Thinking Differently

11 Lessons from a parasitic relationship

If you need information on conferences and other professional engagements, I might be able to help. I have lost count of the number of conferences I have attended, although I cannot add them to my CV for reasons you will know at the end of this post. I can’t complain about not having the resources to attend or that my organization does not approve any for fear of leaving my job for several days. Best of all, I do not solicit or apply to them; they just came knocking and organizers compelled me to attend without my formal approval.

You may wonder why I am so lucky when you have probably not attended any recently. You might say, “He must be very lucky and smart at what he does.” But wait, before further praise, let me explain more clearly.

It has never been very convenient to attend those events. Not convenient at all, I must say. To be fair to the organizers, they are consistent and focused, and I have many things to learn. But how do I tell them that I do not need them when they are always the ones giving? I have never seen the need to change my position from being a receiver. They have never complained.

They are well recognized, though not liked or appreciated in the global world, but they keep going. I think they are the most exposed to hostility in this world, yet they want to dominate the market space.

Despite my inability to cope with their supposed excesses, I have learned so much from their team, which I will share here before introducing them to you at the end of this piece.

Here we go…

Activity: Always active when they need to implement a project.

Operational: Always doing something.

Dominance: of their industry.

United: Team members have common pursuits.

Consistency: Never give up attitude.


Unbeliever: Never believe anything is impossible. Always going again.

Exemplary: Every succeeding member does not struggle to master their course because they always learn by example. The superiors are not afraid to give business secrets for fear of someone planning to start their own thing.

Eat more than enough: They are not carried away by little achievements. They take in or achieve enough to make it look as if they are unbeatable.

Timely: They can operate at any time, but they make use of their most active time, which is not always convenient for competitors. When they are less active, their customers may not give them the needed opportunity to patronize them.

They thrive in the most inconvenient circumstances, what most of us would call the ghetto. They have more than enough to stay active from their first life experience.

Independence: They teach their subordinates to be independent from the time of induction.

When many would give up fighting, they would rather wait for the most convenient time or the next opportunity to launch. Because they are actively alert, they easily act within the next available opportunity.

Before you realize their presence, they must have taken enough business secrets from you. By that time, you are already feeling their impact.

The team belongs to the mosquito family! Are you surprised I got these from them? Of course, I do. I felt if the relationship they have with man is beneficial to them, then man must also benefit from them.

If you have attended any of their unsolicited meetings, I am curious to know what you can learn from them.

I am anticipating your response!