I thought to remind you, in case you have forgotten, that the best way to move away from
what you don’t want is to move closer to what you want, gradually. You only take credit for what you have done. You cannot build reputation on expectation.

Are you interested in your goal or you are committed to your goal? The two are widely apart. To be interested in your goal is to have the intention to work towards achieving it but to be committed to your goal is to start doing something about it. So, I ask, are you interested or committed?

Goals are dreams with timelines. I hope you agree. It starts when you conceive it (dream), it graduates to ‘I can’ (belief), then it transforms to ‘I will’ (will power). Commitment sets in when you start doing something about your goal. You only get rewarded when you can say ‘I have done it’ (goal). Now you know why awards are given to inventions but not intentions. Think about that.

You may not find it interesting at first but I bet it happens not only to you but to others. One fact about that thing that is a break from your routine that you want to change is that you are not going to feel like it. You need some force if you are ever going to change it. It is called Activation Energy.

Be mindful how you use your energy though. Not all energies are positive. The energy you activate for things that don’t add value to you is negative energy. One more thing, don’t watch the clock, do what it does. What does the clock do? Keep moving. You cannot build reputation on expectation.

Akin Oluwadare Jnr
09 August 2021