I can’t keep calm! My brand just got featured on #LondonFashionWeek over the weekend and now we’re trending on @BoF. Totally loving this 2021 energy. Onwards & upwards 🦍
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A pattern I’ve noticed in successful people - that didn’t sacrifice their life for success - is that they physically worked very little, yet people see them as hard workers. Mentally, they were always thinking, plotting, and scheming. They worked in their mind. And once they were clear on their idea, they executed with speed that others couldn’t compete with.
If you are doing stanchart on Sunday 21 kms and above your shake out run shouldn’t be more than 5 kms or 40 minutes . Slow and easy .
Conserve your energy for Sunday .
Hydrate , carb load, plan your race day kit , go through you pacing plan and don’t try anything new on race day .
No new shoes ( unless they are super shoes and you have done atleast one run in them .
Sunday morning wake up don’t take anything new or heavy . Black tea / coffee a carb of your choice . Most people recommend oats ( but only if you trained with them ). Few slices of bread are great as well plus a banana or two .
Stanchart route is well surpported but you can carry your own 500 ml or 300 ml of water . A small bottle that is comfortable to hold in your hand .
Avoid luggage . Camel packs and hydration packs this is not an ultra . Unless you plan to be on the road more than 6 hours . You get to point even the clothes you are wearing become heavy and you want to remove and run vile ulizaliwa. So stay as light as is possible .
Lubricate everywhere with arimis / Vaseline ; under your armpits , between your thighs , your feet , men don’t forget your nipples . Nipple shafting is a painful terrible thing . Put a whole tub of Vaseline hapo .
Don’t skip any water point . Don’t wait to be thirsty to take water . Carry some salt or electrolytes to beat the muscle cramps . Take in tiny bits from the start . Do t wait for cramps to set in .
Don’t start too fast. Start slightly slower to warm up the first 4 kms then settle into your race pace . Otherwise you will grind your teeth on the last stretch .
All the very best to those racing on Sunday 🥳
Take a look at the Top 25 richest people in your country.
The list tells a story.
A story of whether you live in a competence or connection based economic system.
If you live in a country where the richest people are often not the most intelligent you are in a connection based society.
But if you live in a country where the richest are entrepreneurs who have built businesses from the ground-up, then you are in an economic system of free markets, driven by effort matching reward, and based on competence.
"In Africa, Asia and Latin America, the economic systems are not usually driven by your level of intellect or competence or cognitive ability but by connections." @VusiThembekwayo
What tends to happen in a connection based system is that
1. Top talent leaves. They go to a society that rewards competence.
2. Rich people externalise their investments. Simply because they do not know what the future holds. They can lose connections to power any time.
In competence based systems,
1. Top talent tends to take a view about the future based on their own competence and ability.
2. The rich invest in the society through angel investments, enterprise building and attract foreign direct investments.
What do you think?
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