A parent contacted me for advice regarding his child’s admission offer. My colleague introduced us. The parent needed clarification on the course his son was offered. After providing some background information, I asked if the son was present.
Parent: Junior (not actual name) !
Me: Hello, … why did you choose course X?
Junior: …
Me: Have you been doing anything along that line before?
Junior: Yes, I’ve been involved in…
Me: Ok. Is your dad with you?
The son called his father’s attention, and I proceeded to explain the different dimensions of each course to them. I explained to them how the son could become a professional in both fields without even attending a university.
I also discussed the current trends in the labor market and the importance of skill acquisition. I explained how the son could achieve his dream while pursuing the course he was offered, the mutual benefits, and possible employment opportunities while in school.
It is crucial to cultivate our minds to achieve our dreams using what we have presently or current opportunities. The world is too competitive to miss any opportunity at hand.
At the end, you put yourself ahead of those who have to wait till they get what they need before acting.
Am I now a career expert already?
I have only used what I have !
As someone with academic experience in this field, I believe in using opportunities like this to develop and diversify my skills. It will help to strengthen my competitive advantage. I can become an educational consultant without enrolling for a degree in the field.
Use what you have ! It is your strength. Use it to your advantage.
I took a break when I felt sleepy while working. Break time is not unproductive time. It was a reflection time for me.
Now, back to my ‘busyness’
Creating Beautiful Perspective
Create a positive future for yourself and your loved ones, no matter your past experiences. Live a meaningful and fulfilling life for God, others, and yourself.
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I have had a variety of experiences lately, some positive and some negative. I have made mistakes, faced challenges, and experienced both success and failure. However, I believe that all of these experiences have been for my benefit.
I am sure that you have also learned many valuable lessons from the ups and downs of life. If you have any regrets, do not let them hold you back from pursuing your goals. You have the potential to excel in your chosen field and be recognized by your peers.
Remember that everyone has a success story, no matter how small. Use your past achievements as a foundation for future success. If you have been feeling discouraged, think back to a time when you felt proud of yourself and use that as motivation to try again.
No matter what your current circumstances may be, strive to create a better future for your children. You have gained valuable knowledge and experience that you can pass on to them. Encourage them to learn from your mistakes and make the most of their opportunities.
Do not dwell on your past regrets or negative experiences. Instead, focus on creating a positive future for yourself and your loved ones. Remember that life is short, but your actions can have a lasting impact. Make the most of your time on earth by living a life that is meaningful and fulfilling for God, others, and yourself.
That’s the secret of joy in this life and eternity.
How to Improve Learning for Growth
My High School Experience on Embracing Failure and Learning from Feedback
Do you still remember where your first-year high school class was located?
My school is located on a major highway, but my class was situated far from the road due to the school’s extensive land area.
Recently, I realized that as I progressed through the years, the main road became more visible, and the distance to our class became shorter.
It may take longer for students who repeat a class to see the road clearly.
Here are the lessons:
When starting any project or business, it may seem like you are in the wilderness. As you continue, you become more aware of the terrain, and strategies for becoming successful become handy. You learn when and what decisions to make to move forward, having learned from past failures.
Starting a new project can feel like being lost in the wilderness. But as you progress, you learn the terrain and strategies for success.
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If you are unconcerned about your failures, getting to the main road will take longer, and you will remain in the dark. Soon, frustration sets in, and you may start giving up, and finally, drop out.
If you are fortunate enough to move on, you are 100% likely to start your new undertaking with the same disposition, and you will get similar results on the new terrain.
What should you do in a “failure” situation?
Failure in school is inevitable because students don’t have similar IQs and have different responses to factors affecting their performance. However, each failure has a unique set of approaches to resolving it. It may be that those failing have not identified their unique strategies to succeed.
But our perceived failures are feedback to improve the quality of our final results. They are means of preparing us for the future.
Recall that children learn to write by scratching—holding the pencil and writing anything. It doesn’t make any sense to their parents or their teacher. But they are happy doing that. Weeks later, Junior begins to join lines to form letters, then add letters to form words… I guess you understand the process.
