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Sic Parvis Magna!
The seed and the harvest
You reap what you sow.
You reap where you sow.
(You can’t sow all of yourself into work and expect to reap from your family)
You reap after you sow.
You always reap more than you sow.
You can sow: time, sweat, effort, material
-Pope
Perceived value
Be careful of perceived value
The perceived value of other people’s achievement will make you see it as a very big deal that is missing from your life.
Trust me, it’s how they sometimes see your achievement when they look at you too.
It’s called personal see-finish!
– Pope
Gone way beyond that
The most frequent form of encouragement I get is
“Don’t worry, don’t stop and don’t be afraid, You’ll be big”
I FEAR NOTHING!
And, I’m not trying to be BIG
I’m going to be whatever I’m meant to be because I’m doing what I’m meant to be doing.
– Pope
Until I decide
I’m from a city where timing means everything.
You can miss your chance at greatness by mere seconds,
If you aren’t prepared for it.
The most endearing part about this place is how often you’ll be told you cannot do something,
That your dreams are too unrealistic – too far fetched
They’ll tell you to take the easy way out, to be satisfied with mediocrity.
That flying freely through the air isn’t meant for kids that look like you,
Because the odds have proven time and time again that you’re not supposed to be here..
The truth is,
Time has never been in my favor until I decided that it should be,
Until I can no longer ignore the adrenaline growing under my skin
Until the obsession with doing the impossible became of a bearing
Until every fall started to feel less like a wound
and more like an embrace..
– Not my thought
Life’s timestamp
Life comes with inflection points,
junctures in which we know our world is about to change.
Events that timestamp life.
Crossroads that demand a decision.
Go this way? Or that?
Everyone has them.
You do. I do. Jacob did.
Jacob’s came with a name: Jabbok.
It is the location where Jacob wrestled with an angel and walked away with a lame hip.
– Max L.
Don’t lose them
The one who is never around is always the perfect one without flaws.
Close proximity to people will expose you to their flaws.
And we have the tendency to value someone whom we haven’t seen their flaws over the one who is always available and accessible.
The one who is never around is never wrong.
Value people, most especially the one who stayed!
– Pope
Framework for Professional Success
What you know – Knowledge
What you can do – Skills
Who you know- Network
What you have- Resources
What they think of you – Reputation
– Pope
Life || Career
We usually start our professional life acquiring KNOWLEDGE, school, university, et cetera,
and when this knowledge is applied, we call it a SKILL.
When you have knowledge and skills, you become professionally valuable to others and your NETWORK grows.
Consequently, when you have knowledge, skills, and a network, your access to RESOURCES expands.
And once you have knowledge, skills, a valuable network, and resources, you will undoubtedly earn a REPUTATION.
Now this law, when applied properly, can actually help in decision-making
when it comes to what to do with your career and your life.
– Pope
Why?
Stop trying to win too fast.
Just because you want to show people you won.
Calm down!
– Pope
Knowing
Sometimes, the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
– Pope