The BEST THING Out of this Pandemic
Of all threads and topics, I'm sure that the pandemic as a thread has flooded across our global community BUT here's the BUT. I still want to bat for pandemic as a thread at least for this thread because despite all the destruction and defacement we all have endured for about a year and a half now. With too much negative impact to our lives, we cannot deny how much this pandemic has wrought havoc on us.Instead, not to blame each of us as we've been through the worse yet, we're not sure if the worst is yet to come. But as we are as helpless as we can be, it just makes sense we look around and ask ourselves what is the BEST THING OUT of this pandemic ? And without sugar-coating, I'd like to harp on that BEST THING OUT of this pandemic. And to magnify things, where it not for this pandemic, we would not have benefited and experienced this BEST THING OUT.Now, I'll let it out of the bag and let you know what is that BEST THING OUT of this pandemic. And this is supported by a global study which has confirmed that these months of uncertainty gave us the huge opportunity to SAVOR & APPRECIATE the small things in life which in the past were not recognizable at all. Those mugs of coffee, we used to gulp it fast before but this pandemic, its a different story.No one size fits all. That explains why we're here, to share my 2-cents where it's worth it.
Friday, September 10, 2021
The BEST THING Out of this Pandemic
Thursday, September 9, 2021
If You're Not FIRST, You're LAST
If You're Not FIRST, You're LAST
Would you agree that if You're Not FIRST, You're LAST ? Of course, most of us will beg to disagree as that seems a convoluted thought process. BUT, here's the BUT. Think about it though. In case you're not the FIRST, are you likely playing second fiddle ? Likely NOT, right ? It is even more likely that at best, you're in the 'middle pack' and worse, you're one of the laggards in the rat race. This thread could open the floodgates for arguments for and against and I won't mince words that I'm ready to stand my ground as I remain vociferous that to aim for the TOP PLUM should always be the given although in reality, the probability of us bagging it would be quite low versus aiming for a lower result.We might be challenged if indeed everyone is entitled to aim for the TOP PLUM ? But of course, because we have a level playing field. Why do millionaires become multi-mills? Why do billionaires become multi-bill's ? Plain and simple. They NEVER STOP aiming to be the FIRST [and not even a second fiddle]. In school, why do we see some students to be so bemedalled such that during the awards ceremony, tons of medals get heaped on them ! In professional sports, why do we see runaway winners of multiple championships ? Last month, Kyle Lowry, a top-tier NBA player was asked last week as to why he left the Toronto Raptors ballclub where he helped it win its first-ever championship in 2019 ? He gave a pointed reply: IF YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING FOR ?
The late Pat Summitt, one of America's most successful basketball coach, blurted a mouthful "WINNING IS FUN...BUT WINNING IS NOT THE POINT. WANTING TO WIN IS THE POINT. NOT GIVING UP IS THE POINT. NEVER LETTING UP IS THE POINT. NEVER BEING SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS THE POINT". Oh my, indeed, this is a mouthful but to me, it's the best motivational 'hurrahhh' I ever came across. It accentuates the fact that we should never settle for less than the TOP PLUM because anything less than that is unacceptable, plain and simple.
What's our message here ? DON'T just be a part of the crowd. Be apart from the crowd. STAND OUT. How ? Figure it out. ASK YOURSELF what's your unique differentiator ? CHALLENGE YOURSELF why can't you AIM for the TOP PLUM ? QUESTION YOURSELF, what is it others are now capable which you are not capable to HONE and LEARN ?
