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THE CALM BEFORE THE BUILD

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THE CALM BEFORE THE BUILD https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-calm-before-the-build--71921422 Have you ever noticed how the system keeps you so busy fighting the storm that you never have time to build a boat? Today, we are operating in the intersection of Kuumba (Creativity) and Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics). The Ewe people of Ghana drop a heavy gem on us today: “It is on a calm day that one prepares the net for the storm.” But in a world obsessed with grinding 24/7, where is the calm day? We are taught that the only way to build wealth is to run faster on the hamster wheel. But true creativity isn't about doing more; it's about stripping away the nonsense so you can see the blueprint. In today’s episode, we talk about how to weaponize your Kuumba by dropping the heavy, exhausting narratives of colonial capitalism. You can't build a cooperative economic net if your hands are full of somebody else's garbage. Tune in to hear how we scrape off the buildup. Call to Inac...

Final Goodbye II- Running from grief

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Today Pepa died/ Should I be happy for him/ or sad for my lost?/ Thursday morning June 28, 2012 9:08am: Sitting at my desk preparing for the day. It is going to be busy with all of the Yoking classes I have this afternoon so I decided to get busy on this back log of paperwork sitting on my desk. While sitting there I decided to complete my podcast of the "6th tool". Phone rings, and I look at caller ID, and feeling of dread hits me. It is my mother calling, and I'm hoping that she does not have bad news to report about my grandfather: ha2tim: "What's up? Mother: "where you at?" ha2tim: " I'm at the office, why what's up?" Mother: Well I was looking for your wife, I called and she didn't pickup." ha2tim:" Well you know she never answer the phone." We laugh.... Mother: " Well I wanted to go by and pickup Gina (my youngest daughter), cause you know she tickles daddy." I get qui...