Generational curses, Poor financial decisons or plain butt-lazy?

I was in church the other day and the Pastor preached on Breaking generational curses.
He said Africa was essentially backwards because mothers ignorantly cursed their children by saying stuff like: "you wont amount to much, are you sure you will succeed in life? If you sucked these my breasts, your children will cause you the same heartache that you are causing me|".

Pastor gave several examples of people who suffered all sorts of maladies and misfortunes because of such negative words spoken to them and stated that he was 'uncursable' because he had honored his parents and they had blessed him.

He went on to prescribe among other things; that you give your life to Christ, honor your parents; biological and spiritual and propagate the gospel to break such curses.
After that, we all said some curse-removing prayers and anointed our heads to remove such generational curses.

I am a bit worried though because I know several indolent young men and women who operate under this mentality that they are under a curse and can not succeed at anything they do. Consequently they don't do anything  but throw pity parties from place to place.

People make poor financial or marital choices or any number of bad decisions and claim someone somewhere is after them or stole their star. Only in Africa sha.

Some of the legends we read about today had a lot of negative stuff said about them; as school children, some were told they could never pass the grade or were not suited for learning but went on to become scientists, inventors, musical legends, and stars in their chosen fields.
Obviously because they persevered and never gave up.

Someone messes up at work and loses his job and says his landlord stole his luck.
Another uses uncouth behaviour to send suitors away and say its her stepmother that swore her mother's daughters will never marry. I hear you!!

Uncle; there is no curse, get off your lazy butt and work hard; be diligent, persevere and you will succeed.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, like Bob Marley said and take the World head on and see if the Red Sea wont part before you.
Even Adam had a job to do in Paradise, he wasn't meant to just lay-about.