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Are You a Snake or a Rope?

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  Are You a Snake or a Rope? https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-venom-of-value-why-ujamaa-needs-teeth--71550747 We’ve all heard that Ujamaa is about "cooperation," but what happens when cooperation turns into exploitation? Today on the porch, we’re tackling a tension most of us feel but few of us voice: the fear of being "too expensive" or "too difficult" for our own people. We’re diving into a proverb that warns us what happens when a powerful creature refuses to show its venom. Are you accidentally inviting people to use your life’s work as "firewood" for their own agendas? It’s time to look at the buildup of "docility" we’ve been told is a virtue, and see it for the burden it actually is. Call to Inaction: Release the burden of being the 'harmless' one. * What is one "favor" you need to stop doing immediately to regain your time? Whose "firewood" are you currently tying together at the expense of your o...
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Mimetic Virus

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  The Mimetic Virus Great Ujima: I thought that reviewing this video as well as creating this article fit the theme of the day. Memes are a double edged sword that can be used to help us in our proces, but just like any other tool if it is used incorrectly it can cause a lot of damage. In the article I do not focus on ways that we can use memes to build, I focused on how the virus can do damage because we have many ideas that we have to cure ourselves of before we can move forward. Checkout the article and let us know what you think. Also be sure to sign up for our email list or take our seven day free ecourse. We need to get some healthy memes out here that will work for us rather than hold us hostage and impoverished. GNJ Free ecourse and email list Introduction There's a theory about human psychology that says we're all under the influence of invisible ideas—and some of these ideas can be dangerous. The idea of mimetic viruses (or memes) comes from French anthropologist Marc...
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