‘Inaction
is the greatest addiction’ - Abduba Mollu Ido, The MD PRASOL Consult in
Westlands, Nairobi. Everyone is a dreamer and most of us dream big, in fact
could everyone share out their dreams, some of us could run mad. The only tricky
part is fulfilling or making these dreams a reality. Wise men saw this,
deriving one of their sayings; if wishes were horses beggars would ride.
Over
the time I’ve come to realize that there are a couple factors that hinder us
from achieving our dreams. One is focusing on how hard it is- the
impossibilities or the hardships that are there before we can succeed. This
grounds us so much that we start thinking of alternative by-means. Consider in
job searches for instance, we are so intoxicated with the ‘connections’ thing-
the ‘who do I know by-pass syndrome’. Virtually somebody feels they can’t
simply secure a job by producing certificates. A ‘booster’ is necessary.
Secondly,
we tend to assume that everything should be straight forward, easy and ready
for scoop! Come on. Didn’t you hear of the ancient adage that nothing good
comes on a silver platter? – High time we styled up. In any event one ventures
in pursuit of their dreams and come across hurdles; they soon sprint out and
literally kill the entire mission. What most don’t know is that the pleasure of
achieving is in the struggle. Besides, even predators in the jungle know that
the pleasure of a kill is in the chase. Flex your muscles.
It’s
even better those people who give up at least after some attempt. Others sit
down only to be speaking of what they want to do and worse of all some can even
give you very sound plans, blueprint and means on how to achieve whatever it is
they want. The problem with them is, they live to talk and plan of journeys
they never go! – never make a move. It is said that in order to taste the deep
waters, one should be prepared to first leave the shores for them. A talk is
useless – without action, talk is like broad daylight dream.
Another
killer mistake we make is using obsolete approaches and techniques. Apart from
failing to trust oneself, the use of wrong techniques is yet another predisposing
factor. Some people trust themselves, plan and move ahead to execute but
miserably miscalculate their techniques only to land on disappointments not
because they were not able but because they used the right means on the wrong
venture. It is good to taste the validity of our methodologies before we put
them into test. Drawing something on paper is very easy but putting it in
practice is a bit tricky and testing.
Those
are some of the things that stand between us and our otherwise incredible dreams.
They are numerous and saying that I’ve exhausted them would be a blatant lie.
Nevertheless am certain beyond doubt that you have an idea of how to better try
and achieve your life-long dream(s) and aspiration(s). From me is; All the best
and good luck in your endeavors.
Views
and comments are much welcome. Sent them through paulmusyokah@gmail.com
[Copyright Paul Musyoka, @De_Syoks
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