"And it then became evident that in order for us to prosper, to become who we want to become and to achieve our greatest goals, we need to dig deep. Dig deeper than we have ever dug before, through this the moment of truth will come out and that is where we will finally see where our strengths lie." - Masixole Vincent Ncusane
It's April the 3rd, I'm standing, sweating like I'm about to be given the hardest most baddest news ever told to me. I'm shaking, my heart is beating so fast I've even stopped counting the beats per second, "What's the next step from hereonwards, what shall I do? How am I going to tell them, how will they look at me, what will they take me for? DAMN MAN, WHAT WILL THEY TAKE ME FOR!..."
April the 10th my phone rings... "Aargh, another e-mail. Let it add on the pile that's already stacking up wethu." I thought to myself. Strangely though I opened the e-mail, BOOM! To my surprise it was the confirmation I've been waiting for all these months. "No, you've got to be kidding me. Are you for real..." is what I said and then it hit me, things are looking up finally.
Okay, okay... Some of you might be wondering "Whisky Tango Foxstrot is he on about?!"
The above is just a short story of how things transpired when I registered Native Yards Brand and the bad news I received a year later with being told that my form was nowhere to be found. Luckily, after pulling a few strings, a confirmation was sent that the forms had been found. Let's just say BIG THINGS ARE INSTORE FOR THE BRAND INDEED.
The happenings in the story serve as a testament to what most of us go through when we plan something and then you're later told... "It ain't happening guy." And just as you're about to give up, you find out later that this was just a test to see how badly you wanted what you applied for, irrespective of what it is. As human beings, no matter how different we are, we all share the same shortcut. The sort of shortcut that is imbedded in us until we see what it could to tarnish not only our reputation but our future as well, that shortcut is called GIVING UP TOO QUICKLY.
Honestly though do our dreams deserve to be taken via and/or to this shortcut, do we deserve to place ourselves in the nearby routes that lead to this shortcut and if we do find ourselves infront of this shortcut, do we have a turnaround strategy to fight off the urge of proceeding onwards with using this shortcut?
Remember now, the final decision on where you will end up one day lies not with the next person but with YOU...
Think about it and consider the importance of your dreams visa vie the shortcut.
Ola de, ola de, ola de...
