Once upon a 2020



“We often overestimate what we can achieve in a day and underestimate what we can achieve in a year.” The author of this table-shaking piece of wisdom has been debated through the years but the truth of it shines through always.

Check your to-do list for the day. How many points have you? And how many are you likely to accomplish? It is easy to see that our daily to-do list is often unrealistic.

There are different reasons that account for this phenomenon but the most significant is that our frail human nature makes us short-sighted and short on patience. We want everything quick.

That’s why we take shortcuts – because we want to cut some time and arrive as quickly as possible.
Nevertheless, the race is not to the swift.

While Solomon was the first to utter these words and articulate this fact of life, every man with seeing eyes and hearing ears have observed this happen again and again. It is written in our daily experiences as well as that of others.

2020 will not be for swift people but for those who align with time and maximize their chances. And here are important keys to make 2020 your best year yet.

Learn purposefulness – it helps you to maximize each moment.

Life does not get better merely by wishes, prayers or new year resolutions; it does by living intentionally.

To live intentionally is to be deliberate about each step. It means to consciously make choices that will determine your outcomes. This is what makes life worthwhile.

Don’t merely leave your life to chance. Envision where you want to be and work towards getting there.

The Chinese say, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” You might not be blamed for not being prosperous now, but if in 10 years’ time, you are still telling the same story, you are to be blamed.

By the way, let’s face it: you might not make ‘it’ in 2020. You might not get a million-dollar turnover in business. You might not make the Forbes list in 2020. You might not travel abroad to study. You might not build or buy a house. You might not buy that dream car.

But you can do something strategic in 2020 that will position you to make it big in this new decade. You can start planning. You can start to apply for that scholarship. You can start saving to buy land. You can start with something little in preparation to achieve much. Plant your tree now.


Learn patience – it helps you to scale through the process.

Great things are built. And a building is simply an organized and strategic combination of little things to form a great whole.

I have always said that visionary people are not only those who see a better picture that could be, but who also see how the little efforts of today contribute to achieving that desired future. Growing a tree requires both vision and patience.

If you don’t know how to break your dreams into small actionable steps, you will be an unrealistic visionary. And if you are not patient enough to achieve your dream little by little, you might end up frustrated and give up easily.

Don’t fall get-rich-quick schemes. If you are desperate, you won’t have the requisite patience to achieve anything worthwhile in life.

There is no need to hurry even if others seem to be ahead of you, just trust the process. Any man who does not live by the rule of patience, no matter how smart he appears to be, lacks understanding.

The most important thing that should happen in your journey this year is GROWTH. You might not be where you want to be yet, but you should be steps ahead on your way to where you want to be.

Be satisfied with growth this year – it is the real parameter of success. All other forms of prosperity are attracted to it. And if you have been growing through the years, this might just be your time for a bumper harvest, so get ready!

We’ve got three more keys to go but I want to keep this brief. So, expect a sequel next week.

To your greatness,

Bright UK
Leadership Expert


Comments

  1. Olalekan Gabriel Owolabi5 January 2020 at 23:40

    Wow, totally appreciate the post and the advice of taking small steps to make one's dream become a reality. Thanks for the great advice... looking fwd to reading the sequel.

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  2. Ruhamah5 January 2020 at 23:59

    This is commendable. All that have been highlighted here are rules that ought to be followed by those with insight.

    I look forward to reading the sequel.

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  3. Unknown6 January 2020 at 00:31

    Apt. Wilson Churchill said it:"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack and ignorant may deride it, but at the end, there it is." These are basic principles of life.

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  4. Unknown6 January 2020 at 22:16

    Thanks Sir...I'm blessed!

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