A Million Mile Journey

13/12/2018

Reflection provides perspective and a clear on a way forward. Passively experiencing life deprives you of the critical lessons that pain provides. Whatever you are going through might seem pointless and even needless, but sitting quietly and ruminating about how you are different and how it has made you better.

30/05/2018

ALWAYS BE A SEEKER OF TRUTH
There are a few things in life that are certain: death, taxes and human stupidity. These days the latter seems to be the case more and more. As we grow older, we tend to become more rigid in our beliefs and truth. As time passes, it becomes harder and harder to keep an open mind. Our beliefs are cloaked in unbending principles that are really dogmas. We become inflexible in our thinking.
Anything that challenges these deeply held beliefs and 'principles' is met with fury and opposed with almost religious fervor. People and events that challenge are met with ruthless and vitriolic opposition. "How dare they tell us we are wrong! They are EVIL and must be obliterated!"
Our beliefs and norms are for the most part inherited. We learn about the world from our parents and the society. We are told not to question or we be labelled misfits or something worse. Our truth is mostly something that has been conditioned in us nad is pretty hard to convince us otherwise.
However, a part of us yearns to learn more, to be more and to be do more. At some point in life, you will be confronted with your notion of truth. Eventually, circumstances and people come to test us. All we know about the world is subjected to thorough scrutiny. These events test your character and values that have been imparted in you.
What happens when you are subdued? What happens when you find out all you knew was a lie? How do you pick up the pieces?
It is never easy to pick yourself up after such a dizzying and almost traumatic existential crises. Nevertheless, we have to. Things will come and go, but we have to be strong enough or at least strive to have enough strength to pursue our truth.
One of jobs on this earth is to create ourselves. In that process, we must seek truth. Our pursuit of it must not be tied down by other people's truth. That pursuit must be neverending and indefatigable. It must be grounded in openness and humility.

29/05/2018

Is detachment from our actions a bad thing? Can seeing our actions from a different perspective, one that is outside ourselves help us mold ourselves to be better versions of ourselves? Most of us, myself included, have an aversion to re-looking at ourselves after calamitous and prosperous events. As much as we might strive to be grounded, it is very easy to lost in the euphoria of it all. If things go well, we pat ourselves on the back and revel in our perceived invincibility and infallibility_ we can do no wrong if everything we touch turns to goal. Conversely, if things go terribly wrong and misery continues to pile up, giving us no rest to deal with the problems we currently face, we beat ourselves up. How many times have we sought things to blame for our misfortune that eventually we turned that blame to ourselves? How many times have things gone wrong and we look for evidence of other instances we have screwed up ? How many times have we blamed ourselves for things that we have no control over, that somehow it was our fault?
I believe that if we can take a few seconds in our euphoria to fully look at ourselves with an outward eye, as though we were looking at another person, we can be that much closer to making positive changes in our lives. That we can be closer to being the ultimate and better versions that we know we can be.
Detachment isn't easy, but neither is the journey to being ideal versions of ourselves. It is worth exploring because it impacts the future decisions we make. Ask yourself, "If it was another person who did what I did, was it wise, was it good and was it noble of him?" This way you can orient yourself on path you truly want to go.

25/07/2017

Self-belief is important. You might hear no over and over but don't take it as such, it is probably a yes in waiting. Keep grinding! Keep going! Only grinders win.

Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, Frank Vincent and Ibrahim Meite have all joined professional clubs in the past year after being dropped by Barnet FC, or having no time in at a professional club, thanks to the Ask Godders Academy.

11/07/2017

Reading is one of the crucial steps to being a better version of yourself. As much as you are looking to absorb views of prominent and astute thinkers, one should learn and nurture the capacity to assess and think about the work. As we read, we should synthesise the material and contemplate it deeply. We should make it our own to mold as we see fit. In that way, we cna liberate our minds and think more freely.

“The great object of education is to acquaint the youthful man with himself, to inspire in him self-trust.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson The essence of self-reliance is a commitment to making decisions based on one’s own native instinct, personal values, and primary experience over external advice, cultural...

01/10/2016

It's always hard until it's done. Get it done.

26/09/2016

A new you is always a threat to all who want to put you in a box. They will put you down in all manner of ways just to make themselves feel better about themselves.

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29/01/2016

One step at a time, one round at a time, one fight at a time.

26/01/2016

Only grinders win. The rest is just noise.

24/09/2015

Life is all about lessons. You might not like the teacher but always learn the lesson.

23/09/2015

What most people at the top won't tell you is this, when you are at the top, there is no space for thinking. Transitions should be seamless. Changes in state should not be discernible_ it should be effortless.

How can it be effortless? Practice, practice,practice. When you build up enough muscle memory like a karateka doing katas for hours on end. When it comes to use those movements, they are effortless and come automatically.

Whatever, your specialty in life; whatever your career is, to be the best, work on your 'muscle memory' and let it take over when you need it. Good day Guys.