Lessons best learnt @ home
It’s amazing the lesson you will learn
about life in the simple activities of the
home. The other day we were scheduled
to have a group of visitors coming to see
princess and amid all the preparations
that go into making a lasting impression
that will not embarrass the head of the
house out there, I called in for help.
I needed assistance with cooking, setting
the table, doing the dishes and taking
care of princess at the same time.
After a successful day, I went to bed tired
and thinking about everything we had
gone through. It was then that I realized
a few things about life. I take this opportunity to share them with you and I hope
you find it worthy of your reading time
1. Get in the game Watching others
helps, and through watching by the sidelines, we make very good instructors and
referees. However, you have to get in
there and get your hands and feet dirty
for any real impact to be felt over a long
time. From the sidelines you may think
you are learning something but unless
you get into the business you ain’t gaining much.
2. Have a plan. I’m very keen on planning in general, but a time-tested recipe
is a godsend. Overtime, it has been
proven to me that it is always right to
plan and at best, it gives you the confidence to get started. Any plan is a help
and it gives folks the sense they aren’t
aimlessly flailing. However sometimes
we might plan for the wrong things and
no matter how well the plan is executed,
the end result is wrong.
Imagine if people never planned for a
coming baby. For nine months since conception, they have known that there will
be a birth; but they do not plan for the
hospital or attending doctor or clothes or
house, how chaotic would it be for the
new family?
3. Creativity. The plan is an outline—not
a law cast in stone. The creation of a
plan, implementation, revision and recreation are what constitute creativity. It is
the creative lot
rather than the
copy cats and
inflexible, who
land in the
world’s halls of
fame. Blind devotion to any
plan is downright dumb!
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4. Trial and errors. Agreeably, you can
watch a master at work and believe that
you have learnt. However when you get
down to do what you have learnt through
observation, you will not just make mistakes; you will make so many both big and
small and in business life or real life error is
the fuel that drives you. As such don’t
“tolerate” mistakes or get embarrassed by
them. Embrace them! How many times did
Edison go wrong before fin