Fear and courage II
In my previous post, I talked about fear and encourage. You might want to read that first so click here. https://read.cash/@Abidemiademok21/fear-and-courage-369cdd91
Fear is an emotional feeling which can be caused by several factors which numerous but those factors have higher tendency than others.
Causes of fear
Childhood conditioning
Jean piaget, a psychologist, postulated that our personalities were developed when we were young. There has been criticism and there has been other research being carried out as well but many psychologist have supported the notion that most of our personalities were formed while we were young mostly before 12years.
How can we be affected by our childhood conditioning still remains a mystery but the fear that we exert as adults can be traced back to our childhood experience. Experiences are not just there. They affect our subconscious mind which work directly with our superconscious mind to bring into remembrance the consequences that were faced for doing something while we were young.
Psychologist have also found out that mostly before age 12,most child are creative in nature but the same child that was able to deliver great art work as a kid will find it difficult to do so as an adult. What has happened?
***It's the conditioning.***
One of the most popular conditioning is our school system. Imagine a child that is interested in artwork but because being an artist is not part of the option given in career talk while in primary school, such a child's brain will be conditioned that being an artist is not accepted in our world here and he might face difficult or develop fear to break out of the childhood conditioning because it is the most powerful conditioning.
Ignorance
Ignorance is not an excuse under law but you can not develop courage when you are unaware of what might be the consequences.
Have you wonder that you hardly win over those that asked you to do your worse?
Yes, it is very hard to win them because they are aware of your worse and for that they are prepared for it.
Threatening them with the same thing will only serve as confirmation and will trigger their own defense system regarding your action.
You cannot be courageous when you did not know or have little knowledge of the situation.
Ignorance is another causes of fear that might not be noticed so easily most especially if you believe that you know.
Fatigue or illness
This is not common to all but fatigue and illness can be a cause of fear considering how we take care of it.
If you are the type that do work out early in the morning, you might have noticed that you will be active when you do some exercise in the morning than the day when you did not.
Instead of exercise, when you are stressed, physically or mentally, your level of fear might increase even regarding what you don't fear before.
Same thing appeal to when we are sick, we tend to become more fearful than when we are hale and agile.
The causes of fear are not limited to the above mentioned causes as the causes of fear can be general or specific to an individual but nevertheless, we can become fearful due to any other causes highlighted.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Fear and courage
Fear has been an underlying restrictions in human life. Some people have even take it as part of their normal life but is it actually part of our daily life. Yes, because at one point everyday, your mind will be clouded with fear though it might not last for more than 5 seconds but you are bound to face fear everyday. It is going to appear most especially when you least expected.
Some people have defined fear but no matter how simple or complex the definition is, it is always based on the person's definition. So the definition of fear to you might be different to the definition of fear to me but we all give it same name which is fear.
What do you refer to as fear?
You should note that fear is an emotional feeling which can be expressed outwardly like every other emotions and can also be concealed.
The emotion of fear at times miss with the emotion of anxiety but the truth is that anxiety sets in when you could not provide a justification for your fear. You become anxious of the result even when the process had not taken place.
Types of fear
Psychologist and researchers have brought it to limelight that there are two basic type of fear which are fear of failure and fear of rejection.
Fear of failure
Take this as, ***I can't***.
This fear sets in whenever you are about to do something different. Maybe change your discipline, or maybe when you wanted to change career. It also sets in when you want to start a new business or when you wanted to leave your job and start your own business. It even go further to little things like when you wanted to write an exam.
Immediately this fear sets in, the only justification that you will have is, I can't do this. After which your mind will now give you more reasons to make you believe that you cannot do it. You will be presented will as many reasons as possible and each of them will make it look like the only possible outcome is failure.
Do you ever had an idea but it never came to reality?
What happened when you started thinking about executing the idea?
It becomes almost impossible to achieve the goal. That is the fear of failure.
Fear of rejection
Take this as ***I have to***.
Nevertheless, this sounds too good to be a fear but the effects of what you are doing are not justified by your opinion but they are logically structured around what others will say.
This, in most cases, happen in our daily life and sometimes can be combined with the fear of failure.
What will people say if I fail?
What will be the reaction of others if I did not attend?
My boss will be angry with me if I did not attend the programme.
My friend will leave me alone if they found out I did this thing.
My spouse will despise me if I should do this.
The fear of rejection is action oriented but it is taking the opposite action to what you intend to do.
You are actually taking actions but what you are doing are being shaped by whether others will accept it or not.
Writer's corner
Even if you are the best in whatever you are doing you are going to experience any of these fears at one point in time and what will determine your success is your action and reaction to the fear.
The opposite of fear is courage but based on great writers, courage does not mean the absence of fear but the ability to continue amidst fear.
For you to exhibit the kind of courage that you ever wanted, it is important that you understand the root of fear which are the causes of fear. This will be explained in my next article.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Sniper or machine gun?
Combatant, let's gather here for a brief discussion. If you are to choose, what will you choose? A sniper or a machine gun?
The word "combatant" does not mean warriors but it refers to you and I because in this world, we are all warriors facing the battle that life throws at us. These warfare are not decided by us but they were as a result of our decisions.
Going by this quote:
Life will not give you what you deserve but what you decide.
You will not understand the stress of going to school, if you never made a decision to attend school. You will never understand the agony of being a soldier, if you never tried to become one. You will never understand the pain of being isolated, if you've never made a decision stand out meaning all the warfare and circumstances that we found ourselves are mostly as a result of our decisions.
***It has even being said that, you become a slave to your decisions.***
Maybe that's not true. Maybe it's a fact but come to think of it, the moment you decide to become an accountant, a medical doctor, an engineer. You are no longer controlling your actions but your decision is controlling your actions such as, for me to achieve my goal, I have to gain admission. Gaining admission is not the peak, I have to come out with good grade. All these are not your direct decisions but a reflection of your decision.
The battle of the living.
As human being, even if you did not have any dream or any goal, you will still be moved around by desire to feel among. You will be controlled by the desire to feel a sense of belonging and it is more common that you will exhibit the kind of behaviour by the group that accepted you or by the group where you feel among.
This means that everyday there is a battle for us to win which can either be to achieve our goal or to feel among. In this battle, what will you take along? A sniper or a machine gun?
Choose one
Note that you cannot go to war and control both. For you to understand, let's talk about both.
Sniper
A sniper reflects focus. It reflects a place of high stand. It requires standing out, a level of expertise among other basic things.
If sniper is what you want to choose, note that it requires you acquiring the knowledge that you need to achieve your goal, it requires you to strive for excellence at all time. It requires you to give your best shot at all time. It requires you to be able know when you shod shot and when you should wait. In a nutshell, it requires a lot of planning.
Machine gun
Machine gun on the other hand is a reflection of another techniques of warfare. It requires facing your fear. Anyone with machine gun does not target a particular place but he keeps shooting hoping that the enemy be destroyed but the seamless shooting. In a nutshell, hardwork and luck are the basic assumption compared to focus and planning while using sniper.
The basic difference has been highlighted so what will you choose now in the warfare of life? Will you choose sniper or you are okay with machine gun?
Remember both are for warfare and what you do with them are to defeat your enemy.
Writer's corner?
If you've made your choice, kindly key into it but read this to the end as well.
Have you ever had a goal that you know that it is either you achieved it or you die?
Have you ever being in a situation whereby all you did was to focus all your energy on just one thing?
What was the result in both scenario?
To me, I will choose to be a sniper rather than a machine gun.
The main reason being that, if you can take note of a specific area where you can add value, it can be your source of generational wealth rather than aiming at every opportunity that comes your way or trying to combine many industry together at once.
This does not mean you should not diversify but it should be one at a time.
Are you really focused on your goal or you are targeting based on luck?
Are you a sniper or will you prefer machine gun?
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Factors determining your level of income.
Your level of income both in the traditional system and the digital space is affected by some factors which might be unknown to you.
The traditional system, before now, lay emphasis on certificate but it is no longer about certificates any longer. The world has moved ahead and having the best grade on your certificate does not guarantee higher level of income. All other things being equal, your certificates might get you a job but what will determine your level of income within that job is based on certain factors.
The Crypto space is not different in this aspect as the factors also affects your level of income in the digital space as well. Though it is possible to earn based on your risk level while trading but when you are working or rendering a services which is regarded as Baas, Blockchain as a Service, your level of income will be determined by this same factor.
