Jeffery Nkrumah
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read

My incantation….

Now I am the voice. Now I am the voice.

I will lead not follow. I will believe not doubt. I will create not destroy. I am a force for good. I am a leader.

Define the odds. Setting new standards. Step up, step up, step up.

And I repeat it.

Now I am the voice, now I am the voice.

I will lead not follow. I will believe not doubt. I will create not destroy. I am a force for good. I am a leader.

Define the odds. Setting new standards. Step up, step up, step up.

The explanation of my incantation.

Now think about what it means when you say I am the voice. Your real voice is never the voice of fear, your real voice is never the voice of worry, your real voice has strength and certainty within it. It knows the truth of who you are and what you are made for.

Breathe like you breathe when you feel strong and when you say I am the voice that means, you’re no longer the voice of fear, you’re no longer the voice of your past. It’s who you are made to be when you say I will lead not follow.

That doesn’t mean that other people have to follow you, it means that you will live life on your standards and you will never settle for less than your made to be or do in your life. And you believe that you will not settle for less.

But how does it feel when you step up and claim who you are?

So every morning I wake up and I go through this routine. You should make a sound of what it feels like when you claim who you are ‘ahhhhhhh’.

How does it feel, not destroy? To create love, to create joy, to know in your life that you are a giver not a taker, know your life matters.

How does it feel when you know you’re here to lead? What does it feel like when you look at your fear or you look at your laziness or you look at your past and instead of dealing with it you defy it?

How does it feel when you stand in defiance of anything that will stop you? How strong does it feel when you say give me your best shot and you push through it.

What kind of pride do you have inside?How does it feel when you step up and claim your true identity when you raise that standard.

Now think about what that means.

So I do this every morning 6 times with that intensity. I do it loud. Nice and loud in the park, here we go again.

Now I am the voice. Now I am the voice.

I will lead not follow. I will believe not doubt. I will create not destroy. I am a force for good. I am a leader.

Define the odds. Setting new standards. Step up, step up, step up.

And I repeat it.

Now I am the voice, now I am the voice.

I will lead not follow. I will believe not doubt. I will create not destroy. I am a force for good. I am a leader.

Define the odds. Setting new standards. Step up, step up, step up.

Now I do this using my whole body jumping up and down, screaming at the top of my lungs and I don’t just believe it, I feel it, I embody it.

Thank you very much for listening. Now go, do.

Jeffery Nkrumah

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I want my children in my children's children to know that when my time came I did it right.

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