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Nandi Madida is trending because she basically said that don't waste your life (your 20s) if u have the opportunity to be successful. I 100% agree with her.

Sometimes you can't blame Mbeki , Cyril , Apartheid , Foreigners

I am 35 and I admit I wasted my 20s ...

I wasted my 20s because I didn't listen to the right people. No one is saying you should be a CEO at 30.

I had an engineering degree by 23. I thought that I was entitled to a job by virtue of being a young SAn with a B.Eng degree. I didn't apply enough or hustle enough.
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I got a job 2 years years later after getting some internships through a family friend.

It felt like all the doors had opened up. The doors to a world of monate.

25, single, VW Polo, expensive clothes, women...

I spent more money on strange girls than I did on my own mother. I thought I was still young and would be able to make up for it later.

I accumulated more debt than wisdom. I opened more legs than I opened books. I visited more clubs than networking sessions. Life seemed good.

When I was 28 one of my former varsity friends wanted me join him in starting a company. I turned him down and watched him grow into a successful businessman. Mansion and everything.

My mother passed away and I drowned my sorrows in girls, alcohol and clubbing.

At 30 I lost my job because the company was downsizing. I had a terrible relationship with my managers so no good references. So basically, now sn "unemployed youth".

I had a mountain of debt, a thousand regrets, scars from an avoidable car accident and of coz.... 2 baby mamas.

Car was repossessed by the bank. My "friends" became distant. The girls dried up.

I moved back into my late mother's RDP house in the township.

Honestly looking back at your life and looking deeply into your mistakes will humble you.

After a few months of self pity, I swallowed my pride and started going up and down looking for any job I could find. I had 2 kids I needed to support and 3 younger siblings that looked up to me.

So I chose to reboot and grind.

I started working in a restaurant. Yep, an engineer with 5 years experience working as a waiter. I learnt a lot about work ethic from the Zim guys I worked with. Some of them.

I was earning 4k per month (down from 40k). But I was becoming a better man.