Introduction: Welcome to Edition No. 8 of ASK THE BOSS. This is the mental rendezvous of life. We meet every Friday to seek answers to some of life’s most vexed questions. Today, I’d keep it short and simple.
2.0 A question asked is a problem shared. It is 50% burden off the chest. Is your life bedevilled by issues that refused to go away; issues that leave you stranded? Please trust us with them, even anonymously.
3.0 Focus is on Ubong Dickson’s entry. It sounds slightly technical. I believe I can meander through, though. Mr. Dickson, please speak now or forever remain silent.
4.0 ‘Dear The Boss, many thanks for your fantastic work. There is no denying it. You are too much. Permit me to give you my most gracious thanks for the tremendous work you do on ASK THE BOSS.
5.0 ‘You have affected my life positively. I love the way you tackle issues on ASK THE BOSS. I really believe in you. Don’t stop please, Sir, don’t stop.
6.0 ‘I wish to know: how can I control, cool or master feeling uptight, feeling tensed as well as feeling mentally and emotionally stressed? How can I enjoy life again in the midst of global failure, broken focus and stifling unemployment in our society? You can publicise my identity. God bless you, The Boss’.
7.0 ‘MY TAKE: Da YuBee, hmm! I empathise with you, completely. I understand those feelings inside out. But, here’s the thing: Life will always be the way she has been.
8.0 All things will never be equal, no matter how much progress mankind makes. We shall always fall short of strategies and roadmaps for Better Life. In fact, Life is like Money: the more you have, the more problems you face. We never seem to have enough of Money; ditto Life.
9.0 To take your poser head on, permit me to ask you my own question: WHY WORRY OVER SOMETHING YOU CANNOT CHANGE? The realisation embedded in the attempt to answer that rhetorical question is key and curative. That realisation should heal you. That realisation should free you from the burden that has nearly suffocated you.
10.0 Work hard; pray long; plan well but learn to know that the Buck of Life does not stop on your table. Having that fact stored permanently in your brain helps to dispel every anxiety. And without anxieties, Life is a wonderful total (mental/emotional/physical) ride. Enjoy it.
11.0 As for ‘global failure, broken focus and stifling unemployment,’ they have never stopped anybody/anything. And, they shall never stop anybody/anything. In the midst of all the adverse weather, globally, people are recording success after success while others are focusing properly and refocusing more properly. Many more are walking into or creating employment.
12.0 YOU CAN AND SHOULD JOIN THIS CROWD OF LIFE. It is your choice. My advice is that you remove your eyes from the rough tackles by Life defence. Instead, focus on the Ball of Life.
13.0 Play it your own way. Concentrate on your game. While you refuse to be distracted by others, ensure also not to be distracted by yourself; your anxieties, your fears, your worries. This is the talismanic formula of Life.
14.0 It is the best and only way YOU SCORE THE GOAL OF LIFE, many goals of Life. Now that you know, let me allow you, Mr. Player. The referee has sounded kick off whistle. GO AND WIN.
15.0 One last thing, please. Many thanks for all those great sentiments you expressed about our little efforts. We keep pushing. We shall never stop.
Conclusion: Remember, Peter only stopped walking on the water when he ltook his eyes off the Master. Do all you can, but stay focused. Every success in Life is wrapped away (and hidden) in focus. Focus is everything.
God bless Nigeria!
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