Sitting down to think deeply about people and life, I realized just one thing, and that is nobody is interested in how you started, nobody is interested in the struggle, the storms, the rain, the sun, the mountains, the valley, and the muddy path you passed through to be where you are. Nobody cares to know if you wore just one pair of shoes, one pair of trousers or skirt, one pair of shorts or a pair of blouses while moving in the journey, they only care about the result you table before them.
They only care about how far you were able to withstand the heavy wave of the sea to get to your destination. No one, I mean no one cares about the story you are telling them or wish to tell them when they are yet to see the result with their own eyes, so why go about telling them, why go about telling them what there are actually not interested in, why go about wasting your energy telling them what you were not asked instead of using that same energy to work and let your success speak for you.
Don't make too much noise about what you are doing and what is about to happen because nobody cares or perhaps, should I say, nobody is interested. Everyone is interested in what you can bring to the table and not in the words of your mouth.
Rich and successful men don't go about mentioning their names in one radio station or the other, they don't go about writing their names in school handouts or billboards but their success always makes the noise for them. Their achievement and success always make people look up to them and call out their names wherever they are found.
The truth is nobody cares to see the struggle, pain, and setbacks they had to go through and went through to be who they are and where they are. Even if they tell the story, it doesn't even stick in anybody's head for too long, what sticks is, they are successful at the end of the day.
So, don't be like a parrot who goes about saying what they are not asked because parrots talk way too much but can not fly high, they are only good at making noise and disturbing the peace of others,
This set of people love bragging and saying things even when they are not asked to, they can never control their mouth. They say what is meant to be said and the things that aren't meant to be said or heard by others.
Be like an eagle who is always silent and they can only be known for their power and ability to fly higher than other birds. The eagles don't need to talk for someone to know that's an eagle but their ability and power to touch the sky allows people to recognize them once they are seen.
The eagles take each step silently until they get to the heights they want to reach without making a single noise or attracting people to themselves because of their noise, but their power to move higher attracts people to themselves.
Let your victory and success speak for themselves, don't go about making the noise with your mouth when you are not even doing anything. No one likes to hear bragging, so don't go about bragging when you have nothing to show, don't go about talking about how great you because that should be the last thing you would want to do to yourself.
Imagine going for a presentation in a company to get a contract from that company and fortunately for you, you realize that one of your clients which you worked for some time ago is part of the board of directors of that company and will be the one to choose if you are eligible for that contract.
Hmmm, I guess that's a hard one but won't be hard if the client can attest to your work or go against your work because you once did shabby work for him when your paths crossed. Now, here we go, you would not need to beg for the contract if your work did the talk while you just watch the contract handed to you in a platter of gold, but I bet you, you would start begging once you realized that you have only been making noise but did nothing.
When your clients brag about you, it shows how successful you are, and everyone is willing to listen but when you brag about yourself, nobody cares about what you have got to say about yourself. After all, nobody would want to speak ill about himself, everybody wants to talk big and good about themselves but don't be the one doing it all the time, let your success be the one doing it, while you watch from afar.
keep your head down, be silent, do what you've got to do, and let your hard work, do the talking for you. Don't be like the parrot who goes about making noise and saying things they are not asked but like the eagle who silently works his way up without shouting or making noise about it and they are known for their greatness once people see them.
They don't need to shout but their success speaks for them.