*****What you do (your occupation or skill)*****
In the traditional system, is a medical doctor earning the same amount as a primary school teacher? Even in the teaching line, a primary school teacher will not earn the same amount as a lecturer in the higher institution. What caused the changes in their level of income is basically what they offered.
The digital space is not exempted as well. A UI/UX designer is not earning the same amount with a graphics designer even though both are designers not to talk of content writers, blockchain developers, business developers, community managers, social media strategist among others. The variety in their level of income is not biased, it is based on their perceived value and complexity of what they are doing.
***What can you offer and who are you offering it to?***
*****How well can you do it?*****
Have you ever try securing a job as an entry level graduate? If you've tried this, you will understand this better. Most human resources managers believed that fresh graduates should not be paid at the same rate with experienced people even if they are offering the same service. Yes, I mean if they are both practically doing the same thing, their level of pay will differs.
That being said, another factor that determines your level of income is your level of excellence at whatever you are doing.
**Do you want to increase your income?**
**Increase your level of expertise in whatever it is that you are doing?**
Doing the same thing over and over again should lead to a reduction in time taken with an increased output but if yours still remain the same even after years or months of doing the same thing, you stand the chance of earning same amount while others are earning more for doing what you are doing because they are excellent at doing it.
***Don't forget that, whatever is worth doing at first, is what doing well.***
*****How easy it is to replace you.*****
Your mediocrity can be tolerated if you cannot be easily replaced but if you can be easily replaced, your job security itself is not secured. 😂😂😂
There are many qualification that can teach a primary school pupils but those that will lecture a PhD are very few meaning it is more easier to replace a primary school teacher than to replace a professor.
Agreed, no one is indispensable but if you can be replaced without stress, your level of income will be considerably low of possible lower than the cost of replacing you.
*****Conclusion*****
What are you doing and how excellently are you doing it?
Having a tangible answer to these two alone will determine whether you can be easily replaced or not so rather than chasing every skills, choose a high income skill and be extremely good at it.
Nevertheless, having a skill is not enough be a salesman and sell your skills just like a professional salesman.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
This kind of love
The whole social media platforms took another turn yesterday as many people take out time to celebrate love being the season of love. Since the beginning of February, almost everything has been about valentine. Businesses also make use of the trend to sell and advertise their businesses to as many people as possible since it's a season of love.
It should be noted that not everyone actually celebrated valentine but what might be the reason or justification from those that did not celebrated it? Maybe it's their belief or maybe they are single or maybe they doesn't see it as a necessity.
Regardless of whether you think celebrating valentine's day is a necessity, a show of love or you consider it mediocrity, have you ever asked yourself, with the way I love and express my love to others, will the world be a better place.
Apart from the show of love, there are people who were patiently waiting for fight between partners or better still, let's say self acclaimed partners. It actually happened and those that happened yesterday will not be the last since they are not the first but all that one aside.
To what extent can you give yourself to others?
What is the most dearest thing that you can ever give to others?
What is the most craziest thing that you can do for others?
Are you not among those that proclaim love but find it difficult to assist others when you can?
Are you not among those that believe the show of love is all about money?
Are you not among those that think love should be based on condition?
We all have different definition of love based on our perception and knowledge of it but majority of us believed in the kind of love that is pure and true.
This is the only kind of love that we need to make the world a better place.
It is not enough to say that you love someone, prove it.
It is not enough to prove it, be intentional about it.
It is not enough to be intentional about it, it must be pure and true.
Love is sweet and one of the catalyst for change but only when it is being used the right way.
Don't just love, love wholeheartedly and without condition. Maybe the world will become a better place for all of us!!!
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Persistence or Talent?
Which will you choose?
Persistence or talent?
Do you believe that persistence beats talent or talent should be taken into consideration before persistence.
Maybe it will be much easier if you add persistence to talent. Or can talent survive on it own without persistence?
The right choice to you might not be the right choice for another person even if you choose persistence today, you might choose talent tomorrow. It is normal as we have several factors that influence our decision so whatever factor influences your decision, it might change tomorrow.
I read a book and the illustration used was those that go to gym. Have you observed most of those that go to the gym or wake up early in the morning are those that did not need to go to the gym. Majority of them are fit already but they still go ahead and gym as if they are just building up their muscles while those that are meant to be at the gym keep postponing it everyday.
In conclusion, those that are fit but keep going to the gym understands the fact that, they were made by going to gym and to keep the shape they have to continue or they might lose their body shape within few months if not weeks.
The same is applicable to the rich. Those that are poor are those that does not want to work while those that we all think should be sleeping or resting somewhere are the one putting in all hardwork needed to make more money. Maybe it is true that it is very easy to become rich but staying rich is the major problem. It requires 10x effort of what you did to become rich.
In both scenario, staying fit and staying rich, there is only thing in common which is persistence. If talent also want to last, it should be persistent. It is not enough to have talent, are you persistent about it? Are you doing all you can to stay talented? Are you being busy everyday adding more fire to your talent or are you waiting for the day when you will look inwardly and your talent will be no where to be found?
Persistence is not found in rich and staying fit alone, it should be part of your normal life, if you want to be successful at any thing that you are doing, learn to be persistence. It will save you a lot of stress and frustration. Persistence will help you to keep going even when the result is not certain but even at that, you must be aware of the result that you want. Persistence is not about going hard for a while and settling for whatever the result is, it is about going hard and going hard until you achieve the desired result.
There are many dreams that have been cut short not because they were cut short but because the dreamer lack the motivation to keep going. In short, they are not persistent.
What are the situations when you've nearly given up?
Maybe if you had push a lite harder, you might have gotten the result that you need.
Persistence cannot work alone, it requires will power, discipline, thirst for success, doggedness, drive and urge to always win no matter what.
If you truly desire success, make it your habit to be persistent!!!
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator, I am***
***A²¹***
Millionaire's secret
Have you ever wonder what the secret of millionaires are?
How did they accumulate such wealth?
At times, you might have considered what they are doing that you are not doing?
It is very important to note that all the self made millionaires have one thing in common though they have more than one thing in common but the most simplest thing that they have is what will be revealed in this article.
Did you have an insight of what the secret might be?
Jeff Bezos solved the problem of making different products available for the people, Bill Gate solved a particular problem in the information technology sector. Elon Musk solved problem relating to payment processing. CZ solved the problem of smooth exchange of coin to another. The list will be endless if we should continue but it should be noted that the most common attribute of millionaires is problem solving.
Solve a problem
Rather than moving away or trying to avoid a problem, acknowledge it and look for ways to proffer solution to it.
Think of the time when you solved a particular problem, what was the people's response to your act?
Your name might not be remembered but you will forever be remembered for the problem that you solved.
**Solving a problem in business**
If you are able to solve the need of your prospect, then you will prosper in business.
The product might not be a necessity but if you can make the customers have a feeling that the product will solve a problem, then you've just won a loyal customer to yourself.
Solving a problem in business did not mean you should start a new initiative.
In every technology, there are lapses that will not be filled. You can solve a particular problem that exist in the existing technology.
Also, if you are having problem with something, there is a possibility that others are having the same problem,why not solve the problem and be known as a problem solver.
Solving a problem in leadership
Being a leader doesn't translate to being in position of power or being in the highest political office in your country but it starts with you.
Leaders are not gods but they are people like you and I with a mindset to serve.
The number of people that you want to serve is what determine the strength of your leadership but all things being equal, Leadership begins when you are ready to take responsibility for your choices and inaction.
Leadership begins when you have the mindset to serve and not to be served.
If everyone is a leader (have the mindset to serve), our world will be a better place.
**Conclusion**
There exist a problem in every area of life, it is left for you to bring solution to it.
One of the problem that exists with Bitcoin is the fee which Bitcoin Cash solved.
Another problem that is being solved by Bitcoin cash is the transfer of wealth. Other social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram are built to take the wealth to a single person while read.cash was built to bring wealth to creativity.
***Which problem are you solving?***
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Challenges
If I am asked a thousand times, I will pick success over challenges but if you look closely, you will realize that there is no success without challenge.
Success are recorded when you are able to overcome challenges but is there anyone that love challenges. Maybe there is not a single soul but everyone loves success.
There are situation when we love to enjoy live and just be ourselves but the thought of what we are passing through will make us lose sleep at night.
Many are walking dead not because they are dead but because their soul cannot comprehend the challenges that is brought upon them. Who is that person that loves challenges let him come out and tell us which planet he is from. Maybe he is not from earth or does not have any alliance without mother earth.
