We have heard it over and over but we still need a reminder from time to time to help us stay on course. We need to keep it simple, focusing on our dream and turning limitations into opportunities. No path in life is without obstacles, the way we treat these limitations will determine the degree of success we have in life. While they stop most people from arriving at their destination, they catapult those who see them as opportunities to theirs. We must try to always see past the limitations; once we can constantly keep the goal we intend to achieve in view, it becomes easier to find ways of making limitations to work in our favour. Many start-ups have financial limitations and most times, it is in learning how to use what other resources are available to surmount these obstacles that many have invented things they never imagined they could. Many times, limitations make us to stretch our imagination in directions that we never thought possible. The problem is that many succumb too easily to limitations that they miss out on the opportunity to accomplish a better version of their vision. The process of overcoming your limitations gives character and a robustness to your success that cannot be achieved by any other means. In order to keep your life simple, you need to stick with focusing on turning limitations into opportunities rather than continually analyzing why you have these limitations. We do not have control of what spanners life will throw at our wheels but we can keep our life simple by preparing to work with whatever life throws at us to accomplish our goal. It is always possible to imagine some of the limitations in our sphere before they manifest, it is their dimensions that will differ. Whatever the case, life is simpler when we do not complain about everything that is wrong and how unfair life is to us because that way we have the presence of mind to turn our lemons into lemonade. 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.
Thursday, 22 March 2018
KEEP IT SIMPLE! - GARDEZ-LE SIMPLE!
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
MentorAfrica: NEW TECHNOLOGY. RECYCLED PAST. - NOUVELLE TECHNOL...
MentorAfrica: NEW TECHNOLOGY. RECYCLED PAST. - NOUVELLE TECHNOL...: When you are stuck in your past, a new environment, new opportunities and even new technology will not help you detach except you have a ch...
NEW TECHNOLOGY. RECYCLED PAST. - NOUVELLE TECHNOLOGIE. PASSE RECYCLÉ.
When you are stuck in your past, a new environment, new opportunities and even new technology will not help you detach except you have a changed perspective. New technology could make you improve the way you relate with your past but it cannot make you change how you see your past. I see people whose only point of reference in life are old friends, an old job, old ways of solving problems or even old school entertainment. Whatever they want to do must be seen through the parameters of how it used to be done if not you cannot get them on board. With new technology, they just develop a new and more effective way of presenting old ideas. Carrying that kind of weight from your past makes progress almost impossible. The world is moving very fast, not just technologically but in idea generation. You can only create and do innovative things if you are abreast with the current realities and not when you have the latest smart gadgets. Changing the world and pushing your boundaries require being mentally smart and being up to date with the current challenges, trends and ideologies. If you have smart devices that cannot help you look at ways of improving your life and your environment, you are like fish out of water. What is the use spending so much money on smart gadgets if they will only help you try to translate your past to people who are in another time zone. We need to know the reason why the world is getting smarter if we have any intentions of making a difference. Come out your past and do not look back except you need information to help you understand your present and conquer your future. Have a nice day!
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
MentorAfrica: THERE ARE OTHER WAYS - IL Y A D'AUTRES MOYENS
MentorAfrica: THERE ARE OTHER WAYS - IL Y A D'AUTRES MOYENS: Yesterday, I was talking about how it amazes me when people who do not want to do something readily find an excuse not to. The main reason...
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS - IL Y A D'AUTRES MOYENS
Yesterday, I was talking about how it amazes me when people who do not want to do something readily find an excuse not to. The main reason is because they have a particular means of achieving that objective in mind and if they cannot get it done that way, they look for excuses. The difference between those who succeed and those who give up is that the former will seek other ways of accomplishing a task while the latter is fixated on just one way of approaching a matter. Those who look for excuses do not have to mentally task themselves in any situation because most human beings like excuses by default. Only those who are ready to stretch their imagination can find "hidden" solutions where others have given up. The same obstacle that is preventing many from having a headway is what a creative person will take a hard look at and come up with a genius idea to overcome. While others are focusing on how to paint a sordid picture of the situation, history makers are looking for ways of coming up with an "abstract" painting that will attract world attention and put them on platforms to educate others on how to see things differently. Learn to look beyond what every other person is seeing in a particular situation and you will inspire others to also push their own boundaries. Have a wonderful day!
