One of my favorite quotes:
“I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.” - Muhammad Ali
Most people survive till the next day thinking that "tomorrow is going to be better." Their problems will get magically solved. The reality is they are unconsciously waiting for trauma or suffering to change.
But the answer is the same mind will always provide the same problems.
You cannot solve your problems with the same mind that created them.
So they are waiting for an external catalyst to happen, dragging themselves day after day.
But what they don't realize is that change starts from a decision. You have the ability to reinvent yourself at any moment, but people are so afraid of burning the boat, so they are half in, half out, convincing themselves with arguments disguised as camouflage to not face their own souls.
Sit down in the dark and ask yourself: Is this the type of life that I want to live? Is this the person that I am becoming?
All the answers that you need are from within.
A reason I'm glad that Olodo uprising is now seen as a big issue is the silent, almost unnoticed scorn thrown at very smart people. You even see it in small talks like "no be only you get first class" or "who book epp, you dey overdo".
The system no longer rewards first class, and very smart people. There's just that silent jealousy towards excellence. I never understand why you'd despise someone doing great work and call it "over doing". I am delighted the conversation is happening. Excellence and brilliant conversations need to return, and they can't be if we allow someone, who churns out the most brain dead content, to get away with mocking excellence by saying he wants a photographer and he's certain first class graduates will rush it. And people celebrated it, in my very before.
This seeps into workplace cultures too. You can't even demand excellence again, they'd say you're doing too much. People can't even think on their own, we don't encourage it too because the bare minimum is also "okay".
I see this Olodo Uprising less as bants. I am actually very delighted when Olodocore is called Olodocore, and excellence is demanded.
The greatest minds that have shaped history & driven our civilization forward share one thing in common — they all believed in the existence of a supernatural being
But you think you know better
i regret to inform you that personal growth rarely comes from acquiring new knowledge and almost always from:
• getting humiliated
• showing up terrified and doing it anyway
• admitting you might be the problem