As if there is someone at the end of the wheel changing the narration from time to time. There will be some time when you will not want the day to end while there will be some time when you will start each day with sigh and end each day wetting your pillow. That is still okay because no one will know what you are going through but mere looking at some people, you will tell from their outlook that challenges has taken over their reasoning and everything about them.
***How will you explain life to someone that has lost everything in life within splits seconds?***
***How will you console someone who has never tasted success for a day?***
***Where did we get it wrong?***
***Is there a solution at all?***
***Is there a way to avoid challenges?***
I have searched within books, I have read the black character written on white background, I have listened to great men but none of them have told history of the journey being a smooth one.
***Does that mean there is no way for us to live life without challenges?***
***Or is there a secret they are not telling us?***
These were my thoughts before I got to the page in 10x rule where Grant Cardone explained that the only way to overcome challenges is to love challenges.
Now, let's go back in time.
When we were in school, you will noticed that those that love exam prepares for it long before the days are near while those that despise it get caught up unnoticed. Exam is a challenge for students and those that want to move ahead must have a considerable result. Those that love it prepares for it while those that did not love it, if they prepare for it, will also scale through.
Does that give you an insight into how to overcome challenges?
***Be prepared for it.***
How can I be prepared for what I did not know when it will come?
It will not speak well and since you are not a philosopher, how can you know what will happened next. Even a soothsayer cannot predict what will happen later but remember that each day comes with its challenges. So while making your schedule be prepared for the challenges that might come at anytime.
Also, it should be noted that not everything that we consider as challenge are challenges, only if we can train our mind, we might see opportunities in challenges. In reality self, those who we look up to as heroes today were at one time faced by challenges that nearly claim their life. Their survival is what made them hero.
If you want to live a life without challenges, love challenges and sees opportunities in it.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Focus!!!
Whenever the word, "focus" is being mentioned, the whole atmosphere changes and everyone is at alert to receive or sense something different.
The world we live in has even made it almost difficult to focus. If you are not being distracted by some activities on social media, you will surely lose your stand due to absurd news and events happening around us. As if that is not enough to get us distracted, the problems and challenges faced is enough to keep us away from being focus.
Truth be told, there are problems and challenges that can keep us away from being productive but rather than keeping us away from our goal, what if the problems and challenges are the limit that we must break into to achieve our set objectives.
In life, what you are going to get is based on your level of focus. Focus in this sense is not increasing what you do or reducing what you did not do but what you see in every situation.
Thanks to @erdov for renewing the
sponsorship. I am so grateful.
A wise one once said, opportunity lies in problems.
Maybe that is not true, maybe it is a fact but if you could channel the energy that you used in thinking about a problem, if you channelled such in providing a solution, maybe you could have gotten the answer that you need.
The real problem is not what you regarded as problem but the real problem is you getting a solution to the problem.
Nevertheless, if you must ever focus on opportunities rather than the problem, you must firstly acknowledge that you have a problem.
Don't get this wrong, if your mind could not accept the fact that you did not have a problem, all you will be doing will be to find a way to talk yourself out of it. If you will get any chance at all, you must first acknowledge that you have a problem.
Once you acknowledge your problem, thinking about the solution is another major problem because many people focuses on the problem thereby creating a kind of mindset that the problem cannot be solved.
It doesn't matter what you are doing or thinking or past performance, as long as you did not acknowledge any problem, finding solution to that problem will be a big problem because there is nothing to but.
Don't forget, even after acknowledging your problem, channel your energy towards finding a solution rather than thinking about the problem.. Focus!!!!
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Figure it out
Over the years, there has been a belief that guided my path and make me keep going even when I am not sure. The belief is that:
***There is always a way.***
I don't know the best way to say this but if you believe you can and you have the mindset that you will but you lack the ability to figure it out, you might not achieve anything in life.
Your success is not bound to what you've done though your past performance and achievement can be a stepping stone to your future accomplishments but your ultimate asset is your ability to figure things out.
When you are in a new city, when you are in a new environment, when a fried told you about new way of making money, try and figure out how it works first before you jump on the trend.
The term, figure it out, can be used in different scenario.
**Uncertain circumstances**
How many times have you been asked if you can handle something. Maybe for instance, you are a medical practitioner but someone asked you for something that requires accounting knowledge. What will you do? Will you reject it and say you did not have accounting background or you will take it up and figure it out.
At times, the learning stage that is required for your next success will present itself in form of challenges. Over the years, I have been faced with questions which I have no idea about but rather than rejecting it, I will rather say, I will figure it out and that habit alone has helped me to know those things that literally sitting down and attending lectures, I would not have known them but because I am optimistic about providing solution, I did not just provide solution but I ended up having knowledge about it so if anyone asked me similar question another time, solving it will not be a problem.
**Do your own research**
This is another aspect where you need to figure it out as well. Not all investment are meant for you. Not all platforms are meant for you. At times, rather than going from one platform to another, sitting down and analysing how to optimise the current platform might be the best solution for you.
Doing your own research is very common in Crypto spaces that some people think it is just about fun. As an investor or a hustler, the security of your principal should be your priority so there is need to always figure it out.
Nevertheless, while trying to do your own research, learn to take swift action. Don't lose a golden opportunity because of your attitude to research and people's opinion. Don't forget, there is always another way out.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
You can do it
What do you have in mind while setting your 2022 resolutions?
Do you set limit to how far you can go or did you put all your goals based on believe?
It is very much easy to set targets that are much more than your abilities but keeping your mind active towards the goal is the most important.
One of the traits that was said to be common to successful people is that they believe in their own ability to provide problem rather than avoiding it. Even if it seems as if they are not going to achieve it or they did not have an idea of how they are going to achieve it, they will still go ahead and say, "I can".
The big difference
There is a difference between "I can" and "I will".
Both are messages to the subconscious mind to provide solution to a particular problem or achieve something but the later tends to be more of certainty than probability.
Note that you can do it but you might do it.
Until you put your mind to a condition whereby it is no longer thinking about the probability of whether you will do it or not, most of your goals might still remain the way they were if action is not taken.
Nevertheless, the power of "I can" when you are not sure of how to carry out a task or get a solution to a problem cannot be overlooked because it gets your mind into work to provide a reality of how you can achieve the task.
Passing the right information to your mind is not easy but that is not enough, matching the "I can" mindset with "I will" is what streamlined the successful people from others.
Note that success in this context can refer to anything that you count as success. It can be having a new home, having a specific number of BCH, posting consistently for a number of days, not having any health issues, meeting up with deadline, earning a specific amount of money, imparting a specific number of lives. All these are examples of what success can mean to you.
Regardless of what success is to you. Always refer to the word, "I can" and eliminate all probabilities with "I will".
So next time when you want to set a target or a goal for yourself, do not say,
***I want to post everyday for the next 30days on readcash***.
But say,
***I will post everyday for the next 30days on readcash.***
Note the difference on the two statements.
Do these and take your success story to another level.
***Till I cross your path again, I am a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Choose your playing ground II
In my previous post, I talked about choosing your playing ground with respect to working based on your strength.
You can read the post here. https://read.cash/@Abidemiademok21/choose-your-playing-ground-167a7562
This is going to be a continuation of the previous post so if you missed it, kindly check it out using the link above.
If you've decided on what you want to do and how you want to do it, another important factor to consider is the value of your playing ground.
Just so you know, this post will be centered on the misconception in the choice of business while seeking for wealth.
Many people have chosen the best field of study but they are playing in the wrong market.
For better understanding, the same position that someone who is playing for a team in England is playing is the same position that someone that is playing in a local league is playing but their networth differs not because they are playing different position but because they are playing in different capacity.
For this post, I want you to consider a playing ground as the market value of your desired industry.
Anyone that is into the buying and selling of gold has the tendency of making huge wealth because the market cap of the entire gold market worth Trillions of dollars compared.
Same way, it is possible for someone to make millions of dollars from the cryptocurrency because the entire market is worth billions of dollars.
Someone once said,
You cannot be richer than the market you play in.
It is my pleasure that everyone reading this will have an idea of what cryptocurrency is and maybe be part of it.
It is very easy to make millions when the overall market cap of that industry is worth billions while a goal of making billions in a million market might be a vain wish.
There are rooms for improvements and market that worth millions today can worth trillion tomorrow but it is more easier to make millions in a market that is worth billions that to aspire of making billions in a market that is worth millions.
