Innocent Mwatsikesimbe is a Zimbabwe-based writer and speaker whose insights celebrate growth and transformation. He highlights that big achievements often start with small steps and stresses the importance of a receptive mind. Innocent's reflections on embracing discomfort as a catalyst encourage continuous self-reinvention and purposeful progress, inspiring others to pursue their dreams steadily with clarity and courage.
"As days are numbered and life is short, why waste days feeling bad for yourself?"
"To achieve something, action is needed; but thoughtful and calculated action is better."
"By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so."
"I'm strong beyond appearances reveal,But I'm human, and have weak moments still."
"Your opposition is the most powerful tool you can use to rise up."
"It is important to note that a transitional phase has to be uncomfortable for you to move on to the next stage, lest procrastination stymies you."
"I can't think of a better way to revenge someone who tried to break you,Than to live and love life more without them."
"I've been through a lot, but I stayed true to who I am."
"It is not something you can tell by looking at a person, but trust is always being increased or decreased as you interact with a person."
"Introspect.You know yourself more each day,Yet, you find out how little you know yourself too."
"If you emit positive energy, even people who don't like you will not be negative when around you."
"We all have dreams; things we want to achieve, to have or to own, to be or to see."
"Trust is hard to gain, but it is even harder to regain once lost."
"Persistence is key when you want to achieve. You can't afford to quit just because you don't feel good about failure."
"No one knows the future, but the present offers clues and hints on its direction."
"You change the future by taking control of the present. Know how to use your minutes and hours."
"Most problems can be effectively dealt with before they are in full swing."
"They say live it how you want toOr else someone else will.This is my life, and I willLive it."
"Is it not a sign of immaturity to wish for someone's downfall? To wish that he or she fails at whatever productive endeavours they are aiming at? Wishing to be the only one succeeding, while everyone else fails?It's a world where we are all dependent on one another, one way or the other; and trade is happening at a much more sophisticated level than ever before. It is to our collective benefit for people to succeed."
"I remember all of it, not because I meditate on it. No. I remember it because with each step I make toward my goals, I am reminded of how they said I couldn't do it. The more I achieve, the more they are proved wrong, in my mind. It's like motivation. Attacks on your dreams are never forgotten because they become your fuel."
"Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you."
"Great things often start out small, and only open minds can perceive their inception."
"Okay, let's recap.So I lost a few good things, but wait;There's other fish in the sea.And my heart's still here: the bait.It has a few cracksAnd a couple of shark bites,But it's alright.A bleeding heart is never one to wait in the water for long.I wonder what my next catch will be.."
"Lack teaches you the importance of what you are lacking."
"Nothing is finished unless it is started. So just start where you are."
"Just be yourself and live life, because no one knows with surety what we are doing here on Earth. Some might guess, but that doesn't mean their opinions are correct."
"You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with."
"You shouldn't expect anyone to give you a vision. A vision is not given, it's created, by you."
"Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now."
"Be a control freak and people will avoid you. Live and let live, and people will get closer to you and do the same for you."
"The real world is oftentimes different from what you expect it to be, what you think it to be, and what people might say it to be."
"I don't judge a person by the place he or she is. I'm more interested in where that person is going, and the steps they are taking to get there."
"I love travel, it promotes open-mindedness, and I believe that the interactions you have as you go places and meet people all sharpen the mind."
"Acceptance.Good and bad,Fortune and misfortune,Pleasure and pain,I want it all,Because it's mine."
"As soon as you start wanting something, then your eyes can see; your mind will be open to identify all the possible ways of obtaining it."
"Certain aspects of dying are still a mystery to me now, but as I grow and study life more, the end of my life becomes more of a certain truth."