Infinite Teen

By Muhluri Sambo

The teenage years are a difficult and tender age. These years are full of critical decisions and learning experiences. However, teenagers – like you! – are full of potential. Teens like the famous Malala Yousafzai are changing the world, but it begins with changing yourself. Infinite Teen will help you realize your full potential and help you rise to incredible heights. In this guide, you will learn:

 

• How to achieve wholeness in a healthy way
• How to change your thought habits positively
• How to take care of many different kinds of health
• What a spiritual breakfast is and the four steps it holds
• How to become the CEO of your own life

 

In addition to seeing examples of influential teens – both modern and biblical – this book encourages you to be your best self. Unlike other books for teens, however, this book is unique in that author Muhluri Sambo is also a teen! He has used personal experience and his dedication to studying the sociology of teens to inspire others by writing this motivational and spiritual guide. This book is wholly written by a teen, for teens, about teens.

 

Dream big and discover just how amazing you can be by becoming an Infinite Teen!

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Classic age Publishing
• Release date: May 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393689928

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Dedication

To all the teenagers who are ridiculed for dreaming too BIG!

—DREAM BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES

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To all the parents who are tirelessly sowing seeds of growth to their teenage children, hoping that someday they’ll honour their investments by changing their ways;

take it from me, don’t give up on them! I’m living proof that people change.

—GOD WILL MAKE A WAY

M u h l u r i   S a m b o

Acknowledgements

A success story is narrated by an individual but written by many, and I would like to thank God and all the people who contributed to my journey in life and writing. It is through your investment that I’ve become a success story today.

I’d also like to thank my parents; My father, Mkhacani Sambo and my mother, Hlamarisa Sambo for moulding me to be the person I’ve become. Thank you for being there for me through the thick and thin times.

To my sister, Rose Sambo, it was through your limitless dreams and ambitions that I kept believing and persevering. There are no words that I can use to demonstrate my appreciation for your contribution to my work.

And lastly, I’d like to thank all my friends, family and teachers: from home, school, church and community. Enjoy the fruits of your plantations.

Introduction

If they can do it, so can you

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Ntiyiso Amukelani (14 years)—Author of: "Life’s Journey" from Tzaneen in Limpopo. She is one of the youngest author in South Africa, and her book is about the abuse of young women.

Botlhale Boikanyo (18 years)—Poet and Actress. She is one of the youngest winners of South Africa’s Got Talent at the age of 11. At the age of 13 she performed her poems at the Legacy of Hope Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital campaign inauguration in New York.

Malala Yousafzai (22 years)—Author of: I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is an Education advocate who fought for the right to an education for all women. She is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner at the age of 17.

Marley Dias (13 years)—Began a donation movement called "#1000BlackGirlBooks" which has distributed 11,000 books to libraries, schools and community organisations. She is also an author of Marley Dias Gets It done: And So Can You.

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Kylian Mbappe (19 years)—First teenager since Pele, 60 years ago to score a goal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. One of 3 teenagers to have ever played and won the FIFA World Cup.

Lyle Foster (19 years)—One of the youngest successful teenage soccer player in South Africa. At the age of 17 he was signed by the Orlando Pirates’ first team and when he turned 18 he was signed by AS Monaco (French football club) for a 5 year deal.

1 Timothy 4:12 You are young, but don’t let anyone treat you as if you are not important. Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them by what you say, by the way, you live by your love, by your faith, and by your pure life.

The above is a list of some of the most influential teenagers who have risen to great heights at a very tender age. They’re known for their contribution towards the world’s change and growth. I believe that these teenagers are the perfect role-models, for a youth that lives in a boundless age where impossibilities have become obsolete. This book is a tool that I have designed for teenagers to use as a guide towards unlocking their door to success. It incorporates factors that affect both external and internal success, and also focuses on challenging the maturity of its readers. As a teenager, you should know that you are powerful and unlimited, and as Chris Gardner says, The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.

Why you should read this book?

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he main questions that I asked myself before writing this book were: "What made these teenagers such powerful forces? What helped them achieve so much within their

limited teenage years? How did they become the influential leaders that they are today? Why are they so different from ordinary teenagers?" And the only answer I could find aMer thorough research was that they chose a life that’s beyond the ordinary, a life without boundaries or limitations, they chose to be authentic by becoming INFINITE TEENS. An infinite teen is a teenager who defies the boundaries that are imposed  by  their societal norms. These norms conform to the lives of many people into living an average life. Defying her societal norms is by far the best decision that Malala made during her teenage years.

Although, some of these norms may be positive, many others are only there to standardise you and chain you to a life of mediocrity. They limit you by measuring your potential based on where you are, but never on who you are. Many teenagers have conformed to who they’re defined as by their residential area, background, financial class, nationality, culture and even their intelligence quotient (IQ). Many teenagers are like unexplored islands; they contain mass amounts of treasure. The only difference between ordinary teenagers and the above phenomenal teenagers is not mainly their achievements, but the barrier that they decided to surpass. This barrier of societal conformity confines many teenagers into living an average

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life—a life accepted by everyone. Therefore, in order for you to become an infinite teen, you will have to make great sacrifices. Sacrifices of self-denial towards your desires, delayed gratification and living a purposeful life. These sacrifices won’t necessarily satisfy everyone, but you need to understand that everyone is responsible for their own lives, including you, therefore, I urge you to follow Ralph Waldo Emerson’s advice when he says Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 "...enjoy every day of your short life.

God has given you this short life on earth—and it is all you have."

So don’t waste it by living another person’s life.

Part 1: INFINITE HEALTH

CHAPTER1

Your soul seeks freedom

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Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

reedom is not something freely given, there’s a huge price that you have to pay for it. Many people even died without ever tasting it and that’s because it is just too expensive

to afford. Even during this millennial age, it is disheartening to know that many teenagers only have liberty, but not freedom. Liberty and freedom are not the same things, and they will never be the same. Liberty can be defined as political independence; however, freedom is personal independence. Many people are politically free but are spiritually oppressed. They’re under the devil’s mental, emotional, social and physical oppression. They enjoy the government’s protective laws but suffer from the lack of serenity. And, that’s because no governmental policy can ever grant them internal freedom. To validate the point above; South Africa is a politically and economically free country, however,