Adin the No Money Guy » What I Would LOVE to BE, DO & HAVE http://www.adin.co.za I am not spending money for 5 years to bring awareness to the true nature of money Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:31:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dear Oprah & The People Who Make Up The 6 Degrees Of Separation Between My Dream & Her http://www.adin.co.za/2010/06/25/dear-oprah-the-people-who-make-up-the-6-degrees-of-separation-between-my-dream-her/ http://www.adin.co.za/2010/06/25/dear-oprah-the-people-who-make-up-the-6-degrees-of-separation-between-my-dream-her/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:44:28 +0000 Adin http://www.adin.co.za/?p=428 I am praying for a miracle and hoping that you can help me. If you believe in miracles too please do what you can to help me.

My name is Adin, and I live in Cape Town in South Africa. I am trying to enter the Your OWN Show competition with Oprah and Mark Burnett. It’s a reality show talent search where the winner gets their own talk show on the Oprah Winfrey Network! The trouble is that my application was rejected because I am not a US resident and don’t have the right to work in the states.

The thing is, I don’t want and can’t accept a salary because I am one year into a 5 year experiment to live without money! (you can check out my website www.adin.co.za) As the No Money Guy, I would be happy to ‘work’ in the states but because I wasn’t getting paid would that not bypass the green card / right to work situation?
So, I am hoping that the producers, or Oprah herself would make an exception for me if they knew my unique circumstances.

My show will be about making a difference in the world and that would be reward enough for doing it.

I tried calling Harpo Studios but didn’t get very far :-(

Is there any way you can help me get my video to Oprah or someone who can help me to enter?

Here is my audition video that I posted on Youtube:

Click here to view the embedded video.

and here is a direct link if this has been forwarded to your email:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSi6QmDt3Vg

Here is a brief synopsis for the the show I intend hosting:

Welcome to Nu-buntu, ‘Change the World TV!’

Oprah pioneered ‘Change Your Life TV’ and this is how I intend to fill the space she created.
Nu-buntu is part Talk Show, part Reality Show with a bit of Social Media thrown in. This opportunity is like Idols for Talk Show hosts, my show will be like Idols for people making a difference.

I believe the world needs a new kind of celebrity. Move over David Beckham & Beyonce, Nu-buntu will create Celebrity Do-gooders & Social Celebrities.
Content for the show will be sourced from an online community. This community & the show itself will support & showcase people who use their lives to make a difference in the world.

Nu-buntu is inspired by an ancient African Philosophy called Ubuntu, which can be summed up by the following 2 statements: ‘I am because you are’ & ‘I am a person through other persons’.
Nu-buntu is Ubuntu in the 21st Century

Thank you so much!

I know this is a long shot I’ve got to try, right?

How you can help:

watch the video on Youtube

then do any of the following:
1. like it
2. share it to your social networks
3. email it to your friends and colleagues
4. tweet it to @Oprah
5. email it to Oprah via Oprah.com

and anything else you can think of :-)

maybe, just maybe, someone knows someone who knows someone who can get it to the person that needs to see it!

THANKS AGAIN

Thanks for reading.

Much love
Adin the No Money Guy

If you want to connect with me, here’s how:
adin.vanryneveld@gmail.com
071 220 9605
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