Before you exhaust your strength in a striving market, make a due diligence of the market net worth so that you will know whether you making millions will be with relative ease or based on future aspiration.
The market (playing ground) in which you play has an impart on your goal.
Don't just work on your strength, work it out in the right market that can give you what you desire.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Choose your playing ground
If I may ask, have you seen a footballer that practice using table tennis?
Have you seen a swimmer that practice using football pitch?
Have you seen a medical practitioner that practice using financial statements?
Maybe there is a lawyer that practice by carrying out experiments in the laboratory?
***What makes these people to be successful in the field that they choose?***
They are aware of their playing ground.
A football player know that he will be judged based on his performance on the football pitch.
A medical practitioner will be judged based on the number of successful experiments that he is able to carry out before being trusted with human life.
Each and every profession has their own playing ground.
Then you might ask, what is the playing ground for a content creator?
Readcash is an example of our own playing ground most especially if you are a content writer.
I hope you know that content creation is very wide and includes creating videos, infographics.
A graphics designer is judged by the quality of his graphics while you and I will be judged by the quality of our contents.
If you are not ready to add value or compete with the best, you might not be able to get anything out of the playing ground.
How can I achieve the best?
This is a question that must be asked if you must achieve best. Even on the pitch, footballers are judges separately. An attacker is expected to score and bring victory to the team while the defenders are to prevent the opposition team from getting close to the keeper. In case of a breach, the goal keeper is expected to prevent any ball from getting pass him into the net. They are all on the football pitch but they will be judged separately.
In the same vein, we are all content writer but we all have different niche. There are certain people that are very good in motivational contents, some are good in poem, some are good in fiction while some are excellent narrator or story teller. Some content writer publish books while some are good at proofreading. For the mere reason that we are all content writer does not mean we do not have our own strengths.
***What is your niche***?
Once you are able to provide an answer to that, I am sure that you are close to becoming the best in content writing.
Do you love writing stories?
Do you love writing poems?
Does motivating others give you joy?
Do you derive pleasure in narrating a story?
Whatever it is that you are good at, that is your own ticket to greatness on the playing ground.
Take advantage of it and notice how well you will be able to compete with less stress.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Change the narrative
With this, I am saying a happy new year to everyone.
This is actual but I have been handling more offline activities than I thought but in all situation, I am grateful to God for making me to see another blessed year and also to even think of writing again.
Nevertheless, I want to use this medium to tender my unreserved apology for going for long time without any short post. Hope my apology is accepted.
During my absence, I visited my uncle and we discussed a lot of thing. What do you expect when the last time we have time to sit down and talk was 2016 and since then, our conversation has been strictly via phone calls.
At first, he was shocked to see me because I have really changed within that period.
During our conversation, he asked about my plan towards getting a job after my service year. I did not plan applying for job but I still need the experience because I am working on a consulting firm with a friend. Since firm is just coming up, we need to finance it by ourselves and also we need to get as much experience as we could so that we will be able to set the firm sailing without any hindrance.
That was just by the way. During my conversation with my uncle, he said
If you are looking for job, make looking for job your job.
I mean this is the most important and salient point which I cannot forget so soon.
He went further and add to it that, many people keep saying they are looking for job but they are not ready to look for it rather they are waiting for the job to locate them.
In Nigeria, nothing comes on a platter of gold, you have to work so hard for you to even get the basic things of life not to talk of getting the secondary things.
How does this relate to you?
Before I answer that, what is that problem that is bothering you?
Some people's problem is money while some is good job.
Some people are looking for peace of mind while some people are looking for love of their life.
You might not even have any problem right now but in case of necessity, you might need to hear this.
Instead of thinking about your problem, make looking for solution to the problem your problem.
It is an easy thing to say but hard to do not even but if you can train your mind to think about getting a solution rather than focusing on the problem, you might realise that the problem is arbitrary and not real.
Nevertheless, in all things, learn to change the narrative.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator I am***
***A²¹***
What's your plan for 2022
December 2020, I read a book by Dan Lok titled ***F. U. Money*** and in the book, was an activity which requires the reeder to make a rough estimate of their expenses, what you want to buy, the vacation you will like to go to. In summary, calculate the amount of money that you need to achieve the kind of lifestyle that you want.
As an obedient reader, I drafted out my own expenses and the total amount will require me to earn a minimum of $200 per day. 🙄🙄🙄
In this kind of economy and without a job, how do I intend to achieve this?
If I get a job, which kind of business will give me $200 per day for an entry level in Nigeria?
Nevertheless, at the end of this year, I requested for my bank statement for the whole year and what I realized shocked me. More than 50% of the total amount passed through my account meaning on average, $100 was going through my account everyday.
Note: *I did not have the amount as my net worth but for the fact that such a transaction can be done with my account gives me a green light that I can earn as much as I want as my net worth.*
You are not exempted as well. You can achieve whatever you want in 2022. There are still a few days left in 2021 and I also believe in luck and last minute miracles but let's talk about 2022.
Right now, as you are reading this, I want you to take a note and think of everything that you want to achieve in 2022 if you have the money. The money is not the problem, just think of how you want to spend it.
Now, sum it up and divide by 365days that is how much you should earn in a day if you want to achieve that amount.
***You are not looking for a job but you are creating a business because only a business can give you daily income.***
Ingredients needed to achieve your daily target.
****Planning****
During planning, your subconscious mind is triggered to bring into reality your imagination as discussed in the book titled, "***GOALS: getting everything you want faster than you ever though****t*" by Brian Tracy.
***Do you have a plan for 2022 or do you still want to live it based on luck and chances?***
During the planning stage, you should include how you want to achieve your goal unless what you drafted is a wish and not a plan.
****Build your income through your business****
In his book, "***Rich Dad, Poor Dad***", Robert Kiyasoki established the fact that rich people don't grow their income by working for someone but they grow their income by growing their businesses.
Take a look at the top 10 richest men in the world and their businesses, you will realize that their businesses are worth 10X of their personal net worth.
***If you want to build your income, build your business.***
****Be accountable****
How good are you with finances?
How good are you with numbers?
Dan Lok said, "for you to become wealthy, you have to become addicted to the law of large numbers". The money is in being accountable and scaling using numbers and percentage.
****Read more books****
Whether you like it or not, everything that you need is already written in black and white.
The author of Millionaire Next Door said, "Life begins after graduation" nevertheless, you can start life even when you are still an undergraduate or at old age if you are ready to read as many books as possible.
Are you ready to take your business to the next level of income that you anticipated, follow the steps outlined doggedly.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
General without a scar.
To get the most out of this content, think of a general in the army without any story to tell.
Think of a general without any scars.
Think of a general without any track record of facing any challenges or tough time before they were given three stars on their shoulder.
In fact, it is more easy to see a private than to see any commissioned officer not to talk of seeing a general.
The position is not the highest rank in military but it is the beginning of those that can be regarded as a management cadre in military.
Truth be told, even if the general got to the position taking the fast track which is through education or by going through the military school, there will still be a story to tell.
There will be a time when fear will pay them a visit.
There is a time when there will be no hope of tomorrow.
There will be a time when they will think it is better to say their last prayer.
There will be a time when they will witness defeat and be forced to surrender at the face of war.
There will be a time when they will have sleepless nights all because of certain decisions.
All these are the requirements by their work. What about months without seeing their families. What about the months when they could not see the major street but will be locked in a camp or be at the warfront.
All these are their choice.
Yeah, but what about you?
Are you not the one that made the choice to be successful?
Are you not the one that want to build wealth?
Are you not the one that want to make it in life?
Are you not the one that want your name to be known by others?
If you've made a decision to be successful, you should be ready to accept all the challenges that comes with it.
Yeah, they are the price that should be paid for you to win the prize.
They are what you must overcome so that you will have a story to tell.
Everyone of us has a track record which differs from others.
The challenges you are facing currently might be what I have overcome.
The challenges that is yet to come for me might be what you have overcome.
We all have different trials and hardship, that's why it is called youth.
*****Y********ears*** *****O********f*** *****U********nequal*** *****T********rials and*** *****H********ardship.***
2021 is about to become history, if there is anything that you've not achieved this year, next year is not a new year, just the beginning of a new calendar. So get everything right from now.
***Nothing will change unless you change it.***
Generals cannot be without a scar but it is needed for them to become a general.
Everything that you are experiencing is needed for you to achieve what you want to achieve.
