Do We LACK LUSTER Or Are We Simply LACKLUSTER?

 

For one OR two simple words, there seems to be a huge mix-up between LACK LUSTER and LACKLUSTER.  And I thought we need to clear up the air for now [before this becomes like a desert storm].  From time to time in our life, either we hear someone having a LACKLUSTER performance either at work, in a competition OR even in an activity OR event he's performing.  Talk about a boxer WHO gets knocked out OR World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tumbling down in a classic game. BUT that's fine because you can be an A-lister of a competitor BUT at sometime, it could be your 'off night' OR probably the law of averages did catch up on you.  Even in the NBA hoops world, top-tier superstars like Lebron James, Stephen Curry OR Kevin Durant would have below-par performances from time to time📗📙📘

On the other hand, you can be one of the most capable, most experienced, seasoned and skilled BUT WHEN you're thrown out there in the mud OR in a competition, you just end up like one amongst the crowd, NOT a crowd-drawer BUT just one of the thousands in the big mamooth crowds.  So WHAT probably ails you WHEN you have yet to perform?  And this is where there is that likelihood that you may LACK LUSTER💧💧💧

If you ask me, WHO has a bigger problem at hand?  Is it someone WHO just had that kind of LACKLUSTER performance?  OR is it someone WHO has yet to perform that it seems he just LACKS LUSTER even before the actual game, activity OR event commences?  I'd say the latter has a bigger challenge at hand because of two things.  Numero uno, and this is the most common dilemma amongst us.  Sometimes, we really LACK LUSTER but we're NOT aware of it at all.  Ironically, I've met close-up and first hand some folks WHO seem to LACK LUSTER but the way they strut their wares, they seem to carry too much weight, moving along and carrying on in a braggadocious manner.  Sounds more than just ill-advised moves💥💥💥

If there's something that should be the least of our concerns, it should be those LACKLUSTER performances [unless it becomes more than just outliers].  You can be the best musician BUT there will be those even 'small' moments in their performances that they wished hadn't gone that way.  LIKE an orchestra conductor, you could have practised enough on your own BUT DIDN'T get the feel for playing with your ensemble❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  Let us avoid mixing up those LACKLUSTER performances versus real-life situations WHERE we seem to LACK LUSTER, WHERE we seem to stand out in a crowd, WHERE even our expertise does NOT seem to be highlighted.  That means, you've got 'some work' to do BUT the most crucial thing here is for one to be aware that he LACKS LUSTER, so he's got to do more than just coming from a LACKLUSTER performance out there💚💛💜