Hello friends,

It's getting harder and harder for me to write an article these days. This may be due to fact that I left writing for a long while which and getting back to writing will take sometime before I re-master the art. While I was waiting to board cab to take me to my place of work this morning, a neighbor drove by and decided to give I and some other neighbors a lift to where we would easily get a car to board. And while we were in the car, some people decided to talk about the forth coming presidential election and the respective candidates. Of course different people would have different opinions as regards a matter, so this discussion would be no different.

To be honest, I rather indifferent to the discussion as I am not the chatty type when it comes to third party gathering, but I became interested in the discussion when one woman made a statement. She said "both those that collected money to sell their votes and those that didn't are all facing the consequences now". She said this because some people in the car were accusing those that collected money to vote for an electoral candidate of been the root cause of the mess the country is in presently. They said those that even collected money during the election period are the ones that are feeling the heat of the recession the most. What caught my attention was the first woman's reaction to all this. We all quickly caught up with the fact that the woman was one of those that probably sold her vote during election periods.

Her reaction was a reflection of what most people her. They don't care about what others would go through because of their actions especially when it's bad. Infact they would rather that everyone suffer with them than they losing what they deem advantageous in that moment even though it's going to benefit others if they let go. Another thing is most people are short-sighted and not willing to wait and reap abundance. They would rather eat now to suffer later. I believe this is one of the basis for poverty, lack of investment and low standards amongst people.

One attribute of all successful people is the ability to foresee, forgo and invest in somethings which are mostly long term in durarion, even if it means that they may suffer for a short period of time. But most people are not like that and that's why the distribution of wealth is skewed and only few people are actually possessing it. I know some people may want to make the political state and level of corruption in the country as the major reason for the high poverty level in the country, but I beg to disagree. Yes, corruption can reduce the chance of Becoming successful in a country, yet when one becomes limited in his/her ability to fore see and invest or learn to do the right thing, the result is stagnancy in his/her life. Kushy wrote an article the other day and he mentioned that the best way to save money up for oneself is to invest in oneself and you don't invest in yourself by selling off your future because of the present.

When it comes to success, be selfish

This brings me to another angle of the discussion. Those that collected money to vote for a candidate knows that this candidate is not worth but they would vote or even kill for him anyways because of what they want to collect from him. They don't care about the other populace or the suffering they may incur in the future. Rather they are selfish, short-sighted and corrupt in their own self. So, when it comes to you becoming successful in what you do, never let human opinions deter you. So far you know you are on the right track and you are certain of your vision and mission, never let anyone deter or influence you form achieving your aim.

The truth is most people want everyone to be like them, to remain in the same position of irrelevance that they are in than seeing others success and triumphing.

Imagine what would happened if the wright brothers had given up when they were being laughed at for trying to make their vision a reality? Then the reality of flying in the sky and space may have never materialized. Sometimes, one has to be selfish to achieve one's goal. When it comes to being successful, only one person is needed; only you! Others joining you are mere contributors and helpers, but the main person is you.

REMEMBER IF YOU ARE DETERMINED, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT IF YOU CAN DREAM IT!

Thanks for reading this article.❤️❤️❤️