Be determined, be focused and be ready for the worst.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator I am***
***A²¹***
There is no difference.
Let's take a walk back to 5years ago.
Did you noticed that nothing actually changed.
Yeah, except your age and physique what else changed?
Nothing.
I changed my environment.
I changed my phone.
I changed my location. I even rented an apartment.
My marital status changed.
5years ago, I was still a student but now I am now a graduate. I was aspiring and seeking admission 5years ago but today I am an undergraduate.
Above all, nothing changed.
Are you actually saying nothing changed after all these evident that you know.
Yeah, I am saying nothing changed. There are only two things that changed which are?
The information you had at your disposal.
One of the basic catalyst for change is the information available to you. I hope you will agree with me that you will not have been here if the information about read cash is not available for you. Or how would you know that there is a platform where you can earn and learn at the same time if not for the information that is available for you.
Even if you have the zeal to achieve something new and the information is not available for you, you will only have a zeal without result.
One of the things that changed is the information available to you.
The people you met.
This is another thing that changed. The category of people that you meet is also a catalyst for change. There are people here that have influenced me even without seeing them and I believe you that you are reading this, you also have met some people here who has changed you in one way or the other.
The way the universe is programmed, you are bound to meet at least a new person in a day but how well do you react to these people and how well do you connect with them.
Information is power but whatever money can buy, relationships can pay for it.
Information that requires thousands of dollars can be gotten for free if you have good relationship with others.
Decision rule.
I believe you will accept with me that there is no difference except in the information and the people that we meet. If that is true, how are you preparing for the next 5years in terms of information and people.
Who are those people that you think might help you achieve your dream?
What are the information needed?
If you are able to get this right, 5years goal might be achieved in a year or less.
Information can be gotten from books so how many books do you plan to read?
If what you need is information, how proactive are you or what are you wiling to sacrifice in getting the information? How zealous are you towards achieving the result that you wanted?
If you are not getting the expected result, get more quality information.
Getting information might not be enough because there are certain information that are readily available but you must be guided on how to use them. So information might need information on how to optimally use it.
Everything you need to survive and be successful in life is in the hands of other people.
How well are you managing those that cross your path?
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Power of the mind.
Are you among the 5%?
This morning while reading a book titled, "Towards mental exploits", I came across a report of a particular research about mind and thinking.
A very startling study reveals that only 5% of the human populace think! Fifteen percent think they re thinking, while the remaining 80% would rather die than think.
It is very funny to know that out of the entire population, only 5% of it are actually thinking. At some point, I started asking if I am part of those that are thinking or among those that think they are thinking.
To know whether you are thinking or thinking you are thinking, how you think and the result of your thinking will determine where you belong.
The thinking process is referred to as meditation which engages the mind providing solution to a problem or to devise a new way of doing same task. It is the process of being creative, innovative about what you are doing.
Another process that is very similar to meditation is worry. Most times, when people sit down and look moody or they isolate themselves from others, we do take it as if they are thinking whereas they are worried over the problem.
Thinking begot solution so any meditation process that does not lead to any creativity or innovation towards solving a problem is just worry.
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Do you know what worry does?
It keeps you busy doing nothing.
As powerful as the mind is, there is nothing that occurs that will not pass through it but there are certain actions that is normal.
According to research conducted by A Russian researcher, we use less than 2% of our brain capability for our daily activities.
What if I can just use 5% more?
The truth is that there is no limit to how far the mind can be engaged but if it is not engaged, it will not function at its best.
How can I engage my mind optimally
*****Take cognizance of the information you take in.*****
The kind of information that you feed your mind is the extent to which it will be able to produce result. If your mind is limited to taking certain information, you will notice that over time, you will become more knowledgeable in that area.
*****Read more books*****
Reading books give you access to the mind of great writers from around the world. Reading broaden your mind and engages your mind to mediate in what you learn.
*****Teach*****
Teaching is another way to engage your mind positively, it is a way of connecting your mind with others through constructed passing of information to others. During teaching, the human mind is highly ready to receive question and analyse it.
The whole process of teaching requires the mind to stay active so teaching helps you to use your mind optimally.
It has been discovered that if you have issue learning something, teach it.
Remember,
Success is a game of the mind. If your mind is absent, you will lose the game.
Don't be among the 95%, engage your mind today.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Question of the day?
I don't know if it is not too late to hop in on the question asked by @Olasquare few days ago in his post.
Why am I so interested in the question?
Just like him, I am not a fancy of trivial questions. Not only that, I took some special features from him as well as my virtual daddy. I love football but not to the extent of playing football as a profession but I love it so much that once I am on the field, eating goes on strike.
Writing is my passion and I have pushed more for writing this year and I am building my name as a content writer in the crypto space and also looking forward to work with project start ups and fintech companies in building solution in the Africa Crypto Space.
My love for writing and enthusiasm for cryptocurrency has pushed me into writing an ebook to help newbies have basic understanding of the cryptocurrency and blockchain. I am working on the book to include how a newbie can easily identify their strength and earn from the crypto space. It is my own way of contributing to the poverty alleviation scheme.
Back to the question, I will like to highlight what happened in the past.
Pain point in the past
My childhood age was not adventurous and I have been at the center of making decision for myself right from my teen age. Though I was also from a place where parents make decision for their wards but mine was a bit different though there are decision that was made for me but my education has been more of my own decision than my parent. Meanwhile, I and Olasquare are from same state. Just an addition to our similarities.
The pain point that I had in the past was my final result. Have you seen someone graduated with a margin grade? Mine is not even close but a border grade. I graduated with 4.49 and first class starts from 4.50. Do you see the border line grade now?
So if I am to choose, I would have chosen to go back in time with my current knowledge and experience because I will like to change that. I am not bother with it but there are some time when I had missed opportunities because I did not graduated with a first class. Such is life but we can only get from life based on the value we added so if I can add more value to the society than a first class graduate, I can make it far way beyond a first class graduate.
My decision
Let me repeat the question.
"***Would You Take 10 Million Naira ($18,000) Now or Go Back In Time To When You Were Younger But With Your Experience Intact?***"
I will take 10million Naira now and move on with my current experience.
Why???
Going back in time to me is only meant for those that had something that they loved but could not achieve it. I am also grief that I could not make the list as a first class graduate but my course of study is what I wanted to study even though I was persuaded to go to science class after my Junior secondary school but thank God my decision stands.
Right now, I have several ways through which the money can be invested to give me a passive income that will allow me to write not for living but as my passion.
Writing for some people is a skill but for me it is a way of life.
***What will you choose between the two if you are asked same question?***
The greatest gifts
Life has dealt with each and everyone of us in different form and that alone alone has made us to have different perspective about life.
What seems right to me might not be right to you.
What is possible for me might not be possible for you.
The path you followed, if I followed same path, I might not get anything from it.
It is not about life presenting itself to us but at times, it is about the opinion that we've formed in our head.
Whether I like it or not, whether you are okay by it or not, today has become history for us all and nothing can change that.
I could remember, I had another perspective about life when I read a book while in school titled, "17 secrets of high flying students".
The first pages of the book changed my life till today maybe book is the greatest gift that I want to talk about?
No!!! But if you understand the quote, it might help you to understand the reason behind this posts.
***Life will never give you what you deserve but what you decide.***
You deserve to be taken care of.
You deserve to be adored.
You are a king, you deserve to have all the goodies that your heart desire.
Everything you need suppose to come with ease.
But are you really getting what you deserve?
The answer is No right
Okay, then what about those things that you have decided. Even though, all might not come to pass but larger portion of what you decided and work towards achieving it becomes yours.
What helped you are the two greatest gift of life.
Mind
If you ask me who a poor man is, I will glad say, a man that does not understand the millionaire mindset.
If you cannot see it in your mind, you cannot have it in your mind and the way the mind is programmed to work, there is no limit to what you can get from your mind.
Have you ever imagined an outing and you will be happy just to note that things keep working just as you have imagine.
If wishes were horses, beggars will ride.
Not everything you imagined will come to pass but the one that you imagined and work towards it shall come to me.
Though, everything you ever worked hard for might not be yours but at the end, you will never regret putting in the hard work of you truly work hard for it.
There is a part of the mind called the subconscious mind. It bridges the gap between your thoughts and reality.
If you really take proper care of your mind and use it effective, there are more goodies on earth than you can imagine
***Opportunities abound much more than challenges just that your mind is not yet trained to see opportunities in challenges.***
Do you also know that you cannot get from your mind beyond how you feed it?
