WHO IS MANTIST ORYEM?
Mantist Life Journey To FREEDOM:
To be honest with you, when I think about my life…where I’m in life right now compared to where I’ve been, it’s by pure God grace that I’m here as a testimony that anything is possible if you want it bad enough.
To give you some context, let me rewind back and share with you where I came from:
I was born in a war torn country of South Sudan.
My father was a soldier. He died in action fighting for what I’ve been fighting for most of my life…FREEDOM.
He died when I was only 2 year old. So, I’ve grown up without father power.
I was raise by a single mum.
93, that was the beginning of the story.
We fled from my war torn country of birth walking 2 weeks bare feet in a hot blistering sun from South Sudan to Uganda.
I was barely 6 or 7. And that was the beginning of a painful journey in search of FREEDOM for me
I can sum up my 1st three decades of my life journey to personal freedom in 3 phases:
Every waking day, I was in a survival state of mind. Would I eat today? Would I be safe today? Nothing else matter but to survive another day or die trying. I remember, my entire grade 1 to 3 classroom was under a tree. Not because we were some kinder Buddha who love nature. Hell No! There was simply not enough classroom to accomodate everyone. I can describe that experience in 5 words — “A Daily Fight To Survive.” And the damage that experience caused to my self-esteem, self-confident, self-belief, self-worth and trust was severe. For years, I was running on empty.
— VICTIMHOOD. —
Reliving my past, complaining about the present and worrying about the future. I was constantly creating my secret museum of mental horror. “LIFE SUCK” was my favourite line. I was blaming everyone and everything. Rich people this, rich people that. The government this, the government that…you name it, I complain about it. I gave up all my personal power and basically felt like I was living in a free country but not really free. A terrible feeling.
— PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. —
That was my awakening moment. I’ve sat in the pain of failure, mediocracy and survival so long that I hit my maximum threshold and couldn’t take it another more day.
It became whatever it takes scenario. There was no more exit door left. I had to become successful. I set out to break the circle of poverty for me and my family forever. And I made a concrete decision that, There was no price that was too BIG that I wasn’t willing to pay to become a success.
Straight up, I started working toward liberating myself from past, present and future excuse making, victimhood and entitlement…And I felt like I hit a JackPot 🙂 That’s when for the first time ever, personal development became a very intentional daily and lifelong pursuit for me. I started reading books for the first time. I started listening to podcast for the first time. I started seeking out mentors for the first time. I started searching for success principles for the first time. And I started feeling good about myself and believing in myself for the first time. 5 years later, I left the security of my corporate job and venture into full-time entrepreneurship…I was 29 year young. I gotta admit, it was very scary at first not to have that security of a paycheque but it got easy over time.
Here are list of some of my accomplishment over the last few years
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- Founder of Mantistic Productions
- Founder of Get Paid Living Your Passion
- Music Producer and spoken word poet – Mantistmusic.com
- Performed in many Brisbane festivals such as the Brisbane Festival and the Zillmere Multicultural Festival
- Headlined for World Refugee Community Day Festival with a turnout of 13,000 plus people
- Performed in many small festivals such as Youth Day Festival and World Aids Day Festival, and many clubs, pubs, birthday parties, schools, and more
- Been featured in many magazines and newspaper articles: such as The Courier Mail, MX, City News, Scene Magazine, The Chronicle, and more
- Appeared on many radio stations (where my music was played or I was interviewed) such as ABC Coast FM, ABC Radio, SBS Radio radio, 4ZZZ and more
- Released 3 original music albums and 1 spoken word album
- Sold 25,000 hard and digital copies of his albums
- Facilitated dozen of music and spoken words workshops
- Finalist in Australian Poetry Slam 2011
- Winner of Griffith University short film most outstanding male performance
- Qmusic song Award finalist 2008 and 2009
- Major in Audio and Film productions with SAE qantm
- Diploma in Community Development
- Early careers in sales and IT Engineering
- Over 150,000 plus followers on his online platforms
Hey Mantist Oryem,
I am impressed with your life story and your determination to be a success in life ..
You have had your share of dangers pain and suffering and without doubt you have suffered your share of abuse and abusive people.
I’m impressed with your determination as I believe only people who have had serious challenges from early life and reasons why they could be a no hoper – that have the necessary spirit and courage to act out in life as a businessman.
Hi Mantist,
Thank you for sharing your life journey. Amazing how you pull thru, your life is a testimony that no matter how hard life can be, we can always pull thru by making our minds being positive of what can happen if we choose wisely and stay away from bad stuff. Your journey is inspiring and let it shine upon those who come in contact with you.
You have a pretty wild story, very inspirational
Awesome story, as said behind every mountain there’s a resting place of blessings. I am interested to join your group.
Mantist, your story was incredible and powerful to anyone who reads it….i was so inspired as well as incredibly impressed on your strength, courage and your determination to succeed. I also love and admire the love and strength of your beautiful mother. You are the perfect example of circumstances do not dictate your outcome.
Congratulations on your success Mantist,you desrve it…hard work does pay off in the end.
God bless my friend.
You made me laugh. I like the way you write. Life is a struggle but I like the fact that you have worked hard to get where you are. Proud of you bro!!
thanks for making a positive impact on society with your music and business ventures. I am impressed by your drive and dedication to succeed in life with what you have had to deal with. keep winning in life and I wish you all the best.
Mantist,
Your quotes inspire, educate and replenish my senses.
I love how four short lines of wise words can educate and communicate so much meanings in a way that some books as a whole can’t.
I am forever grateful to your effort to enrich lives and cause the masses to awaken from poverty.
Keep doing what you’re doing, we are here with you!!
Your story touches me deeply. It’s amazing how you overcome such adversity and still focus on empowering and changing people lives. You are a special human being. I feel bless and inspired to coming across your story
Hey Mantist,
I sincerely hope the new year is treating you well and optimistically. I enjoyed working with you on our rendition of “Somethings Going On” throughout the Access Arts 30th Anniversary and on our collaboration at the “Rising Star Master Class”. I like your words and music very much. I also find you very creative and would like to see you progress.
Good Morning Mantist
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story. What an extraordinary life you have lived and you still have so much more ahead of you!
Very authentic and raw…I got inspired and emotional. Thanks for sharing