MALES: From Destructive to Productive. Change is Possible Dr. Leahcim Semaj www.AboveorBeyondJM.com

1. The Next Step
to
the Rest
of
Our Lives
September 21, 2017

2. Dr. Leahcim Semaj
Intl. Keynote & Motivational Speaker
Above or Beyond
TheTransformation Specialist
Give us a call at: 876-948-5726
Visit our website: www.ltsemaj.com
Send us an email: info@ltsemaj.com
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3. Noted among the leading Motivational Speakers, CreativeThinkers
and Problem Solvers in the Caribbean.
This Psychologist combines ancient wisdom with contemporary
‘livity’ to bring fresh insight to old human problems.
 Worked in North America, South America, Europe and across the Caribbean.
 The Jamaica Employers’ Federation has recognized Dr. Semaj for “Leadership in Innovative
Workplace Practices”.
 He is included in Peter Ferguson’s publication CHANGE MAKERS as one of the 101 men who
have helped to define modern day Jamaica.
 Chairman of the Passport, Immigration & CitizenshipAgency (PICA) Advisory Board.
 A graduate of KingstonCollege (Jamaica) and has a B.A. cum laude (1974) from City College of
NewYork, M.Sc (1976) & PhD (1978) from Rutgers –The State University of New Jersey and
Pre & Post Doctoral Fellowships from EducationalTesting Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
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Leahcim Semaj, PhD

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Help you do work
with the changes
In your own best
interest

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 Muhammad Ali
 Asked to identify the
greatest lesson he learned
in life
 The Sonny Liston title fight
in January 1964

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 “Every time I hit him, it hurt me
worse than it did him
 When the 6th round ended
 I was completely spent
 I couldn’t even raise my arms”

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 “I’m going home! I told
Angelo Dundee
 I’m not going back in
there!”

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Ali refused
The bell rang
Ali still didn't rise

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“Get in there and
don’t come out
until you are
heavyweight
champion of the
world”

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Liston didn’t
Ali won the title

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 “The greatest lesson I’ve
learned is to have
someone pushing you
and making you do
things you didn’t think
you can do”
The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century

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16.  Fletchers Land/ AllmanTown
 Central Branch Primary
 Kingston College
 City University of NewYork
 Rutgers University
 Trenton State Maximum Security Prison
 Cornel University
 Jamaica
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17. WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
Fads come in like the tide and go out like the
river to the sea; those not rooted and
grounded will be washed away.
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Mother
Father
Teacher
Peers &
Community
Police
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19. There are no victims
Only Volunteers
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20.  Two Basic Needs
1. WORK
2. INTIMACY
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21.  If any refused to work for
their food, they should be
refused support by others
 He who is able to work, and
unwilling,
 should not be fed
▪ 2 Thessalonians 3:10
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22. Operates the
world’s largest
employment
agency
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23.  Stage 1 - Boy/Girl:
At this first stage your quest is to figure out
“how does the world work?”, “Where do I fit”?
We are the product of the socialization process
but not necessarily in a linear model
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24.  Stage 2 - Male/Female:
 This is the adolescence years.
 Now you are largely defined by your external genitalia and
internal hormone secretions.
 The process of finding a partner begins.
 Many don’t get past this stage psychologically - resulting
in a fixation on sex and sexuality,
 at the expense of the rest of their life.
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25. Stage 3 - Man/Woman:
You are now defined by your expression of
independence and interdependence.
You can sustain self and contribute to
collective survival of family, tribe, nation,
world.
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26. CHILD
ADOLESCENT
ADULT
Boys and Girls
Males and Females
Men and Women
WORK
INTIMACY
PARENTING
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27. DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES:
Teenagers have 'girlfriend'.
Contraception failure result in 'babymother'.
Big man make commitment and have 'wife'.
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DENY YOUTH ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE MEANS
USE
REPRODUCTIVE
MEANS
USE
DESTRUCTIVE
MEANS
PREGNANCY
BABY MOTHER
PARASITES
PREDATORS