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Hier, je parlais de comment cela m'étonne quand les gens qui ne veulent pas faire quelque chose trouvent facilement une excuse pour ne pas le faire. La raison principale est qu'ils ont un moyen particulier d'atteindre cet objectif et s'ils ne peuvent pas le faire de cette façon, ils cherchent des excuses. La différence entre ceux qui réussissent et ceux qui abandonnent, c'est que le premier cherchera d'autres moyens d'accomplir une tâche alors que le second se concentrera sur une seule façon d'aborder une question. Ceux qui cherchent des excuses n'ont pas à se stresser mentalement dans n'importe quelle situation parce que la plupart des êtres humains aiment les excuses par défaut. Seuls ceux qui sont prêts à étirer leur imagination peuvent trouver des solutions «cachées» là où d'autres ont abandonné. Le même obstacle qui empêche de nombreuses personnes d'avancer est ce qu'une personne créative examinera avec attention et proposera une idée de génie pour le surmonter. Alors que d'autres se concentrent sur la façon de peindre un tableau sordide de la situation, les auteurs d'histoire cherchent des moyens de concevoir une peinture «abstraite» qui attirera l'attention du monde et les aider à éduquer les autres sur la façon de voir les choses différemment. Apprenez à regarder au-delà de ce que les autres voient dans une situation particulière et inspirez les autres à bouger leurs propres limites. Bonne journée!
Monday, 19 March 2018
MentorAfrica: IN SPITE OF THE SHARKS - MALGRÉ DES REQUINS
MentorAfrica: IN SPITE OF THE SHARKS - MALGRÉ DES REQUINS: I am always amazed at the easy with which people who do not want to do something come up with excuses. The interesting thing is that they a...
IN SPITE OF THE SHARKS - MALGRÉ DES REQUINS
I am always amazed at the easy with which people who do not want to do something come up with excuses. The interesting thing is that they actually believe that those excuses are genuine, so these days, I just pretend not to hear what was said and leave them with their excuses. No matter how you try to make them see reality, they cannot understand because until one can mentally picture a situation, you will not be able to interpret it. People who come up with all kinds of excuses why they cannot do something, believe that those who succeed have perfect conditions. No body of water is without turbulence from time to time. Apart from these times of turbulence, seas contain dangerous creatures, yet many have sailed solo on these waters and succeeded in spite of the danger. Even when we refuse to take risks, life is still risky. The fear of the unknown can prevent you from doing something that could potentially save your life and if you refuse to take the step you can die. When sick people are given drugs, they do not know what the compositions are yet they take the drugs, that is a risk. What if you say you want to wait until you understand everything about the drug? There are necessary risks in life, if we want to stick with only what we truly understand, we will never make any progress. Inquisitive people are those get answers that help to revolutionise the world, their desire to know makes them proceed without fully understanding the magnitude of the odds against them. If you want to achieve anything meaningful in life, you would have to step out and deal with the odds one at a time. Have a great week!
Je suis toujours étonné par la facilité avec laquelle les gens qui ne veulent pas faire quelque chose trouvent des excuses. La chose intéressante est qu'ils croient réellement que ces excuses sont authentiques, alors ces jours-ci, je fais juste semblant de ne pas entendre ce qui a été dit et de leur laisser avec leurs excuses. Peu importe comment vous essayez de leur faire voir la réalité, ils ne peuvent pas comprendre, car jusqu'à ce que l'on puisse imaginer mentalement une situation, on ne serait pas en mesure de l'interpréter. Les gens qui trouvent toutes sortes d'excuses pourquoi ils ne peuvent pas faire quelque chose, croient que ceux qui réussissent ont des conditions parfaites. Aucune masse d'eau n'est sans turbulence de temps en temps. En dehors de ces périodes de turbulence, les mers contiennent des créatures dangereuses, mais beaucoup ont navigué en solo sur ces eaux et réussi malgré le danger. Même lorsque nous refusons de prendre des risques, la vie est toujours risquée. La peur de l'inconnu peut vous empêcher de faire quelque chose qui pourrait potentiellement vous sauver la vie et si vous refusez de faire le pas, vous pouvez mourir. Quand on donne des médicaments aux malades, ils ne savent pas quelles sont les compositions mais ils prennent les médicaments, c'est un risque. Et si vous dites que vous voulez attendre jusqu'à ce que vous compreniez tout sur le médicament? Il y a des risques nécessaires dans la vie, si on veut s'en tenir à ce qu'on comprend vraiment, on ne fera jamais de progrès. Les gens curieux sont ceux qui obtiennent des réponses qui aident à révolutionner le monde, leur désir de savoir les fait avancer sans vraiment comprendre l'ampleur des impairs contre eux. Si vous voulez réaliser quelque chose de significatif dans la vie, vous devrez sortir et gérer les impairs une par une. Passe une bonne semaine!
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