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Safety First

"You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety".


I heard a story of a girl who had a dream to start a particular business in her locality. This business idea was rare because no one has ventured into it before in that region. So, she was scared to hell for all the negative reasons why it may not succeed. She hesitated, procrastinated about when to start. Friends came to encourage her with beautiful blueprints of how to go about it but she just couldn't. She talked of how inadequate she was. Maybe, i need to go get some more certifications before I launch. And finally, someone else launched the business in that same locality. Built it in a few years and it became an establish brand. Now, she beat herself for not starting her dream which is now succeeding excellently with someone else.

One of her basic challenge which is a foundational disease in pursuit of dreams is she was trying to find safe ground to land before she set sails. If all analysis are not safe for her, no way she was going to start.
Now, that's how most of us are in our personal lives. We are sitting waiting for the safe and perfect moment before we March the acceleration. Safety first is what I call this syndrome.

Safety first has killed many dreams and ideas that would have contributed in making our world a lot better.

This is the fear of failure, the fear of what people will say, the fear of disappointing loved-ones, the fear of family background not been good enough to achieve greatness. The fear of not been adequate enough or good enough. These fears amongst many more have driven our lives and society backward. It has made us rather run back into our shell than inspire the greatness within us.

There's light and greatness in you that this old aged darkness has tried to conquer. Failure is what happens when you do nothing but success is just away from grasp by taking on step. Take another step and you are the zenith of heroes.

Toay, I challenge you to step forward and fail forward for it will eventually lead you to Success and Personal growth. You owe yourself to be great and the greatness inside of you is what you should actually be scared of; because your mind when pushed beyond limits can achieve beyond your imagination. You owe no man for your future but they would rather mock you for failing. Failure is what happens when you choose to do 'NOTHING' but Greatness is what you will achieve when you dare to do something new. You are great like all other greats you admire. Talk of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. Benson Idahosa, Abraham Lincoln; all these and more didn't allow safety first to ruin their belief for a greater life.

Think Safety Last.

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