I hope you are all well and getting prepared for your Christmas festivities!
Let me start with my good news........ Mini Men UK has been approved by The Princes Trust! We are now able to officially start preparing for launching! I can not tell you how excited and happy I am! My life is about to change so much for the better and not just mine but my families also!
Which brings me to my topic today! Teaching your children to Think BIG! I remember when I was younger I wanted to be a professional dancer. I absolutely loved dancing! It was my entire life! I trained hard every single day, took extra classes at Pineapple Studios and studied Performing Arts at College of North East London.
I had the great opportunity to perform at the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, I was in the local Haringey paper, I performed every where and anywhere I could because I believed that I was good, I knew I was good! And then I turned 21 and my mother said those dreaded words to me, 'What?! You cant possibly think you will make a living from being a dancer? That is not a REAL job! You will not make any money from being a dancer! Go and study to be a doctor or lawyer! A stable job is what you should be focusing on!'
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I still remember those words she spoke like she just said them to me yesterday! The reason I remember them is because, it changed my whole view on dancing. I believed her!!! I was young and thought my mother knew best!
Now for anyone who has African parents, or black parents in general, you will know that our parents do not believe in having jobs that are 'creative'! If you turn around and say to your mother and father that you want to be a singer, dancer, rapper, actress or designer, they look at you like your an alien and tell you to go and read a book and study Medicine, Law or Finances!
Now when this happens, most children do as they are told! They forget their dream of performing to thousands of people and go and waste money going to University to study a subject they have no interest in, no passion for and couldn't really care less if their patient Mr Jones has Hypertension, if their client Mr Smith has been charged with GBH and is facing a sentence of 5 years maximum and if their client Mrs Chatterbox is being audited for tax avoidance! I mean, I see it all the time and I am living proof of it! I often wonder if I had not listened to my mother, where I would be now?! Would I be on tour with artists like Nicki Minaj or Jennifer Lopez, dropping it likes it's hot? Would I be running my own dance company and creative directing for artists like Usher and Tinie Tempah? Who knows because I let my dream go!
It saddens me to know that we are not encouraged by the people who are closest to us and it is not until you 'Show them the Money' that they believe in you! What happened to having a little faith?!
We as parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, aunties, uncles and friends need to encourage the youth to believe in themselves!!! I believe that the 2011 London Riots happened because those children had nothing better to do and had they been encouraged to pursue things that they were passionate about, they would have been too busy focusing on that then worrying about looting a JD Sports for £50 trainers??!! They would have been educated enough to know that everyone has to be responsible for their actions!
Everyone has a dream and we need to nurture these dreams for the youth! To teach them that if they want to be a Doctor, Lawyer, Designer, Singer, Dancer, Accountant, Entrepreneur, Footballer, Actor or whatever it is that all these aspirations can be achieved and they are all as important as each other!!! I can not stress this enough!
Do you want your child to grow up and be in a job that he/she hates, working 40 hours a week, depressed about going to work everyday! Being worked hard, receiving no appreciation for her/his work and being heavily taxed by the government! Having no sense of achievement and just working to pay the bills! I lived that lifestyle for many years and this is not what I want for my son! I would rather see him doing something that he is truly passionate about and excited about! To know that he is fulfilling his dreams and aspirations and that I was part of his journey in achieving his goals.
If you want your child to achieve his/her future success, you need to start encouraging them from when they are young! Have faith in your precious little one and nurture their dreams! Teach them that Anything is Possible! And you can start doing this by going to www.facebook.com/minimenukltd and 'Like' my page and order a top now from my Autumn/Winter collection! You can pre-order your items now by contacting me through the Facebook page! The Mini Men UK website is under construction and will be ready in 2 weeks!
Now I have a new dream and I will NEVER let anyone deter me from achieving my success! I have big dreams, huge dreams and I have no idea how I am even going to attempt to achieve them but I am absolutely positive that they will be achieved! Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but they will be achieved!
I hope you all Teach Your Children To Think BIG! Think Mini Men UK!
Happy Holidays everyone!!
