02/01/2022
Word
THE REDEFINING SIX MONTHS
(A MESSAGE FOR YOU)
For the past 2 months, I took a break off social media and the public space to reflect on what I stand for – which is to see an economically liberated Zambia and indeed Africa in my lifetime. I have expounded the need to have a number of us engage in entrepreneurship as one of the surest ways to be in charge of our economy.
As I return on social media, I have a message for YOU.
I have come to realize that no one out there is spending sleepless nights thinking of how to make you succeed, not even our celebrated politicians. The journey to your personal success is 100% dependent on you, as such, I challenge you to join me on a redefining six months journey. I believe that if you exceptionally apply yourself with utmost focus on your goals, six months of deliberate personal discipline and sacrifice can thrust your achievements by five years.
As such I am inviting you to join in what I am calling the ‘Redefining Six Months’ which calls us to garner every effort within us and stay 100% focused and aligned to personal success. This will require us to make changes to our lives such as staying away from premarital s*x for the singles, side chicks and side dudes for the married, clubbing, drinking, substance abuse, toxic content and anything else that moves you away from the desired future. We need to understand that without making some of these necessary changes our lives five years down the line will still not be exceptional from what we are today. Especially us the youths have this insatiable appetite for s*x and entertainment. How about if we replaced s*x, multiple partners, partying, toxic content with self-development by reading books, feeding on healthy content, focusing on your business and studies or anything that will help you bring out the best version of YOU for six months?
My challenge is just for six months only. If you want to go back to your old ways do so but please try this ‘Redefining Six Months’ and see your future taking exponential growth.
Much of what I’ve become can be traced back to the redefining six months that I had from April 2013 to September 2013. This period begun just after a painful financial loss in a tomato project. Unfortunately salt was added to this painful wound when my girlfriend then mercilessly dumped me. This depressing moment forced me to get into the six months of focus and hard work involuntarily. Little did I know that the software company I owned with two other friends just needed a dedicated six months of exceptional marketing for it to blow up. There is no single period in my entire being that was so intense as that six months period, I worked each day as if my life depended on it. Guess what?! My first car was bought in that period. I started staying alone in that period because I could afford an apartment. I bought my first truck in the same six months period. I have gone on to achieve bigger and better things but when I take deep introspection, I am taken back to that six months of utmost sacrifice from luxuries, outings, girls and anything else that would distract me.
I can assure you that the sacrifices you make today will pay off in future. It can be difficult to imagine how making small sacrifices today can pay off in the long run but in reality small changes truly add up to bigger outcomes. I challenge you to watch your diet. Note that your diet is not just what you eat, its what you watch, what you read, who you follow and who you spend your time with. If your goal is to have a healthier mind, you have to start by removing all the junk food from your diet which clearly includes memes, endless jokes, gossip and anything of that sort that takes up much of our time without adding value to us.
Remember that no one is coming to save you because you are perfectly capable of saving yourself. In fact, in my 2013 experience, I believe that the help that never came made me who I am. We sometimes think there is a politician who will rise to make our personal lives better. I am sorry to break the news that no politician or prayer warrior is spending sleepless nights for you. The role of politicians is to create an enabling environment for everyone but your personal success is your responsibility. It is for this reason that members of the same family born of the same mother and father end up in two distinct financial destinations, because your personal success is dependent on you and you alone.
I challenge you to join me in this Redefining six months. With concerted efforts, we can make this generation a beacon of excellence. Enough of seeing ourselves as nothing more than jokers, enough of seeing ourselves inadequate of making any meaningful impact, enough of seeing ourselves as passengers in this life. Let us stand up and create the future we dream of. Zambia has been waiting for us to make it flourish but this will only be possible if we are willing to let go of everything that stands in our way and stay focused.
This journey has just begun and the future is bright.