Now, how important is the STARTING LINE ? Of course it is that important but nothing can be more important than the FINISH LINE where the final results matter. In track and field, tracksters would literally throw their body just to be the first to hit the FINISH LINE. What better way to motivate ourselves if we can keep reminding ourselves that IF YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST, YOU'RE THE LAST.✅✅✅
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
When The Chicken is in the Pot, 'COOK IT'
When The Chicken is in the Pot, 'COOK IT'
Sorry to confuse my readership, this piece is not related to the culinary arts. Instead, we'd like to look at that 'CHICKEN IN THE POT' as those opportunities and blessings which we have had in our lives, whether blessings we worked hard for or blessings we received pro bono courtesy of the kindness of our spouse/partner, loved ones and even our bosses at work. And regardless whose life we will randomly pick as a sample, I'm sure that everyone had tons and tons of opportunities and blessings till to date.So, I hope we can all proclaim in unison that all of us were fortunate enough to have those opportunities and blessings in life. BUT here's the tough question: HOW OFTEN DID WE WASTE opportunities and blessings that were right there for us ? And BTW, opportunities come in multifarious ways and forms as not all opportunities are tangible and concrete enough.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Watch Like a HAWK
Watch Like a HAWK
Hawks may not be one of those ordinary species we see around anytime but why are they much revered to the extent we often here sage advices that we better 'WATCH LIKE A HAWK'. Not to misread our intentions though because we're not inciting folks to live their life like the birds of prey in hawks. Instead, it is their stinging and cutting edge eye for detail which we want to replicate across us. From 100 feet up, they can nosedive in a 120 mph speed to simply catch their prey.What's the fuss then with binocular vision ? It is because this gives that visual focus on an object with the pair of eyes creating a single visual image. Without that binocular vision, we will experience that distortion in depth perception. And that's where we envy the hawk because they have this capability that even exceeds what we humans are capable of.Much as we want to match the hawk's visual capabilities, translating that capability in real life becomes much more daunting because in life, to 'WATCH LIKE A HAWK' needs to be translated from various dimensions in our life. The expectation is that we just don't see things literally but having that innate ability to visualize something that does not literally show up is what we need most in our life.
And that exactly what we want to instill within us, LOOKING BEYOND OBVIOUS, seeing things from vantage points with multifarious dimensions. Unfortunately in life, we do have numerous misses [and I can attest that I myself, I had numerous misses in life from way back]. And what does it cost us when we have those misses ?
Quite often, we miss things that are already staring right in our face. Remember when in a frayed relationship, one of the parties was subtly reaching out but we missed that ? Or in business, our revenues were about to spike if only we ramped up our raw materials ? Or at work, we would have gone up the corporate ladder had we read that cue ? So, it's never late for us to 'WATCH LIKE A HAWH' because as the cliche goes, OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ONLY ONCE. This can never be farther from the truth❗❗❗
Monday, September 6, 2021
DON'T Rub Salt on the Wound
DON'T Rub Salt on the Wound
How often do we get into conflicts in life ? Surely, we all went through various forms and severity of conflicts in life so we know how it is to get inflicted with wounds which may be taken either literally or figuratively. And it's not to be ashamed if at various points, indeed we were licking those wounds. The pain we had to endure with those wounds may be superficial or deep-seated but what matters more in this piece is that when those inflicted wounds seemed to have exacerbated and worsened not because of the wounds itself but when either of the protagonists may have rubbed salt on the wound with actions that could not help improve the conflict.- Get a DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
- Get a SECOND OPINION
- Get hold of your EMOTIONS
- DON'T see yourself as the VICTIM outright
- DON'T blame or shame others
- TALK IT OUT
Sunday, September 5, 2021
When Your Life is 'ON THE ROPES'
When Your Life is 'ON THE ROPES'
How often have we experienced this situation of the boxer literally clinging for life while there 'ON THE ROPES' ? Should not be too often BUT I'm quite sure each of us have been through that 'ON THE ROPES' experience at the very least once in our lives. I myself, been there, done that, endured that. At least twice in my lifetime, indeed my life was 'ON THE ROPES' and thankfully, I endured and survived both ordeals.Indeed, having your life 'ON THE ROPES' will need everything in you to do a balancing act no less. And that's the biggest challenge 'coz it means more often, you are left with options that are similar in terms of upsides [and even downsides].