When they eventually get their dream job, parents are not likely to remember the tiny steps that led them to the top. It took them not less than 15 or 16 years to get there, starting with seemingly insignificant things.
Friends, don’t give up on yourself. Each stage you pass through has a value being added to the end result. Failures are feedback. When they slow you down, get acquainted with the success road terrains, landmarks, potholes, bumps, among other features that will improve your road experience when passing similar routes in the future.
Kindly use the comment section to share how you have been improving your performance in current endeavour.
Beginning again
One day you might sit together at the same table, sharing unrelated steps leading to the same achievement of your dreams.
It appears I am now routing for laziness. I am no longer regular here.
Many things have happened, actually. I’m just trying to ensure I do a follow-up here.
Ok, let me start off by refreshing your memory with what I have done so far and state why I cannot give up writing here.
I started this blog in the year 2020. You remember what happened that year? I do too. That means I know what you know.
But that’s not what I meant. I am referring to what happened to you in person. Ok, you can share in the comment section.
I’m back. So, I decided to start this blog that year and promised not to look back. I made a request for my readers to join me on this journey. If you haven’t seen the post, you can read it. For a reminder, I titled it, “Step out, We’re together“.
Step out because someone somewhere is launching out just like you. He loves having a partner embarking on a similar journey. Your invisible friend didn’t want to give up; why will you? You needed some energy, which he is giving you now. How would you celebrate seeing each of your dreams come true? It is that simple; let’s launch out to celebrate together. One day you might sit together at the same table, sharing unrelated steps leading to the same achievement of your dreams.
I have dreams too. I wish I could reach the same zenith as that persons I admire. I can use what I have now, motivate myself, and promise not to give up. I will raise the bar by improving my delivery.
Later, I wrote that you must be PROACTIVE, RELEVANT, and ORGANIZED. That is an exact clue to the name of this blog (The Pro).
You are not supposed to remain at the same level of uncertainty after stepping out. Add to what you know by being proactive. Don’t maintain the same follower role. Perhaps that’s the level at which you are operating; if you don’t give up, someone will start following you—in a little way—and soon things will get better.
Relevance will make you dynamic, grow, and give quality output.
Being organized means doing things the way they should be done. Follow the standard. If there is no standard, develop one that others can follow.
Let me conclude my 2020 story with this quote from a post that featured on this site that year, Staying Relevant, That’s All:
“You can define your rules but be sure they have these ingredients: More mastery of the relevant, up to date, more actions, what others do, with others, and for the need of others.”
I understand that “to every action, there is an equal and opposite action”, and that’s the sum of my excuse in recent times.
Anyways, I promise to share new contents soon. I hope you will be available to check it out. Kindly subscribe to get notified you when. 🙏
Spare times for other things
There is a contingency, but you need to reserve some energy for subsequent task.
So, you woke up to pursue the goal of your team at the early hour of the day.
You have been dreaming of the experience and you’re busy checking your time to see its 7 ‘O’ clock – the setting out time.
You stood up as if it’s your life and soon, you got to the project site.
A valued member like you started the tasks on the project, expecting another team member to join you.
Soon you were notified of a call on your communication gadget.
It was your team member but you couldn’t pick it up. An attempt to return the call was not successful.
“Member B wanted to remind me of the task of today, you thought. He will join me.” You said.
Later the call came in again.
There is an emergency. That’s why I called the other time and I wanted you to attend to it.
No time for much details.
It is clear that something has to be done urgently but you took out some time to avoid taking rash decisions that will affect the system. However, you acted within the time frame the emergency will not degenerate.
It became very clear you need to outsource part of your work at some costs which you didn’t plan.
What a contingency there! It is a worthy decision but you need to reserve your energy for future project.
Thankfully, everything was successful.
You still have spare time to take your favorite drink.
Congratulations on your new managerial role.
That’s just a tip of what you should expect in your managerial role.
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