Some people are okay being mediocre

As I was trying to figure out the title for this blog post I was trying to find a title that is honest but I also wanted one that is sensitive to people so that I don’t offend anyone.

Then it dawned on me that honesty is the best policy and I should just say it like it is. Secondly it is not possible that I will make everyone happy either, whether I sugar coat it or not there is a possibility it will be liked by someone and it may still equally offend someone so I would rather just say it like it is.

It’s early days in 2018 and most people are still in goal setting mode while others are just reading into work and just returned from the holidays. This is the time when we set goals and aspire to be more successful than we were the year before.

Success is not for everybody.

Some people are okay being mediocre and living a mediocre life which by the way is not determined by title, social standing or what you own. I personally believe anyone can be successful but not everyone chooses to be successful. They have conditioned their minds and put a ceiling top in terms how far and how much they can achieve. Sometimes some folks are lazy to do the work. Sometimes they have allowed fear and limiting beliefs get the best of them. They are definitely a lot of reasons or excuses behind this but ultimately every individual is accountable as far their progress in life is concerned. It is about choices.

I remember also chatting to a friend about how many young people miss out on opportunities that are free and meant for their development and he asked me an interesting question “what makes you think that is what they want”? He gave me something to think about.

He also set me free from burdening myself with wanting to push people around me who did not want to be pushed. . This wouldbe the same as forcing a donkey to the river . You cannot make it drink the water, can you?

At some point the individual has got to want to succeed or excel they have to believe and desperately want change in their lives, otherwise it is a daunting g and fruitless exercise.

Success is defined as setting a goal and achieving it. I once blogged about this in 2017. The ability to set a goal depends on what the individual wants for themselves. 2ndly in order for that goal to be achieved they are principles that have to be applied and a strategy has to be put in place. Goals vary from long to short-term but either way there’s some effort that goes into it.

Whatever goals you have set for yourself this 2018, I hope they are ridiculously challenging, I hope they are big and if you over did it in 2017 it’s okay to take a break this 2018 and set other goals that are not career related bit perhaps are personal or spiritual. If we stop growing mentally , emotionally or spiritually we die . So as long as you have planned how you will use your time on earth month to month till year end I would say you are off to a great start.

ALL THE BEST!!