As you keep eating everyday so as to have energy to keep up with your daily activities, feed your mind as well so that it can function well.
Time
The only asset that is the same for all is time.
You cannot have more than 24hours or is there a way to have more than 24hours.
I guess there is none.
Look back and check what you thought might not be possible and you will realise that whether you do that thing or not, time will reach.
I can imagine where I will be in November during May and here I am today, November has come and gone.
***Even if you did not have a dime, always remember that you have an asset that can be redeem for what you need.***
Your time will always be refilled everyday and there will be more of it but what you are doing with your time will determine what you will get in life.
Combining the two gifts
If you understand both context then think of what you can achieve if you truly combine both your mind and time together on something.
It will be relatively hard for you not to achieve that thing because with time, there is nothing that is impossible.
Though not all thing can be achieved because there are certain situations that is beyond our control but at that, you can go beyond the walls to reach your goals that seems unachievable.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Financial Emergency
When it comes to emergencies, what do comes to mind is negatives occurrences. Is it really true? Can't there be positive emergencies?
Emergency refers to unexpected occurrences or events.
Finance on the other hand refers to money so Financial Emergency can be regarded as unexpected occurrences that requires financial obligations.
This alone makes it look as if all emergencies are negative one since they are all unexpected but if there are unexpected occurrences that does not require financial obligations then there can be positive financial Emergency.
Types of financial emergency
Negative emergency: I will like to start from what we are accustomed with which is negative emergencies such as accidents.
Positive emergency: Yeah, there can be positive emergency and this are things that call for joy and celebration but they are not expected so they are emergency such as promotion. This is positive but when the promotion requires you to relocate then you will have to spend on what you did not planned for like getting a new accommodation or getting a new outfit among others.
From the above, it can be seen that financial Emergency can also be positive as long as the event is unexpected and it requires financial obligations.
How do I prepare for emergency?
Emergency can not be avoided either negative or positive but the only thing that can be done is to be prepared for it.
The only way to prepare for emergency is to save.
Your savings alone is what will save you but we have come to the time when inflation is at its peak and money saved keep losing value.
Those into cryptocurrency are not affected so much since crypto assets are bound to increase in value thereby negating the influence of inflation.
Even at that, there are emergencies in cryptocurrency like buying the dip and surviving the dip.
Savings might not be enough to save us that's why a proportion of our savings should be invested while part of it should be saved in fiat or stable coin. This will give us the opportunity to have necessary cash when needed and also the investment part will help us to even out the effect of inflation and also serve as a means of creating wealth.
When making investment, don't invest on what you did not understand. Even in cryptocurrency, there are fractions. Some people are good in spot trading, some invest on future trading, some invest on presale and degens, some are involved in NFTs while some are just earning through writing contents or working as part of a team.
Invest on what you understand but that doesn't mean you should not extend or diversify but don't diversify unless you have the basic knowledge. This will help you to protect your capital.
Financial emergency requires savings if you want to be prepared for it but savings alone cannot save you, you should also invest a part of your savings.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Death
Anytime I I think about the word, death, every thing about me changes.
I always wish I could know when mine will come.
But the decision is not for me to make.
Even the next person who will lose his or her life the next minutes might not know by now.
What am I even saying, the person did not know.
As I am typing, I am sure some are saying goodbye to this world.
Their spirit and soul will depart leaving their body to the justice of life.
How I wish death can be bribed?
Life after death
Is there really life after death?
Maybe it is just an illusion?
Forget about religious belief, there are men of great value that even after their death, we are still earring their name.
If life after death is just an illusion, what will be your reaction?
There will be no time for you to amend your ways.
You might even regret your days.
But does all that matters when you can even live after death?
The fallen heroes
There are people whom you have heard and whom I have heard about but their death is just a transition because we still learn from them or make use of their innovations.
If Henry Ford has not built a car, how will you be able to travel long distances.
Oh! You will trek. 🤔🤔🤔
That's just an example.
There are countless of people whose reasoning and level of impact made their names to be on the lips of generation.
They are also human and not monsters but they are more dedicated to helping lives and that alone has granted them life till eternity.
There are certain books that you will read and it will be as if the writer was just beside you but most of them are long gone if before you were born nevertheless their written words still affect you as if they are just having the conversation with you.
These are the set of people that conquered death.
Even they are no more, their name remains forever.
If I can ask you a question,
****With your current lifestyle and what you have done in life, have you conquered death?****
It is another thing to be known and what you are known for is another thing.
A thug is well known but what he is known for is thuggery. In his realm, he will also remain relevant.
You can only conquer death when your name lives after your death and with that life after death is certain..
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Know when to depart
Leaving those that you love always feel somehow but when you leave them, you might be doing yourself help or helping them.
A short experience
Few years back, there was a girl whom I love so much and I decided to shoot my shot.
My shot hits the target but only for few hours. She was actually dating my friend then but I still love her.
Maybe I am the bad person for asking my friend's girlfriend out nut the guy in question has no intention of getting married to her. We already knew that but she did not realise it on time.
To her, she was convinced enough but before daybreak, her mind changed thinking maybe it was a set up between I and my friend.
To be sincere, her decision hurt me more than for her to say No from the onset.
If she had said no without any glimpse of hope, it would have been better than for us dating for less than 24hours.
Lesson learnt
Even though we departed then but it is the best option for both us and now, we are partners though no emotional attached. We are now working together as partner to establish one of the best Africa accounting firm.
We are still in the developing stage but if she held on to me then, maybe she would not have been able to acquire the knowledge needed to establish the firm.
If I had been with her, there are series of things that I would not have acquired as well.
Our meeting or coming together was not actually for us to be in a relationship then but to serve as a foundation for what is to come which is actually what is happening now.
The only departure without hope
Whether we like it or not, death will knock on our door one day and each and everyone of us will taste death.
That day, those that love you will seek to touch you but you will be far away from them.
They will expect you to talk to them but nothing will be coming out of you.
Except death, any other departure is for the best as long as it is when you are suppose to depart.
***Are you in any relationship which seems to be breaking apart?***
Maybe you need the break.
***Are you afraid of losing your partner or friend?***
Maybe they are not suppose to be in your next chapter of life.
***Are you concerned about leaving that company?***
Maybe you are meant to be in another position higher or better than where you are currently.
***Don't be carried away by the pain of leaving those that you loved but be concerned about losing yourself and the lesson that you are suppose to learn.***
Life is in folds, know when to stay and when to leave. Leaving is always for a reason that can be known only if you are able to discern it.
You have no excuse.
I wish everyone can get to understand this as early as possible though I learnt my own the hard way.
Before I continue with the post, I will like to request for a pardon from you all for not posting and staying ghost for a very long period of time.
My absence was proudly sponsored by excess workload at my ppa and MTN. We went to work at a place where there was no service both Glo and MTN and after then, I have been so busy than I thought but things can only get better from here.
This post was inspired by the conversation that a friend of mine had today. The other person said, "you have no excuse, you just have to succeed".
This made me to think about my life and I am grateful I took a bold step even when it was not easy.
My early days at school
The mentality of most Nigerian students is that you have become a burden for others to take care of as soon as you gain admission.
I was not left out of this, everyday I will be on call asking for money from almost everyone that I have their number.
Not that I go extreme miles but I do call my uncles and aunties and my parent because those are the people that I can call without feeling anyhow atleast they are my family.
The only thing that I got in reply was disappointment but when I got to 200l, I decided that I am not going to call anyone again. 🙄🙄🙄
As at that time, I did not even ha e an idea of how I am going to survive but I just know that somehow, I will manage.
If I had depend on them, my excuse would have been that I did not graduate because I did not have anyone to support me but all thanks to God, I am a graduate and serving my dear country now.
The first time I posted my picture with my khaki (NYSC uniform), my uncle that did not even call me while I was in school was the first person to like and share.
I cannot laugh but I was happy I did not allow their own behaviour to affect my success but do they really owe me anything?
The answer is No!!!
No one owe me anything and besides it was my decision to go to the university not their choice so I must face whatever comes out of it.
Years have passed but when I look back and consider my decision, the only thing that feels my heart is joy and happiness.
You have no excuse
Our country is enough reason as an excuse not to succeed but what has that done for us.
It has made us stronger than we thought and now we are happy we took this step.
What if you think about the stress that comes from work?
You will not even think of handling your phone when you get home?