29. Male
Young
Uneducated
Unmarried
Unemployed
Unemployable
The Economist, Sept 28, 1996
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30.  A Parent
Until you are
able to
Pay Rent
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31.  God made man and placed him in the
garden of Eden
 “to dress it and keep it”
▪ (Gen 2:15)
 Adam given work to name all the
animals (Gen 2:19)
 Then God provided him with a
woman (Gen 2: 21-24)
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33.  That are suspended from school - there are 250 boys
 Who are expelled from school, - there are 335 boys
 In special education, - there are 217 boys
 With a learning disability, - there are 276 boys.
 With an emotional disturbance diagnosed,
 There are 324 boys.
 Diagnosed with ADHD – (attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder.) - There are 400 boys
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34.  This begins when the 1 egg is released for the month
by a woman
 and unites with one of the millions of sperms produced by a
man in the same month.
 Only the fittest of the fittest survives.
 Between conception and birth, reproductive waste is
largely male.
 This struggle continues until death.
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35.  With one exception (death at childbirth)
 anything that kills people, kills more men than women:
 Men have higher death rates for all 15 leading causes of
death; from accidents to AIDS.
 Men have to be conscious of not aiding this process
and override it.
 Only the fittest of the fittest will survive.
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 Prime candidates for violent or otherwise deviant
behaviour
 A major concern for the Jamaican society
 These males will be
 Unqualified
 Uneducated
 Unskilled
 Unemployable adults

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This will create a heightened level of
stress in the male population
Due to their inability to provide resources
for themselves and dependents (where
applicable)

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To create an effective welfare system
that provides appropriate avenues to
retool/ equip these males will force them
to be drawn to alternatives outside of
the mainstream

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‘Hustling’
Steeling
Gang members
Petty crimes
Ultimately hardened criminals

40. Every Thought Has A Consequence.
If You Don't Have What You Want, EXAMINE YOUR THOUGHTS.
Ask Yourself, "HOW DID I MANIFEST THIS?"
Some Manifest Abundance. Others Manifest Lack.
First You Think It (or feel it). Then You Manifest It.
IF YOU WANT A BETTER HARVEST, YOU MUST
PLANT BETTER THOUGHTS! (Kippax Williams)
Dr. Leahcim Semaj
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42. MURDERS SHOOTING ROBBERY BREAKING RAPE CARNAL
ABUSE
72% 77% 75% 60% 67% 66%
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43. MURDERS SHOOTING ROBBERY BREAKING RAPE
47% 54% 40% 25% 50%
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44. The Best &The
Brightest
• The best way to get a job today
TheTried &The
Proven
• No more retirement
The Fittest &The
Fastest
• Our natural resource
The Dangerous &
Desperate
• Productive or Destructive
Health & Wellness
• Leading force globally
The Resurrection
of Ganganomics
• Our green gold

45. THEY CAN’T EARN IT

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47. Burn Your Boats

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Rifles/submachine guns – $150,000
Semi-automatic pistols – $100,000
Shotguns – $100,000
Revolvers – - $75,000
Explosive – negotiable
Ammunition – negotiable

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50.  More investment
in Education
in OccupationalTraining
In Entrepreneurship
 More investment
in welfare
in police
in prisons
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51.  The total cost of
crime in Jamaica
amounted to
$12.4 billion,
or 3.7% of the
country's GDP.
 The economy could
boost its growth rate
potential
 by 5.4% if the homicide
rates were reduced to the
levels of Costa Rica.
 (8.9 per 100,000)
▪ (EVERTON PRYCE - Sunday, Nov 17, 2013
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52. Fighting Crime In A Breeding
Ground For Criminals
400,000 UnattachedYouth
 Gleaner, Wednesday September 21, 2016
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53.  showed that the number of the 15-29 age group who
are not enrolled in any training institution and are
neither working nor looking for work has expanded
to 388,800.
 In 2014 it was this cohort that bred the criminals who
were, in the main, responsible for
 237 murders, 344 shootings, 898 robberies,
 364 break-ins and 190 cases of aggravated assault.
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56. 10 COMMANDMENTS
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57. Commandment # 1
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The Dog? The Stone?

58. Destiny is not a matter of chance
it is a matter of choice;
It is not a thing to be waited for,
it is a thing to be achieved
▪ William Jennings Bryan
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59. Commandment # 2
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60. Commandment # 3
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61. Commandment # 4
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62. Commandment # 5
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63. Commandment # 6
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64. Commandment # 7
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65. Commandment # 8
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66. Commandment # 9
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67. Commandment # 10
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Rifles/submachine guns – $150,000
Semi-automatic pistols – $100,000
Shotguns – $100,000
Revolvers – - $75,000
Explosive – negotiable
Ammunition – negotiable

70. September 21, 2017

71. The Next Step
to
the Rest
of
Our Lives
September 21, 2017

72. Dr. Leahcim Semaj
Intl. Keynote & Motivational Speaker
Above or Beyond
TheTransformation Specialist
Give us a call at: 876-948-5726
Visit our website: www.ltsemaj.com
Send us an email: info@ltsemaj.com
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