When you have a dream, go for it. It is however necessary to realise at the onset that achieving a dream.
Life is not a straight line. The wise further guide that there is no lift to success; you have to go through the process. People that fail to realise that the path to success is curving and twisting line do easily give up .
When you are working on your dream, you are challenging yourself. You are pushing yourself beyond the limits. You are going into the territory armed with nothing but the belief and faith that it will work out.
In this regard, wear the armour of courage. Be ready to withstand disappointments, difficulties, embarrassment you will encounter along the way. The only weapon you need to have is to never give up.
When Macduff Phiri left a high-paying international job to chase an entrepreneurial dream, all started well for him. Life was flying.
His filling station in Mchinji was doing great. He further went into farming and all was going on well. Alas, suddenly, his employees at the filling station robbed the money and escaped with it. As if that was not enough, armyworms attacked his farm and his yield gradually became less or smallHis bank was on his neck in fear of him defaulting on a K25 million loan. The bank had even to ask him to report weekly at the bank as a sign that he would not leave the country as if he was a suspect.
He knew that life had to roll on. Crying would not be a solution. One of his employees advised him to start selling chickens.
Phiri had to go that far, going to a chicken farm in Lilongwe, buying chicken claws in one cooler box for selling in townships.
Eventually, one cooler box ended into two, then increased. He even offered his employee a commission on each chicken claw sold.
He eventually paid off the bank loan.
“One day, the bank manager told me that the money I was taking to the bank was dirty and that was a sign that I was struggling.
That sticks in his mind. That was a manifestation of the predicament he was experiencing.
Phiri even jokes: “Sometimes my wife asks me: ‘Did you see all this greatness coming when we were suffering?’ I just say: ‘Yes, I did but sincerely speaking I was just working hard on the purpose.
Phiri is a living testimony that when you have a dream, be prepared to struggle for it. When you have a dream, you should remember that along the way, tables may turn, but never give up Keep pushing.
When Michael Jordan was cut off from the college basketball team, he never gave up. He worked so hard on his dream and became the most prominent face of the sports.
Most successful entrepreneurial dreams were born from frustrations. People have left organization where they were frustrated all just to start their company and eventually grew big. Jimmy Korea Mpatsa and Edward Kaluwa are living examples of that.
Do you have a dream? Know that it is possible and achievable. Nevertheless, be ready to suffer and strive along the way. It will not be achieved overnight. It will not be achieved easily. Life is not a straight line. Just keep working hard.
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