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Zapped & Drained ? Rewire and Reconnect
Zapped & Drained ? Rewire and Reconnect
This is the vicious cycle we're in. We're all-in in our lives, go through the motions till we get zapped and drained. From the time we hit the sack till we wakeup, we're all gung-ho for a new day that dawns upon us. Now, it used to be when the cyclical period was long enough but did we realize that of late, the cycles seem to have shrank ? Which reminds me from the good old song of Neil Sedaka titled MY WORLD KEEPS GETTING SMALLER EVERYDAY.Indeed, life is an extremely complex web of multifarious variables and more often, figuring out the root cause is akin to finding the needle in the haystack. But solutioning is never a rocket science because more often, the root cause is right there hanging in front your very nose. Things may look murkier if there is more than one variable at hand because there are no boundaries as to where one variable ends and the next one begins. Quite often, they even overlap and that causes a compounded effect on the problems at hand. And before you know it, your brain is cracking and about to give up.
Friday, September 3, 2021
Why We Are at our TIPPING POINT Now
Why We Are at our TIPPING POINT Now
Yes, this is gospel truth. That we are all now in our TIPPING POINT. Akin to purgatory, we're neither in heaven nor hell but all it takes a nudge, we could end up on either side of this SLOPE of LIFE. The question is, should there be hullaballoo with this TIPPING POINT ? Absolutely, because this is the best time we need to grab and come up with the informed decisions that can either BREAK or UNBREAK us.Your 'financial chest' may be that towering and voluminous but there's no guarantee that towering pile won't collapse and crumble down. And what our 'CHINKS in our ARMOR' that can turn things from 'GOLD to GARBAGE'? We won't drill-down much except to focus on two areas where we all fall prey [over and over again] and that's namely: COMPLACENCY and COCKINESS, all rolled into one.
Yes sireeee, COMPLACENCY no less. Truth of the matter, we would not have been in this worse shape we are now had we not been that complacent prior to this pandemic breakout. Health-wise, most of us [and that includes my guilty self] we were not stringent enough, not tough enough to ourselves. And when did we get tougher [to ourselves] ? Not until now when we all got stalled by this pandemic.Success formulae ? There are tons and tons of them but we won't cover that because that info can be plucked from everywhere. Just one variable though that makes or unmakes SUCCESS and that's COMPLACENCY. You can even be somewhere Camp 7 of Mount Everest by now but anytime, you can fall off from there, all because of COMPLACENCY.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Not Bad [after all] To Be a ONE-TRICK PONY
Not Bad [after all] To Be a ONE-TRICK PONY
There's this raging debate that we should NOT be a ONE-TRICK PONY. but all arguments for it got muted recently in the NBA when for the very first time in NBA history, an undrafted player [that's Duncan Robinson] recently inked a $90 Mn contract with Miami Heat. BTW, Duncan is a confirmed and certified ONE-TRICK PONY but hey, how can a ONE-TRICK PONY bag this almost a $100 Mn contract with a much coveted NBA team like the Miami Heat ? That's where we're driving at in this piece, to guide us how to pave the road towards achieving a similar success story EVEN IF you're indeed a ONE-TRICK PONY.
Now, for the tricks how can we be a ONE-TRICK PONY and still end up as a success story:- Be BETTER THAN THE REST no less
- Be CONSISTENT in delivering things
- Be FOCUSED to continuously improve
- Be FIERCELY COMPETITIVE against yourself
- Be FIXATED to be the best ONE-TRICK PONY
- Be WARY if you get thrown from the saddle
- Be UNWAVERING in your pursuit for success
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
When Life is UNDER SIEGE
When Life is UNDER SIEGE
Apologies. This piece is not akin to those action-packed movies of Steven Segal as we're more concerned when our LIFE is UNDER SIEGE. Is our LIFE is UNDER SIEGE ? Absolutely I think so that way. With the way this global pandemic has shaped up for last eighteen months, no amount of global powers by the G-7 countries can tame it off. Not even the combined financial war chest of the world's top billionaires in Bill Gates, William Buffett et al, would be enough to tame off this uncontrolled Covid-19 pandemic. So, at this point, we are all on the same page that our LIFE is UNDER SIEGE.Straight from my thought processes...
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