THE GRIT AND DETERMINATION IT TAKES TO BE A BREAKER, BBOY OR BGIRL written by Emmanuel Adelekun
We talk about breaking being about style, self-expression, personality, dancing and character but we rarely talk about the grit you need
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- May 18, 2023
- 5 min
Dear Olympic Breakers Well Done For The Journey So Far
Dear Olympic Breakers F’ing well done for making it halfway through this cycle of qualification events! You are the first to go through...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jun 4, 2020
- 4 min
WHY WE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM
They told us America was the Land of the Brave and Free. What they didn't tell us is that it was only really true in stories made up for...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Mar 3, 2017
- 9 min
How Following Your Vibe Changes You
No one starts in the same place, or is triggered by the same reasons. For some people it's something traumatic, or dramatic, that opens
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jan 21, 2017
- 2 min
The Tribe Following a Vibe
There's a Tribe of people out there, my tribe! It's made up of Dreamers, Chasers, Artists and Adventurers. Those truly pursuing a...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 5 min
YOUR TWO WOLVES
There's a short story that is one of my favourites, it goes: An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. He tells him that,...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 5 min
THE JOY OF BEING AN OUTCAST
Have you ever felt like you don't fit in, like an Outsider- Loner- Hermit, a self imposed Outcast in the wilderness, where you live in a...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
WHAT IF BABIES WERE THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD?
I was sitting on the train last week and out of the corner of my eye I saw a grown man making funny faces at his little baby while the...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 5 min
A LETTER FROM THE CREATOR
If I were the creator of life and all things, the being to which everyone always asks a million questions about the purpose of life, our...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
LEARN TO DANCE IN THE RAIN
There's music in the Storm, a rhythm and flow to the way it rages; the crashing of the waves the strumming of nature's guitar, the fall...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 3 min
BORN BULLET PROOF
I'm here to tell you that it's OK, you don't need to worry, be sorry, or expect unrealistic things of yourself. I want to let you know...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
THE MYTH OF REALITY
Reality is a myth. We may all inhabit the same world, filled with the same trees, oceans, mountains and sky, but we all have difference...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
WHAT IF TIME WAS SOMETHING WE ABSORBED?
We always see Time as this passing thing, the clock ticking, the days going by, never having enough of it, wanting to go back and change...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 2 min
THE WAR BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY
Should I Dream or Accept Reality? A question we all have faced. An unavoidable moment that defines all our lives at some point. Dreaming...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
FORGET A NEW YOU, LEARN TO REPAIR THE OLD YOU
The clock strikes midnight on the 31st of December every year and suddenly promises fly from our lips, in the form of resolutions, about...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE PATH THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW
People talk about following your path, and for those that truly do they understand how important and freeing it is. But what they also...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 6 min
GREAT EXPECTATIONS PT.2 - HOW TO LET GO OF OUR EXPECTATIONS
Expectations! The name of the dramatic, action, romance story we’ve written in our heads, and live everyday unconsciously trying to make...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 3 min
GREAT EXPECTATIONS PT.1- THE DANGER OF OUR EXPECTATIONS
Let’s talk about that thing that drives and controls us all, called ‘Expectations.’ The name of the dramatic, action, romance story...
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Emmanuel Adelekun
- Jul 3, 2016
- 4 min
THE ILLUSION OF MONEY
Imagine if Money didn’t exist. Imagine if those notes in your pocket were just a bunch of broken promises, unfulfilled ‘I owe you’s’ that...
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