Rasta's business strategy: `Don't wait for no one'

[Xavier]

Rasta's business strategy: `Don't wait for no one'
Source Miami Herald
Writer: JAMES H. BURNETT III

Mazzie, who goes by one name like Cher or Madonna, sports a long, full beard that would make ZZ Top proud. He wears T-shirts bearing quotes by Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley. He bears waist-length dreadlocks, wound into a bunch and kept in place by a stretchy-knit hat. And he readily identifies himself as Rastafarian, a disciple of the monotheistic, religious-tinted philosophy born in Jamaica in the 1930s.

But to some finance experts, Mazzie represents the potential salvation of the U.S. economy.

In Rasta Paradise, the variety shop this Jamaican native has owned and operated for 11 years at 665 NW 62nd St. in Miami, he makes just about everything in the store, with the exception of some music CDs, a few sculptures, and candles.

Read more at the Miami Herald

[Ja. Jewel]

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GREAT article!...thanks xavier! I've always felt the same way!

[Stormmey]

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I like this quote he made in the article....this said it all....wonder if I can use it in my profile


<span style="font-weight: bold">``But you want my strategy, man? It's this: Don't wait for no one, not the government, not anyone. Don't become dependent or a dependent. Make your own opportunity, and even in tough times you will survive.

``You may not always do great, but you will survive.'' </span>

[jah_yout]

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&quot;Marcus Garvey words come to pass&quot;

[Wahalla]

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personal initiative.... not state control generates wealth.... Garvey wanted to limit the wealth of buinesses to 5 million us dollars... that I beleive is about £ 300 million at todays value... based on gold comparision... This guy is works hard runs his buiness smart..exactly what Garvey mandated as a primary driver for development....Padmore the other great leader out the carribean advocated the state should be the saviour...Padmore in the end came to see the Garveyite principal of the ineffectiveness of the state... Still who remembers Padmore?

Good for him..

[johnnycakes]

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And capitalism creates world poverty ranging from 25% to 80% in poorer countries.

What good is it if there are 1,000,000 millionaires and 4 billion people living in dire poverty.

Capitalism forces into pure selfishness and the ignoring of the poor.
It is not what Jesus preached. It was what he preached against.

We have to relearn to share the riches of the world in a christian way and that obviously cannot be done under what Wahalla espouses.

[Wendy]

Re: Rasta's business strategy: `Don't wait for no one'

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">And capitalism creates world poverty ranging from 25% to 80% in poorer countries.

What good is it if there are 1,000,000 millionaires and 4 billion people living in dire poverty.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Capitalism forces into pure selfishness and the ignoring of the poor.
It is not what Jesus preached. It was what he preached against.</span>

We have to relearn to share the riches of the world in a christian way and that obviously cannot be done under what Wahalla espouses. </div></div>

This is more evident in today's society more than ever.

Very good article Xavier. I too had to face this reality just this year alone. Good stuff

[evanovitch]

Hype-ocrisy pon Jams.com...yes i type it

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``In spite of what I will tell you, I refuse to be branded as being on this side or that,'' he says. ``Branding is for politicians and cattle . . . and once upon a time, slaves. Today, people enslave themselves mentally and emotionally by always waiting to be helped out of their struggles, by thinking that they can't have a job unless someone else hires them. It is the society we live in. Some people will always need help.

``But you want my strategy, man? It's this: Don't wait for no one, not the government, not anyone. Don't become dependent or a dependent. Make your own opportunity, and even in tough times you will survive.

``You may not always do great, but you will survive.''
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dis point is made daily by the few who type pon yah...it is being said by quite a few in the thread bout prisoners in England...

but the owner post dis article an all of a sudden my man saying wat being said rung yah is gospel

no disrespect Xman but mi a cawl out some a dem posters fi real

[Wahalla]

Re: Hype-ocrisy pon Jams.com...yes i type it

When there was no one
to give me a hand
I tried and I tried like an upful man...

Words of a farmer.... Gregory Issaiacs

that man echos the words of the song.. And I like how he refuses to be branded.... tun im hand...from 1834 till the 1960's the fact that our ancestor had this attitude because to quote the internationale &quot; no king, no poltician coueld win for us a better day....&quot; Goverments came and goverments went... and when we asked goverments we were shot........

The confidence in his own ablilities and the humanty to share and help his neighbours is a characteristic that is Jamaican rural folk I know and grew up with..... Not to see ourselves as victims....

~As the radio advert from the 70's went

&quot;We should rely on self to provide&quot;

Yhat came out of the ministry of mobilisation....DK Duncan!

[f0rTyLeGz]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">personal initiative.... not state control generates wealth.... Garvey wanted to limit the wealth of buinesses to 5 million us dollars... that I beleive is about £ 300 million at todays value... based on gold comparision... This guy is works hard runs his buiness smart..exactly what Garvey mandated as a primary driver for development....Padmore the other great leader out the carribean advocated the state should be the saviour...Padmore in the end came to see the Garveyite principal of the ineffectiveness of the state... Still who remembers Padmore?

Good for him.. </div></div>
My 2¢s

Two new businesses opened up this summer in my intercity neighborhood. Both are Latino run vegetable stores selling local produce. One of them is in an old gas station. There are three little market grocery stores in the neighborhood. Two Asian run, and one is owned by a Latino woman. At the Asian markets the owners are at the register 14 hours a day, seven days a week. There is an Asian owned nail salon close too... that is my neighborhood.

