2019 Manifesto

January 2^nd of 2019

Hey, you, hope 2019 has been treating you well!

Today I would like to talk about this year’s manifesto, which is sort of my intentions, opinions, and dreams for this year.

So first, for the ones that know me well, this won’t be new, but it will be for the new people watching this. Basically, I can simplify my present life as having 3 roles or wearing 3 different hats, so to speak. These 3 hats are the following: I am a philosopher, I am a teacher and I am an entrepreneur.

Firstly, I am a philosopher because it is my passion and that without philosophy, there would be no education and I would not be as committed to building businesses that offer value to the world, give me and my family a living, which I can then use my free time to continue writing works of philosophy. You see I love asking fundamental questions, such as what is good and evil, what is beauty and what is ugliness, how do I know the things that I know and my all-time favorite what is being and time?

Next, I am a teacher. I believe this is my purpose since I self-actualize through educating. One of the few things that bring an unbelievable amount of joy and presence in my life is seeing someone learn something faster and more efficiently than It took me to learn. The same goes for seeing a student go from struggling with a concept to not only understanding it but seeing the utility of this concept in life in general. As being both a teacher and philosopher, I am also dedicated to being an eternal student, always trying to find different ways to help my students achieve their full potential.

Finally, I am an entrepreneur because I love the process of creating something (such as a product or service that offers massive value to others) out of nothing. This may be linked to my roots in the hip-hop culture which revolves around his ideas of creating something out of nothing. At first, I only started side hustles so that I could fund my dream of writing philosophy books and because I knew that during my 2 year formation as a teacher, it would be logistically impossible to work a regular job, yet if I cannot pay for food and drink, I would not be the best educator that I could be.

In conclusion, for 2019 onward, I hold 3 roles: philosopher, teacher, and entrepreneur. And my manifesto can be simplified as the following: I love philosophy, pedagogy (the art and science of education) and entrepreneurialism. I believe that by asking the big questions, by building a healthy relationship with students so that they learn how to learn and by creating businesses that offer massive value to the world, I am committing myself towards a path of self-actualization and service to the world that I have been thrown into.

Hope you have a great day!

-PJH

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