WHY AWAYS ME?!

Have you ever asked yourself the question WHY ALWAYS ME? or better still WHY ME?.

The saying “Why always me” is associated and made popular by Mario Ballotelli, just in case you’re wondering who he is, I would love to do a quick introduction. Mario Ballotelli is an Italian football prodigy. At just age 21 he has played in two top flight clubs in Europe, winning the award for European best young footballer for last season. Although he is a player with an amazing talent, yet he looks gloomy at all times even when he scores, he rarely ever smiles and the statement he always says instead of jubilating when he scores is why always me. His behavior has cost is team to lose several times as he is hot tempered and receives a lot of red card which result in sending off and making his team one man short.

A lot of us are just like Mario, as we often ask the question “Why always me?” or just like D’Banj (Oyebanji Dapo) we ask “Why Me?” We ask these questions in a lot of ways, while some of us are vocal with it; some others rather prefer to show it forth in their facial expression and other wise.

At one point or the other in our lives it is possible that we have asked ourselves this question. Asking the question is not the real problem rather the real problem is choosing to ask the question at all times and asking ourselves as if we have been singled out to face situations that are unfavorable.

If you are one of those that ask the above question, I have good news for you because I have an answer to your question and that would help you move on and stop asking the question. The reason why it’s always you is because you have chosen to perceive yourself as a victim of circumstance more often than not you act as though nature, God and everyone around you is the reason for your present predicament and that you do not have a choice over the outcome.

Rara o…!

It is important that I state that whatever you going through now is not new under the heavens and that other people have gone through it or are also going through similar challenges or worse, it’s just that they have chosen not to make theirs conspicuous or carry a makeup of mournful look on their face at all time as if the responsibility of the whole world is on their shoulder.

The key to overcoming gloominess and whatever challenges that you are facing is that you should understand that the affliction or situation that you’re going through is just for a while and that it is meant to elevate you as oppose to creating a demotion.

There is no gain without pain they say, the choices that we make when we go through certain things and the approach that we have to them determine whether all will be well or not. No matter what you’re going through always keep a positive affirmation and believe that all things work together for your good.

Cheer up and rejoice at all times, again I say rejoice. Keep a merry heart; a merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones. A merry heart is good for your health; remember that as a man thinketh in his heart so is he.

THE 80:20 RULE

I wrote this post on the 27th of July 2009 and looking back now, I can boldly say that if you follow the advice of this post you would increase productivity in whatever you choose to do. It has worked for me and I hope it does for you too.

The 80:20 rule is a basic Time management rule. The ability to manage time would lead to high productivity; no wonder the equation below is very relevant in the business world and in the World at large. It’s a basic equation that helps you as an individual it is tested and trusted.

TIME MANAGEMENT SKILL = HIGH PRODUCTIVITY

As individuals we have a considerable number of events, people and situations that are competing for our time, the ability to manage our time and priorities well would in-turn increase our productivity. High productivity can be achieved by setting out goals and managing time to achieve goals, giving you a time bound. Every individual in the world has a universal time, we all have 24 hours there is nobody in the world that has an extra 1 second added to his/her 24 hours, however the difference between lots of this people is not the inability to set out goals rather it’s the inability to set time bounds, some people set time bound but never take actions to meet with the stipulated time. Every successful person that have come to know over a period of time achieved success because they set out goals, took action to achieve their goals but more than that, they learnt to manage their time judiciously.

Having said all of this I believe that it is very important for me to establish the 80:20 RULE which states:

• 80% of unfocused effort produces 20% results
• 20% of focused effort produces 80% results

A lot of young entrepreneurs, students and adults alike love doing things, partaking in activities; they do not concentrate their effort on achieving goals.

Lessons to learn from the 80:20 Rule

• Unfocused effort is definitely bound to lead to under productivity, doing less than what you can normally do if you focus your energy into doing.
• Longer time to achieve your goals
• Plan each day carefully, and set out time for your task, don’t just spend or while away time, invest your time.
• Activity supported with “time-tied” deliveries, will ultimately lead to productivity.
• Focus your efforts at achieving your goals, if 20 % of focused effort can yield 80% result, it therefore means that if you can increase your focus you can increase productivity
• Concentrate on more speed less work. If you channel your time well you would achieve a lot in little time, a lot of us concentrate on more work less speed at the end the result we get cannot measure with our works

           Thank you for reading this , i hope you would channel your time properly, “time is of the essence”.