Oh! What about those that are in school?
Their own level of stress is from another realm but all the same, we have no excuse than to succeed.
I don't know who might need to read this, you have no excuse for not succeeding.
No one cares about how you do it, they all just want result.
If not because of anything, make sure you succeed because of the joy that comes with it.
Let the joy of success surpass the fear of failure. If you will fail, it will be above the average.
Happy New week
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
How to set a realistic goal.
Yesterday, I wrote about how to achieve your goal in a post titled, "It is to early to give up". I explained certain steps and precautions that can be taken to achieve that you goal which you think might not be achievable again but I thought to myself, why talk about achieving a goal when the goal was not a realistic one. https://read.cash/@Abidemiademok21/it-is-too-early-to-give-up-d6b3b527
Is there a realistic goal?
Yes, assuming the total supply of a coin is 2,000,000 and you are setting a goal of holding 3,000,000 of same coin.
It is also a goal but not realistic and there are some goals like that which we will think to ourselves but they do not conform to reality.
How to set a realistic goal?
Setting a realistic goal requires following a specific acronym which is called SMART objective.
S - Specific
The S in the acronyms stand for specific. Your goals should not contain ambiguous and should not be based on probability.
For instance, I should be able to earn about $100 before the end of December.
This is based on probability which might not be achieved since I am putting the goal and I will be contented even if I did not achieve it since it is on probability.
Rather than using that word, I will say, I want to earn $100 or minimum of $100 before the end of the year.
The difference in this and the previous instance is that the latter is specific even though it is with a clause but there is a minimum target that must be achieved and any other additional earning will be welcomed.
There is a way this will condition our mind as we will be able to track our progress.
M - Measurable
This is somehow confusing and some people will take it as being the same as specific but rather it is not.
So in this case, I will like to use BCH as an example. If your aim is to earn $100 and you earned $50 and the price of BCH doubled, then you did not actually achieved what you set to achieved but it was controlled by an external factor.
So if your goal was to have 0.1 BCH. This is measurable irrespective of whether the price of BCH increase or decrease. You can track your progress like when it is specific but adding measurable to it will let you know if the deviation is from you or from external forces.
A - Achievable
Your goal can be specific and measurable but not achievable.
Don't get me wrong, there is nothing you put your mind into that you cannot achieve but there are certain things that you know that they are not achievable.
Clamouring for heavens is good but it is not achievable or maybe I will say it is not within human capacity.
Can your goals be achieved or it is not possible?
It is like setting a goal to graduate from a four years course within 2years.
It is specific and measurable but not achievable but rather having a specific CGPA is specific, measurable and achievable.
R - Realistic
This is another yet similar but different concept.
Based on human capability, there are certain that are achievable but in real sense not realistic. Though most of our goals are realistic but this is put in place to serve as a check to whether the goal can be achieved or not.
Swimming over a long distance from one coast to coast is achievable but considering the circumstances surrounding it and the energy required, it is not realistic.
T - Timely
This is the most important aspect and should not be overlooked. Your goals must be defined within a set of period or have a specific completion and beginning time to avoid taking too much time or what should be achieved within few hours.
Unless your goal is defined according to time, it might become unrealistic since there is no push and there is no limitation to when it can be achieved.
The Smart objective has been criticized and it has been praised by different scholar while some go further to add to it and call it SMARTER but all these are just modification to the initial principle of SMART which remains the basic for achieving a goal or target.
In setting your next goal or aim, make use of this acronyms to test the feasibility of your goal.
Your contribution will be highly valued.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
It is too early to give up.
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This year is already going to an end and as each day becomes history, it becomes a reality that we are closer to another year than before.
No matter how careless you are, you are still going to have a aim or a target which you will like to achieve. Some people might be thinking it is too late while some will be thinking the time to achieve the goal is too small and it might not be possible to achieve it again.
This is just a call to tell you that it is too early to give up on your goal.
If your own goal is to buy a car this year, you can still buy it.
If yours is to get a new house, it is still possible.
If yours is to have a certain amount of BCH, it is still possible.
If yours is to change your phone or get yourself a new laptop, trust me, it is still possible.
Whatever your goal is, it is still but how can you achieve the goal if it is still possible.
How to achieve your goal.
****Put your trust in God****
I am so sorry if this negate your own belief or goes against your ideology but there is no one that trusted in God that will be put to shame.
If you have not tried it before. You should do it now. Just trust God completely and see whether the goal will be achieved or not.
****Put in the hardwork.****
Trusting God alone is not enough as God will also bless the work of your hand. So it is compulsory that you are also working toward the achievement of your goal.
You cannot lie down on your bed and expect food to come to you but it must be prepared by someone and even requires your own effort to get up from the bed and eat even if another person prepares it for you.
Your own part of it should be to work harder if you have been working hard before.
****Tell someone about it.****
This is a very tricky part because you can not trust anyone with your dream but I have tried it and it worked for me.
Telling someone about your goal will keep you motivated and keep you working towards it but the problem here telling it to someone that is trustworthy.
Not everyone can be trusted with your gaol so if you can't find anyone to trust, tell it to God.
God will never fail to hear and He will not tell it to another person unless the person is suppose to help you achieve it.
****Redraft your plan****
Go over your plan again and see the reason why you've not been able to achieve your goal.
You have to be truthful to yourself at this stage because truth a times are overshadowed by self confidence.
If the reason is what you can control, devise new plan to control it.
If it is not within your capabilities, do what is within your capability.
It is not within a student's capacity to know what is going to set in an examination but it is within the student's capacity to read more and prepare very well before hand.
So for every reason that is beyond your control, there is something within your control.
****Pray to God.****
You started with God and you are still going to end with God.
After setting a new plan, pray to God about it. The impact of praying might not be visible to you but it works wonder.
With less than 33days to the end of the year, it is still too early to give up.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Not too bad for a start.
It is a great feeling to be back with the "Sports Update with Abidemiademok21".
This has been a routine before the now unavailable Uptrennd went offline and since then I have not been writing about the sport update but nevertheless, I do comment on sports update posts and finally I am glad to be back fully.
The UEFA champions league resumed today after the international break and once again, the titans had a clash with tremendous results.
Thanks to @Jay997 for being my first
Sponsor. I really appreciate you.
Group E
Somebody say old thing rival at it again. 😂😂😂
Barcelona are now in the mercy of Bayern Munich again as a win against Bayern Munich in the final group stage game is the only available ticket to round of 16. No be war be that?? 🤔🤔🤔
Barcelona could not convert any of their shots and ended the match against Benfica in a goalless draw.
Bayern Munich on the other hand had a win in the first half with a sensational overhead kick from Robert Lewandowski in the 14th minutes before Kingsley Coman added his own goal in the 42nd minutes while Denis Harmash scored a consolidatory goal for Dynamo Kyiv in the 70th minutes but it was too late as Bayern Munich stood their ground.
Group F
To me, Michael Carrick has only achieved what could have been achieved by Solksajaer since Manchester United are in good form in the champions league but nevertheless, it was a good outing for a start.
Manchester United had a glimpse of winning only after the wonder working and aggressive forwarded, Bruno Fernades and Marcus Rashford were introduced in the 66th minutes.
It does not take more than 12 minutes before Christiano Ronaldo gave Manchester United the lead before Jadon Sancho went ahead to make it a deep wound by scoring his first goal for Manchester United in the last minutes.
Young Boys and Atalanta fought hard but an early Goal from Duvam Zapota gave Atalanta the lead before the game turned around in favour of Young Boys while Luis Muriel levelled it up again in the 88th minutes to bring the match to a halt with 3 goals each to both team.
Group G
This is the toughest group I could say for now considering the fact that each team were just 1 point away from another team. Lille (8points), Salzburg (7points), Sevilla (6points) and Wolfsburg (5 points).
Sevilla entered the battle for round of 16 after ending their match against Wolfsburg with 2 goals to nil.
Lille also had a nice sit at home victory against FC Salzburg with a lone goal.
Group H
Zenit St. Petersburg had a share of the point with a goal from the penalty spot during the 2minutes added time (90+2) but not after losing a previous attempt from the same penalty spot by Artem Dzyuba in the 52nd minutes.
Maybe I should not have added this but it is an update.
The Italian giants came to England and they were warmly welcomed by the current in form Chelsea.
Trevoh Chalobah opened the scoring streak before Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi added more goals to the scoreboard while Timo Werner handed over a transport fare to the Italian giants following an assist from Hakim Ziyech who missed a brilliant build up minutes earlier.
