Brace Up II.

This is the continuation of the post I made yesterday. You can read the first part here: Brace Up.

Continuation...

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We need to be responsible for ourselves because this is our life and we don't have another. It doesn't have to be easy because anyone can do it if it is easy. We have to do things afraid sometimes and think outside the box. Life is for the brave and it doesn't mean those who attained success were not scared but they did it afraid. There is a thin line between success and failure, no doubt and only those who can push further can attain it.

Everything we go through in life is a test of character sometimes. I have always believed that no experience is a waste for me. I can remember during the summer holidays then when I was in my second year at the university, my late dad enrolled me to a computer class. It was during the holidays, I should be resting and playing games but no, he dropped me there. I studied Microsoft applications during that time even though I was used to some of them. I was familiar with Word and PowerPoint but not Excel at that time.

The first official job I got back in my city then after service year, during the interview the man gave me a laptop to operate and lo and behold, it was an Excel sheet of documents. He asked me not to input the answers but to use the formulas which I did and that was how I got the job. I got home that day and said a prayer for my dad even though he was dead then too.

I used to be the laid back kind of guy too but my approach to life changed with the harsh realities around me. No one owes me anything and I allowed that to sink into my subconscious and this is why I am always grateful for everything and anything that I get. It's a gift and not an entitlement and that's how I've always been.

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Someone joked in one group that I am in that he has never seen anyone as consistent as me before in his life and many others echoed the same thing too. They asked what has been my motivation because I always share the link to my posts on my WhatsApp status and they were wondering how I am still posting on Steemit since 2016 and also on Hive and other 7 blog sites. There are some things you don't have to be taught in life but the realities of the world would teach you.

I am driven by the desire to also help others because I knew what it was like not to have. I hate myself when someone asks me for something and I tell them I don't have it. It breaks me down and I blame myself for not being financially ready to help and that's why I always try to help in every way that I can even if it is not financially.

When we lost dad and mum, I knew I had to sit up and it took their death to give me that reality check. Why should I keep telling people that I am failing because I have no parents? What about those who didn't even get to meet their parents and yet they are doing remarkably well? All I kept giving myself then we're excuses until I had to brace up and take responsibility for myself and even those around me.

Stop waiting for the conditions to be perfect because they never will be. It's not about being pessimistic but it's the reality. Stop waiting till you have that million or till someone come through for you, just keep pushing and maybe along the way you would see the help that you seek. I love those who set their minds on some things and then ask for help because I have seen how far they have gone already, I would readily go the extra length for them to add up to it. If people don't see the value they won't invest that's why we need to keep offering that value to attract.

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I stepped out of my comfort zone after teaching for a year plus. During my teaching days, I was given 3 senior classes to teach with each senior class having 3 arms. The workload was much but I knew I had to. Of course, the pay wasn't much but I just knew it won't be my last. I gave myself to it so much that the students love me. They would come and drag me to teach them when they have a free period even though another teacher had already booked even when I don't know. I didn't know this period was preparing me for what is to come.

I got another job in another city and had to move. It was a Steel company and oh boy! It was stressful. A lot of people confessed to me afterwards that they thought I won't even last a month because I was looking all soft and posh little did they know my appearance can be deceiving sometimes. I draw strength from within and I used three years there, in a stressful company and my Indian bosses then love me. I thought teaching was stressful, little did I know it was preparing me for another tougher one. Someone said that each level of success we attain prepares us for another tougher success to come and that's right.

I left and came back to my city again to start an accounting role. I got the job of an accountant and I knew it would be boring to just sit down on the laptop and work on sheets all day. I willingly offer my service to those in the factory of that same company because I have been used to stretching myself. So, when I don't have anything to do, I join them. The factory workers came to me even with the manager and said, "You are a good person. There has never been an accountant that would ever come into the factory to help us because they have nothing to do. You are making our work easier, thank you."

There was a day the director came to the office and I was done with what I needed to do so I was helping out in the factory. He saw me in the factory looking a bit dirty (I always bring extra clothing to work with them) and he was shocked. He said he never knew I help them out in the factory and a few months after, he increased my salary since I was doing a double job.

If you don't stretch yourself, you never know what you might get. You are responsible for yourself and when you fail, it's all you and not the fault of others. No one would help you if you won't even help yourself.

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