Shawn Fredericks

Husband | Father | Likes and Retweets do not necessarily imply endorsement | Politely frank | Proudly 🇳🇦| Cogito, ergo sum |

[Ndilula @MwahafarN]

Today marks 9 years since the passing of Namibian freedom fighter & former Robben Island prisoner, Comrade Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo. May his revolutionary soul continue to rest in eternal peace 🕊 🕯

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@Am_Blujay Powerful message against GBV for those trained to unleash violence on others to keep an entire nation safe. He is advising soldiers to let their training be a guardrail, even a safety net but not a weapon against the defenseless woman and children they are supposed to protect 🙏🏻

[The Instigator @Am_Blujay]

President of Botswana 🇧🇼 Duma Boko stunned the audience after stopping midway through his speech to deliver a brutal but powerful lecture on relationships, loyalty, and trust.

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@lumumba_boy @MekondjoKondja Yeah, no surprises there. Issa et al. (2007) Top guys! 👌

[sahil bhadviya @sahilbhadviya]

My son is 5 yrs old. I'll make sure that he listen to his podcast before he turns 10. No amount of schooling can teach what this guy has taught in 21 minutes.

[Engineer Matšhela Koko, MBL @koko_matshela]

This is going to upset a lot of people

[The Instigator @Am_Blujay]

This young boy has been missing for 5 years now 💔

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Roger Federer broke the internet with one statistic that will change how you see every setback in your life.
1,526 singles matches.
Won almost 80% of them.
20 Grand Slams. 103 titles.

Now answer honestly:
What percentage of total points do you think he won across his entire career?
70%? 65%? 60%?

Try … 54%.
He lost literally almost EVERY SECOND POINT he ever played for 24 years.

And still became one of the greatest of all time.

Watch him explain it himself (2:07 of pure life-changing wisdom):
“In tennis, perfection is impossible… When you lose every second point on average, you teach yourself to say:
‘Okay, I double-faulted — it’s only one point.’
‘Okay I got passed at the net — it’s only one point.’
Even a screaming overhead smash that ends up on SportsCenter Top 10… still just one point.

So when you’re playing your point, it has to be the most important thing in the world.
The moment it’s over — it’s behind you.

That mindset frees you to attack the next point, and the next, and the next with absolute intensity and clarity.”

Then he looked at the crowd and said the line that hit a billion people in the soul:
“The real sign of a champion is not that they win every point.
It’s that they lose again and again and again… and have learned how to deal with it.
Negative energy is wasted energy.
Cry it out if you have to. Then force a smile.
Move on. Be relentless. Adapt. Grow.
Work harder — and work smarter.”

Save this post.

The next time you lose a deal, bomb a presentation, get ghosted, miss a deadline, or just have “one of those days” — come back here and read it again.

You’re not falling behind.
You’re just in the 46%.
And the 46% is exactly where every single legend has spent most of their career.

Keep playing the next point.
(full 2:07 clip — sound on)

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@ObserverNamibia 🤦🏽‍♂️

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@Naam_kafi_hai Jade-Lincoln

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@Zwelinzima1 Ronaldinho? No, reminds me of Rivaldo though…

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@nambizreview Maybe the guards should organize themselves, create a company and apply for the NYDF program next year…? Surely the CoW will partner with them…

[Àgbà John Doe @jon_d_doe]

One of the times you'll see a grown man show this much vulnerability in the public, is when he speaks about his loving father.

Especially when he's no more.

I am not referring to those fathers who support their sons to become thieves or criminals.

End.

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@MekondjoKondja Absolute madness!

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@lowercaselucas @FNBNamibia 1. Set a budget
2. Don't spend more than you have
3. Pay with FNB your card and earn rewards

[Brian M. @MKHBrian]

Kindness goes a long way, it’s the little things that matters. This is beautiful

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@Aupa_shikongo @ngurare You made a valid point but evicerated it with that last sentence…

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@Kasikili_ I have to pay €80 every time for a Schengen visa to visit Germany so if anything, tell them welcome to our world… happy travels!

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@OlaviTauya 😂😂😂

[Shawn Fredericks @FredericksShawn]

@namibiansun So, to understand this: Sophia came for a meeting of political parties with the ECN. The parties convene and she does not form part of this meeting for obvious reasons. She waits in the lobby. And then this happened? 🤷🏼‍♂️