I’ve discovered that I turn to Robert Nesta Marley whenever I’m on a philosophical journey.




The compilation album, Legend (1984), released three years after his death, is reggae's best-selling album, being 10 times Platinum (Diamond) in the U.S., and selling 20 million copies worldwide.


The classic collection is a soothing blend of enlightenment, inspiration, entertainment, rhythm and insight wrapped in a euphoric timeless and universal message. For me, the album is thematically relevant because it epitomizes emotional intelligence because each and every track has the essence of the YAMBUKA purpose, OVERCOME.



EI is the ability to perceive emotion, integrate emotion to facilitate thought, understand emotions and to regulate emotions to promote personal growth. This self-perceived ability, to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups is a skill I am still learning to develop, but which Bob Marley was clearly at ease with.


Get Up, Stand Up.

Don't give up the fight! (Don't give it up, don't give it up!)



Exodus

Open your eyes and look within:
Are you satisfied with the life you're living?


No Woman, Nuh Cry

Everything's gonna be all right!




Satisfy My Soul

Every little action (satisfy my soul),
there's a reaction (satisfy my soul).



Redemption Song

We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.




One Love / People Get Ready

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right.



Stir It up

Now you are here (stir it, stir it, stir it together), I said,
it's so clear





Three Little Birds

'Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.



Entrepreneurship requires solid interpersonal relationships; interpersonal relationships are relatively long-term association between two or more people.



Regular business interactions and many other types of social commitment require understanding and the ability to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. Bob Marley's legacy is founded on an emotional, universal and timeless message:

Onwards. Upwards. Always !

Farai