Hello from South Africa! My name is JJ and my blog is Exkwizard! I am super excited to be on Steemit!

Hi Steemians,

My name is JJ Rattey, I am a 28 year old entrepreneur from Cape Town, South Africa (born & raised) & my blog is Exkwizard!

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Super excited to be a part of the community and I look forward to getting to know everyone here and the platform itself.

I won't lie I felt a bit out of my depth here with Steem when I first found it because of the layout , and the 3 currencies, the fact that we can program our own apps, and how most features I took for granted on other social media platforms like Facebook just aren't here...yet.

That's all changed in the week it took to verify my account, I took that time to research, research, and do some more research! Seriously, my square eyes eventually dried out....

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Image Source: http://www.thiscontemplativelife.com/?attachment_id=917

After all that research I feel a bit more confident in my knowledge but nowhere near a master yet. I look forward to doing more research and eventually contributing my own knowledge and applications to the platform.

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My passion is business & entrepreneurship and my interest go further into Science & Technology. Since a child I was always very curious and always asking questions until i found the answer which I believe has given me an open mind with regards to the world and its development, most times optimistic, sometimes pessimistic...Also I have a lot of shit to talk about so plenty of content for Steemit!

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I have always been overly ambitious and probably not cautious enough but I am growing into my own skills.
I currently have one business successful enough for me to be proud of and that business is Eco Preferred Management.
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Our goal at EPM is to supply High quality, Eco friendly products to South Africa to help with a lot of our current issues ( Water saving , Clean & efficient energy, recycling, etc) We are currently very busy with the water issues in the Western Cape selling smart meters and coming up with water saving solutions for our communities.

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I am working to be an accomplished businessman & investor but my ambitions are not only monetary.

20170517_180546.jpgI drive a lot.

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24293969_1410444489053589_2694004530090349724_n.jpgI love my family. I love my girlfriend. I love my friends.

My hobbies are surfing, hiking, and other outdoor activities. I really love being in the thick of nature, always have and always will, it is in my blood. I hike regularly around Cape Town so I will be uploading plenty of pictures of this amazing city (water issues & all) and its natural beauty.

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Constantia Nek Hike.

I started surfing at the age of 6 so the ocean is a major part of my life, I can't remember a day when I wasn't at the beach with my dad growing up, it was fucking awesome. I lost a bit of my passion for a while because of competitive surfing and me not meeting up to my own expectations, so I gave that up. I'm better off competing in the business world and just surfing to get away from all of that.

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My Goals for Steemit are quite simple, I want to become a valuable contributing member of the community in all aspects of the phrase. From Networking and growing, to Learning and mentoring new steemians eventually.

I want to show you all how beautiful South Africa is and how life is in Cape Town.

I hope you liked my introduction, please don't judge the layout too much :/ kidding I am open to constructive criticism and comments so PLEASE let me know what you think and give me a follow I will return the favor :)

Thank you,

JJ Rattey

Personal Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jj_rattey/
Exkwizard Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exkwizard/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KCR4lAX2UiI93jWSp9iZA

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It's so beautiful to have you here on steemit. I took time to come welcome you and I know you will love it here. Welcome to our family. @greatness96

Hi @greatness96 Thank you for the response. Love your profile good to see a strong Nigerian Community on Steemit hopefully SA will catch up!

Welcome JJ! We are looking forward to see more about you from your posts. Have fun and enjoy steeming! @exkwizard

Thank I appreciate the comment @keensleigh Can't wait to post again tomorrow morning! For now its goodnight. I will definitely give you a follow looking forward to hearing more from you 👍🏻

Thanks for your kind words. I follow you back and I'm happy to have known you here. See you around. Steem on!

Welcome to Steemit! Awesome pics and nicely written intro. I hope you enjoy your time here and be sure to check out DTube as well. It's the video platform based on the Steem Blockchain. Kind regards.

Thank you for the response I appreciate it so much, I will be sure to have a look at DTube right away, I do plan on posting a lot of video content so that is awesome! I have given your account a follow :)

Great intro post, great photos, great life. Welcome to Steemit!

Thank you @neilstrauss I really appreciate the feedback! Had a look at your profile and you write some really inspirational stuff. I have follow your account and I will be following your work closely.

My wife is from Cape Town!!! We went to visit SA a couple years ago.....beautiful!!! Cheers.

@ray4u That is awesome! Love this city so much even with the recent water issues. Thank you the the comment will give you a follow 😁

Awesome!

Amazing pictures! and great intro, Welcome to steemit

Appreciate the feedback @manuelmendez I am already so happy to be here! Cant wait to post again.

Welcome to Steemit! I'm also new here and excited about it like you!

I'll definitely give you a follow as I definitely want to learn more about South Africa and go there some day! I was recently in the yachting industry and met some amazing SA's.
Great first post and I look forward to seeing what you do next!

That's great @atravelers.life I look forward to my first follower :D I will be returning the favor. Enjoy your travels maybe I will be seeing you out there one day in the wilderness!

Nice to see more South African's on here man, check out my photography

FUCKIN A!! Please give me a follow I will be checking out your posts now and following you. Keen to build up a strong SA Community on here! super stoked :D

Dope Surfing Pics!
Welcome!

Thank you @hubble for the feedback. Looking forward to hearing more from you :D

welcome to steemit
Good introducing, keep it up
And wish you all the best and good luck dude

Hi @muliaabdulwahab Thank for the comment I appreciate the feedback hope to hear more from you. All the best to you!

You wrote a great intro about yourself. Welcome and enjoy.

Thank you @fortunee appreciate the feedback. Loving Steemit so far!