I meet with youths who think what they are pursuing is purpose but I have discovered that most of the time, what they are actually pursuing is a platform. The pressure on Africans to prove to the world that they are humans with a brain, makes most of us to seek shortcuts to the platform rather than submit to the process that leads to the platform. We therefore end up celebrating mediocrity, leaving little room for excellence. Passion not tied to a purpose that seeks to improve our communities and society is counter productive, that is exactly what the passion for the platform does to us. We concentrate our efforts on how we can be seen and applauded without any intention of making long lasting, life changing contributions. Consequently, we do not develop our talents in line with our vision, we just go out, copy what somebody else has initiated and find untoward ways of getting to the spotlight. Purpose driven passion will make you give your best to whatever you are doing irrespective of the size of your platform. Immediately I tell people I am a blogger, the next question is "Have you started making money?" Most times, it can be little upsetting not because I do not like money but, I think for me, the reason why you are doing something and enjoying what you are doing should be paramount. Many people who have made tons of money today, did not set out trying to make money, they had a purpose, they were driven by the passion to make it happen and along came money and platform. If you seek to stand on a platform too quickly, it will destroy you because you avoided the process that would have prepared you to handle the pressures of that amount of exposure. If you want to savour all the flavours of a good meal, it will take a lot of marinating and slow cooking. Allow your passion to marinade in your purpose if your want to have any long lasting impact. Enjoy your day!
AFRICA IS A CONTINENT ON THE MOVE AND HER YOUTHS ARE HER GREATEST RESOURCE."We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."Franklin D. Roosevelt. MentorAfrica looks to help youths, through various life transition mentoring topics, to prepare youths for development and leadership that will help them change the African narrative whenever the opportunity arises.
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
PURPOSE. PASSION. PLATFORM.- BUT. PASSION. PLATE-FORME
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