The match ended 4-0 in favour of Chelsea.
What else to note:
Bayern Munich is the only team to net four in four consecutive match competition since the European Cup was formed.
Lewandowski has now scored 9 goals in 5 games.
Christiano Ronaldo has scored his 799th senior career goal.
Michael Carrick is the first English manager to win his first game in charge of Manchester United after Walter Crickmer in November 1931.
Only Van Nistelrooy in 2004/2005 with 6 goals has ever scored more than Ronaldo (6 goals) for an English club in a single group stage of UEFA competition.
Jadon Sancho scored his first Manchester United goal in his 15th appearance and 11th attempted shots.
See you tomorrow at the next episode of #sportcreativewriting as the champions league game week 5 continues tomorrow.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
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Post also appeared on my hive blog.
Just turn
Yesterday was another episode entirely for me as I could not write any article here not publish any one on hive. I was not even active on noisecash. It was just a day without much productive but above all I learnt some great lesson yesterday.
One of them was the message delivered by the General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church during the 66th Annual National Convention. I was so happy that I did not miss the sermon even though I could not make it to the camp ground.
This post will not address that but I hope I will be able to share the message with you later.
Another lesson that I learnt yesterday is what I want to share with you now and I am sure you are also going to learn something from it.
How it started?
After the long service yesterday, I was able to push myself home and before I could say Jack, I was ready looking for something to eat. After eating, I already planned my day that I will be using my time on noise cash while I will write a post on readcash later in the night.
After eating comes the big question, what will write about?
Consistent writers will know what this means and how it can be somehow hard to think of a title and a concept before writing it but if all these have been achieved, you can proceed with writing the post.
I was still on this when I decided to use the time on noise cash and maybe before I will be done, I will get a title because that is all I need to kick-start a post.
I started replying my notifications then MTN decided to spoil the show with their network. I blamed myself for not having data on my Glo line, at least I could have switched the line but is the blame really from them?
Yes and No because my line is 3G.
I did not upgrade it to 4G and I did not buy another one. (Getting a sim card is not hard than before).
The battle continues
I keep reloading and reloading the page but nothing was coming up. After several attempts, I decided to turn to the other side. Lo and behold, I was welcomed with another speed of light in the connections.
Then I started asking myself some questions.
What if I had turned since?
What if I had left angrily and could not do what I want to do?
What if there is good network here since I have been trying?
Had I known, I would have saved myself and make proper use of my time.
These are what happen to mist of us on a daily basis. In achieving our goals and aims. We tend to do things the same old way and we will be looking for new result.
A turn is enough.
If only you can change your approach
If only you can change your strategies,
If only you can sit down and meditate over the situation,
If only you can see the person from another perspective,
If only you can change your routine,
If only you can have a change in plan,
Just if!!!
At times, what hold us back from achieving our goals is not the feasibility of the goals but the way you want to achieve it.
Many people are so rigid when it comes to goal setting that they will never allow any changes to be made to their goals and how they want to achieve it.
You don't need to change your goal, maybe what you need is to change how you want to achieve it.
Being flexible does not mean changing your principles, it only means changing how your perspective about the principle.
If there is something that you have been doing but seems the desired result is not forthcoming, why not change how to do it rather than changing the goal.
Till I cross your path, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am
A²¹
The 3 Cs of Life
Introduction
This post was inspired by the lead image. I came across the picture while I was looking for a picture to use for a post that I made on noise cash this morning. Luckily for me, my mind was connected to the picture and I could sense an article out of an image.
I have not made the article because this is the article that I sensed out of it but before you continue, this article might negate some of your previous ideology or philosophy about life.
Nevertheless, it is better to learn, unlearn and relearn. Except you are able to continue the circle, you will soon become obsolete even with what you know and what you think you know.
So let's take the ride to another revelation in writing.
Choice
Out of everything that God gave man, this is the lost interesting and the most dangerous thing God ever gave man. If God has not given man the power of choice, maybe the world would not have sinned and fall short the glory of glory.
Hey, wait. This is not an aspire to perspire article but a reflection of what happen to us in life using my life as an example.
Years ago, I dreamt of becoming an accountant and as times goes on, I choose auditing as my line in accounting but right now, I am getting tired of the process not because it is not fun but the stress attached to it is not what I dreamt of.
If you've been earning from the comfort of your home, you will understand that waking up everyday to beat traffic and wait for hours at the bus stop is not an ideal way to enjoy to your prime age but why am I doing this currently. It was as a result of a decision I made years back which was based on my power to choose.
NB: I am not yet a full staff, I am just doing my ppa and I am tired of the stress already. 😴😴😴
Before you judge what is happening currently in your life, take a moment to look back on your choices that you made several years ago.
Chance
The kind of choices that you make will determine the kind of chances that you will be exposed to.
About a week ago, a brother of mine sent me a link for job which was for an audit and assurance graduate position.
***What brought about this chance?***
It was as a result of the outcome of my choices meaning my chances in life were determined by the choices I made.
Your WhatsApp will be a good example on this category. ***What are those information that are available to you from your WhatsApp?***
You can't change what you get from your WhatsApp because it is your choice to create such circles of friends meaning what you are getting from them is as a result of your choice.
Hope you are getting something?
Change
Change, they say is the only constant thing in life.
Do you know that if you are getting the same information over and over again, you will start behaving unconsciously to same information.
Your music playlist will be a great example here.
***If there are certain music that you didn't listen to but your friends listen to them, when someone play the music where you are, you will start singing it.***
Not because you have it on your phone but because your friend keeps playing it to your hearing which is the chances that you got from your choice. (Choice of friends).
Final thought
Most times, what we do see is the change in personality and pattern of behaviour but that was not the beginning of the problem, the problem started long time ago when you made the choice.
Judging by the examples, I hope you now see how these 3 Cs can be a function of one's life in every spheres of life.
Your current passion for BCH was fueled by your ****choice**** to make money and to make it on readcash or noisecash so the *****change***** in pattern of behaviour is for you to shift from other coins to BCH and you find yourself talking about it more frequent than other coins.
This is not the only area and I know that you might have gotten another perspective to the article. Your comments will be highly valued.
***Till I cross your path again, I am like ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
Laziness by being busy.
Have you been in a situation whereby you think 24hours is not enough for you?
Have you come across those that always tell you that they are busy at all time?
Do you also experience this?
It is very hard to judge ourselves when we are doing something wrong but it is very easy to tell judge others. This is not our fault and at times we are not cognizance of how our actions and reactions are affecting us but we tend to react when others are doing the same thing.
One of the attitude that we do have and mostly those that are into cryptocurrency to the best of my knowledge is being busy.
Those that are into cryptocurrency hardly have time for others but is it suppose to be so?
Well, this post was not supposed to address that but it is meant to address those that are not busy but formed being busy without knowing that they are not busy but being lazy.
A little experience.
Someone saw my posts that was posted and checked my profile. I have been a registered member for more than 11months but my first post was published less than 24hours.
What am I doing all these while?
The only answer I have is that I am busy but am I really busy?
I can't really say but if you find yourself in such situation as below, kindly know that you are not busy but you are only lazy by being busy.
Time
Did you complain about time all the time or did you always wake up early and go to bed sleep but you will feel as if you did not even sleep at all?
The truth is that you will become more stressed mentally when you are not actually busy but you are busy as a way of avoiding being called a lady being.
This did not mean that there are people who are actually busy.
Yes, there are but not all.
Achievement
Did you always talk about what you've done and what you've achieved rather than talking about what you want to do?
When you talk about what you have achieved most of the time, your brain is structured to take a break and because you did not want a break, you tend to force things but rather than having results, you are only getting up and down without any result to show for your time.
The most important skill.
Even if you are not going to have any other skills, you should have time management.
Irrespective of who you are and what you are into, without proper time management, you will keep having a long to-do list with little result.
Don't just write out what you want to do but make sure you are adding time to it. This will help you to be specific in what you want to achieve and also help you to know if there is any deviation from what you are meant to achieve.
Deviation
Even if you are working with time, there are certain situations that you will not be able to change but rather you will have to abide by them.
These should be incorporated in your plan and to do list, make sure you are not choking yourself up all in the name of managing your time very well.
Be flexible but keep yourself in check so that you will not be busy doing nothing.
***Till I cross your path, I am like a ready made pen in the hand of the creator. I am***
***A²¹***
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