JUST THINKING
I see a lot of cars and vehicle
floating driving rules on the road because they want to get to their
destinations on time. What stops them from waking up and leaving home on time?
This is one of the reasons there are a lot of accidents on the road. It is
either those drivers do not understand driving rules or they have decided to
ignore it.
In my country, bus drivers try to
outwit, overtake and even block others behind them because they want get their
buses filled up with passengers before others. They do it to prevent and
outsmart other vehicle users on the road which causes a lot traffics on the
road. It is a form of lawlessness but they do not care. Their lawless acts have
not made them better in life than other drivers and road users in anyway.
Ridiculously, this is exactly what
we do to ourselves in offices, organizations, in the business world and in
life. We think success is when you outwit and outsmart others to get to the
top. Some of us see it as speed, hence they do everything to get to
the top even at the expense of their integrity and values. They also do it at
the expense of other people's growth, careers and jobs. Some would blackmail
others, set them up, lie about them, connive with others and outwit them
politically to take over their positions, jobs or to get the promotion, the
recommendation and the lead role. Others will circumvent the growth, progress
and the promotion of others because they do not want them to get to their
levels. They do not mind frustrating others if they are intimidated by them,
their skills and abilities. Those with complex problem may think that if that
person gets promoted, he may take over their position. This is one of the
reasons office relationships are always plastic and superficial.
Someone once said that nobody is
your friend in the office because everyone in the office is vying for the same
top job or position. No wonder people back-stab themselves in offices.
Offices ought to help build our relationship and soft skills but it has become
a place of silent wars, intrigues, betrayal and gang ups. This is one of the
reasons people and companies do not achieve their full potentials, goals and
target. The time and energy they are supposed to use to be productive, they use
it for scheming and plotting the downfall of others. It could lead to the
collapse of an organization because a kingdom, a company, or an organization
that stands against itself cannot stand.
Furthermore, people do not realize
that success does not necessarily mean speed. Some could go slow and steady and
still become successful while others could go fast. This is where problems can
come from if you do not understand that your path in life is different from
other people's paths.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 says, "I returned
and saw under the sun that— the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to
men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all".
A sloth will get to its
destination as the rabbit no matter how slow it is. A tortoise will
finish its race just like the fastest land mammal that is the cheetah. Did you
know that the tortoise got into Noah's ark the way the cheetah did enter the
ark? The tortoise is not slow because it wants to be slow. It is slow by
nature and a cheetah is fast by nature. But that does not make that the tortoise
a failure and a cheetah a success. Some people's road to success could be short
while others could be very long. If one's father is a very wealthy personality,
his path to the top may be smooth and easy compared to the son of a pauper. Each
of them has to take their chances and make use of the time given to them.
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