Thursday 25 January 2018

HAPPEN TO LIFE – "Take charge of your destiny"




Life is unfair and comes in different shades with variety of challenges, swings, etc. The level, degree or extent of occurrence may also differ. The crux however is our attitude and how we respond to such swings and challenges. Choice is one of the great gifts bestowed upon humanity. We can therefore choose to either react or respond. In essence, you can choose to “Happen to Life” (respond) or allow life to happen to you (react).


Choosing to “Happen to Life” requires being proactive, responsive, strategic in reasoning, planning, positive, informed in making decisions, identify issues and taking steps to either prevent or remediate. Even when such issues/challenges occur unexpectedly, critical analysis of such events are done, options are weighed while the pros and cons of such options are identified before taking the best option as a corrective measure to prevent a re-occurrence. They are able to a great extent determine their future.

On the reverse, those that allow life to happen to them are reactionary and the opposite of the former, do more of damage control rather than prevention, “crash program., etc. Also, because of the urgency and need for action, such actions are usually not well thought and made on impulse leading more negative situations. This group of people get tossed and move with wind, opened to various vagaries of life. Even when challenges are identified early, procrastination, inaction and indecision sets in.

Which group do you belong to, those that happen to life or those that allow life to happen to them? I was in the latter group, not bothering to look beyond the immediate, believing nothing bad can happen to me of ask the “what if” question until I was jolted back to reality with no solid plan, resulting to different permutations, trial and errors and busy blaming others for my stupidity.

The good news is that you can choose to change sides and take your destiny into your hands, “happen to life”. You can still get back up as it does not matter how many times you fall. What counts is your determination to get back up each time but most importantly identify and imbibe the lessons learnt from such experiences.

Whether in business or individual life, try and try again until you succeed. Conceive it, believe it and achieve it!

God bless!

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