There is something so silly about success. Not because it is difficult to achieve, but because when it finally arrives, it looks so ordinary. No one announces that you’ve crossed the finish line.
One day, you simply wake up living the life you once begged God for.
The IMF guy is 38 years old. Both Lesetja and Enoch have been overseeing SA public finances since 1994, when the IMF guy was 6 years old. They are there to be told how to manage their country's finances. What a shame.
Apply for jobs, apply for scholarships, apply to further your studies. Go to the interviews, complete the assessments, do it for the plot. Opportunities favor those in motion.
If you have big goals, realize that the journey will take everything and promise nothing. This is the deal. Don’t be so entitled to think you’re owed results just because you put the work in. You’re not owed shit. But even if working hard doesn't guarantee success, not working hard guarantees with absolute certainty that you will fail.
I’ve made peace with the fact that I’m probably going to get rich slowly. I just hope that, along the way, I learn everything I need to make the journey worthwhile.