How You start your life is not the defining moment for You
- Mpho Mogotsi
- Oct 15, 2022
- 4 min read
By Mpho Mogotsi

I’m a Wife, Mom, Life Coach, Energy Healer, Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and GBV Activist. I am also Mrs. Universe Africa 2022. Like many children in South Africa, I was born in an underprivileged community – to be precise, I was born in a cramped one room house in a small town and spent some years living in a two room shack with my parents and sibling. At first glance it seemed as though my life was doomed from the very beginning. Hardship was my reality for many years and there were days when I thought I could never escape it…ever…But throughout the hardships, I kept believing that “There’s more to life than this.” I would use my imagination to escape the unpleasant reality that I was living and create what was ideal for me. Today, I am Living My Best Life having broken away from the poverty-stricken mould that I came from…
Often times when we are confronted by these tough realities, we don’t realise that we are equipped with GREATNESS and when we tap into the POWER that is WITHIN, we can indeed change the narrative and change the course of our lives. Unfortunately, this is not something that society teaches, in fact we are told that we can’t escape reality…that “it is what it is” and if we are born into squatter camps, we are likely to live the same life that our parents lived. It is easier to “give into these beliefs” especially when you consider the fact that your parents have not necessarily lived a far better life than their parents. But here’s the thing, there in lies the “Power to Change”.
It starts with CHOICE; you have to choose to be DIFFERENT in order to be different… You need to want MORE for YOURSELF before More is Given to You! The choice to be different MUST be done on a daily basis because that is how you change the course of your life…daily choices that move you in the direction of where you want to be. You need to shut out the “outside noise”, cut out the “nay-sayers” and anything that is taking the focus away from where you want to go. This will assist you to create good habits and good habits lead to good beliefs system that enables you to create and manifest the life that you want to live.
We have a crisis that is high youth unemployment rate in our country hence the narrative of “Go to school, get an education and find a job” does not hold anymore. We have to change this narrative to “Find Your Purpose in Life and Make a Difference in the

Mpho Mogotsi (in the middle) together with her Princesses, after being crowned Mrs Universe Africa 2022, at Gold Reef City, in August this year. Mogotsi will represent Africa at the Mrs Universe Global in South Korea, in December.
World” that way we will get to know what our God given Gifts are and how to use them effectively to create a source of INCOME while Serving Humanity!
Every single Human Being on this planet is gifted, and our gifts are unique. When you tap into your uniqueness, you tap into your true currency which lies within you. And to find that uniqueness, you have got to stop following what the masses are doing. Albert Einstein said: “The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.” Walking alone in this case means carve your own path…While others are looking for jobs, be different; ask yourself what gifts/talents have I got that will help me to earn an income and help me to be an entrepreneur. Look at unique goods/services that are needed but not currently being offered in your community and provide these to your community; the more people you get to serve the more you increase your earning potential.
It is possible to break away from the poverty stricken mould that you were born into; I am a living proof of that. If I can do it, so can you…Trust in the process of life, believe in yourself because Abundance is Your Birth Right! Know that you are equipped to handle any obstacle that is before you!
You are who you have been waiting for!!!
The answers are within…
My book, Awakening To Truth talks about the challenges that I faced in life and what I have done to overcome the domestic violence, sexual harassment in the work place as well as body shaming that I experienced when I was young. I teach you how to Turn Your Pain into Power!
Get a copy of Awakening to Truth - Award Nominee memoir today https://www.mphomogotsi.com/awakening-to-truth/
To book me as a Speaker, Training Facilitator or Life Coaching please contact me on below number.
Mpho Mogotsi
Founder & CEO: Heal The World Foundation & Heal Vibration (PTY) LTD
Email: Info@mphomogotsi.com
Cellphone: +27 83 579 3411
Website: www.mphomogotsi.com

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