By Nnabugwu Chizoba
The story was told of an old Mule,
who accidentally fell into a farmer’s well.
For your information a Mule is
the offspring of a Male Donkey (jack) and a Female horse (a mare). Note that
Horses and Donkeys are of different species. From available records, a horse has
64 chromosomes, and a donkey has 62. The Mule ends up with 63. Mules can be
male or female, but because of the odd number of chromosomes, they can’t
reproduce.
Back to the story
According to the story, the
farmer, having observed the development, took his time and as a matter of fact,
evaluated the situation, concluding that neither the well nor the old Mule was
worth his efforts, and as a result, did not bother to save them.
In his Wisdom, understanding, and
perception of the situation around him, what in some quarters may be seen or
considered the farmers best of judgment, he decided to haul dirt to bury the
old Mule in the well.
I am tempted to ask here “Is the
farmer’s action, the same with throwing the baby with the birth water? Me I don’t
know. But one thing is really very unique and certain, the farmer’s attitude to
problem solving.
The story teller continuing with his
story; told the listener that the farmer called his neighbours and together
they started to shovel dirt into the well. And then, I ask you, my dear
esteemed reader:
What do you make out of the above?
And
What do you think or consider the
best action for the Mule to take?
Save your breath, save your energy,
save your advice, the story Teller is not done yet:
“The old Mule was terrified and
hysterical in the beginning. But soon one hopeful idea came to his mind – every
time when a shovel of dirt landed on his back, he would shake it off and step
up”!
According to the story, He
repeated these words to himself again and again: “Shake it off and step up”.
“This way he could struggle the
panic and encourage himself. After some time, the Mule had stepped over the
well‘s wall”. The story Teller added.
Concluding, the story teller said
“Although terribly tired, he was the
winner, he saved his own life”.
To my Reader:
Without meaning to bother you
with too many questions, please, what would you say was responsible for that
development: The Mule saving his own life and being described as the Winner?
On this, the story Teller, did
not leave his listener without an answer, for he said:
“He decided to face his adversity positively and not to give up, and
thus he won. What seemed to bury him, actually saved him, owing to his
confidence and restless efforts”.
As you ponder over the story, I
call on you to remember the saying “What
you see is what you get”.
If you consider deeply the
condition that confronted the Mule inside the well and relate his situation
with the harsh Economic situation (Recession) that is presently facing Nigerians,
do you see anything that you can pick from the Mule? Do you think that the “Shake it off and step up” principle is something to adopt.
The Entrepreneurs, among my
esteemed Readers know the “Shake it off
and step up” as a key ingredient of achievement and the attainment of noble
and worthwhile objectives.
wishes NIGERIANS HAPPY DEMOCRACY DAY!
My wilderness call to you the
reader on this Democracy Day, in relation with the story and applying the “Shake it off and step up” principle,
so as to face the Economic Recession, boldly like the Mule did, is to:
- Embrace and develop industry specific skills and quality principles of living, economic growth and basic shift in the language of basic practice.
- Design a very comprehensive and creative response plan to effectively create a high quality coordinated approach to life, entrepreneurship and living.
- Prepare for real change, (positive improvement in all ramifications), which has no semblance with what the political office holders are pursuing and have been outlined by them and their cronies to mark cluelessness and celebrate mediocrity, inactivity, incompetence, nepotism and national embarrassment in governance and government activities, (dance of shame).
- Understand the tools, processes, techniques, products and services suitable to the needs of your contacts and offshore applications.
- Intellectual property development and competent skills bolstering remain the only solution to human survival, self-actualization and shared growth in the emerging world.
- Similarly, Skills development remain the global currency of the contemporary economies.
On this Democracy Day and the
days ahead… how prepared are you to Shake
it off and step up?
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