Small businesses are the way out of this down economy. The key to success in small business is to keep your agreements. You do that by simply not ever making an agreement that you can not keep. This requires honesty with yourself, and with your customers. If you fail to keep your agreements... you are late, or late paying, or your product not always what was agreed on, you may survive for a few seasons... but you will fail. If you keep your agreements <span style="text-decoration: underline">always</span>, your business will quickly become trusted.

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">personal initiative.... not state control generates wealth.... Garvey wanted to limit the wealth of buinesses to 5 million us dollars... that I beleive is about £ 300 million at todays value... based on gold comparision... This guy is works hard runs his buiness smart..exactly what Garvey mandated as a primary driver for development....Padmore the other great leader out the carribean advocated the state should be the saviour...Padmore in the end came to see the Garveyite principal of the ineffectiveness of the state... Still who remembers Padmore?

Good for him.. </div></div>

garvey was great due to his vision;

but this article can cut both ways..

self-reliance is the ultimate but the state plays a great role in the lifestyles of the population &amp; can not be downplayed...
i can imagine laissez-fare republicans snatching this up &amp; saying--- let them find something to do....unemployment near 20%? no problem, mon!

blacks must take heed to garvey since our unemployment rate is usually higher than the 'majority' population &amp; we lag in just about every other area of any good statistics;

issues like pension, social security &amp; health care..taxes..etc.
are mainly issues in the hands of the state

garvey's vision of self-reliance can not be achieved by everyone completely independent of the state...some still will need the state to work for them in a just way as it works for others...a la wall street bankers getting gov't a.ka. taxpayer cash...

welfare from the bottom up

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.. </div></div>

garvey was great due to his vision;

but this article can cut both ways..

self-reliance is the ultimate but the state plays a great role in the lifestyles of the population &amp; can not be downplayed...
i can imagine laissez-fare republicans snatching this up &amp; saying--- let them find something to do....unemployment near 20%? no problem, mon!

blacks must take heed to garvey since our unemployment rate is usually higher than the 'majority' population &amp; we lag in just about every other area of any good statistics;

issues like pension, social security &amp; health care..taxes..etc.
are mainly issues in the hands of the state

garvey's vision of self-reliance can not be achieved by everyone completely independent of the state...some still will need the state to work for them in a just way as it works for others...a la wall street bankers getting gov't a.ka. taxpayer cash...

welfare from the bottom up </div></div>

Garvey was broadsided and undermined from within as much as from without the black race

blk people ha two enemies...demselves an di supposed man....until we acknowldege dat an correk wi self u still naw go no whe as a collective group

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.. </div></div>

garvey was great due to his vision;

but this article can cut both ways..

self-reliance is the ultimate but the state plays a great role in the lifestyles of the population &amp; can not be downplayed...
i can imagine laissez-fare republicans snatching this up &amp; saying--- let them find something to do....unemployment near 20%? no problem, mon!

blacks must take heed to garvey since our unemployment rate is usually higher than the 'majority' population &amp; we lag in just about every other area of any good statistics;

issues like pension, social security &amp; health care..taxes..etc.
are mainly issues in the hands of the state

garvey's vision of self-reliance can not be achieved by everyone completely independent of the state...some still will need the state to work for them in a just way as it works for others...a la wall street bankers getting gov't a.ka. taxpayer cash...

welfare from the bottom up </div></div>

Garvey was broadsided and undermined from within as much as from without the black race

blk people ha two enemies...demselves an di supposed man....until we acknowldege dat an correk wi self u still naw go no whe as a collective group

</div></div>

even jesus was also undermined by one of his own;

that does not mean they threw up their hands &amp; said we can't go anywhere as a collective group...
that is no excuse for shooting ourselves in the foot...as long as we keep our eyes on the prize...for every one that tried to undermine garvey a million took heed to the message;
garvey died before the wave of african independent states but his work helped to bring this about;
this defeatist attitude about leave afrika alone is straight defeatism;

america &amp; england went to war yet they realize they are brothers &amp; remain so;

i wonder why so many so-called black people are so adamant that africa should be kept at ams length

[Wahalla]

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<span style="color: #FF0000">
issues like pension, social security &amp; health care..taxes..etc.
are mainly issues in the hands of the state</span>

only in the united states are there those who``dont see it this way...Garvey was clear un equivocally so...that all these should be part of or partial supplied by the state.Full universal heath care..I agree with him.. It is not private inaitive = private health care....taxes go to provide infrastructure...those things are part of the social infrastructure as importants as roads and schools!

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #FF0000">
issues like pension, social security &amp; health care..taxes..etc.
are mainly issues in the hands of the state</span>

only in the united states are there those who``dont see it this way...Garvey was clear un equivocally so...that all these should be part of or partial supplied by the state.Full universal heath care..I agree with him.. It is not private inaitive = private health care....<span style="font-weight: bold">Our taxes go to provide infrastructure...those things are part of the social infrastructure as importants as roads and schools! </span> </div></div>

bravo...wich is y if u dont have production of money fi tax u no ha wat u need n wen u misuse di tax dat u ha, ur people go widdout dem need


yaad personifies dis wid its inadequate tax roll an misuse of di likkle dem do get