal with it or else you will end up being financial depression or on financial crisis and depression is not good for your healthy.  I know things are very expensive in these days, but it’s always good to start doing something else that will add up to your income, but it must be legal, like starting your own business.  You cannot always depend on your work income only, because it may not be enough.

As human beings we have this perception of saying money is not always enough, some people think that surviving on minimum wage is impossible, especially in today’s economy, the key is to have a plan and to know where you’re and where you’re going so that there are no financial surprises in the way. Start budget for what you have and work on it. Remember you only have one life.

Try a Cliché

Life is full of different clichés, and we as humans we came across those clichés, some are good some are bad for us, because we believe in words rather than action. If somebody says I love how easy or difficult to believe that person if he or she meant what she/ he says.

I’ve been fooled, you’ve be fooled by people who pretend to love us but they just want to hurt us more and more, when s it going to stop, today, tomorrow or never. You know what it’s up to us to stop that. Some people cannot differentiate between love and money. Each everyday you hear people talking about their love life and after that they talk about money, on the relationship they say it goes together. If we say that, then what is a difference between you and people who are selling their bodies for money (prostitutes?) because what I know if you are in love with someone, in order for you to get money you must sleep with him, there is no way he will give you his money without sleeping with him and that is the truth, I mean I see this things everyday and unfortunately its not good at, because you end – up having HIV or other diseases, this happens mostly to young women of this world including teenagers.

We need to be careful you have a good future ahead of you, don’t spoil it. Wait for your time don’t rush. The world is in our hands.