Success one step at a time

Posted by Dr Wilbert R Mutoko

29 September 2020

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Many years ago I bought the first ever motor vehicle. It was a white VW Golf that was properly tired of moving on the road. If it had been a company car we would say that the company selling to me would have fully depreciated it. I literally spent more time under the car than in the car. Guess what? I was so excited to be a car owner. I felt that it was a step in the right direction. I was not ashamed that my car would get to the robots and refuse to move from there. Sometimes fuel would get finished in the midst of the road because the gauge was not working. In some cases, water would finish in the radiator and i would see steam. But I enjoyed every bit, although sometimes it was a bit shameful.

From there I sold that car and topped up cash to buy a Nissan pick up which was slightly better; although I still learnt a bit about cars as I encountered challenges here and there. After that of course the story got better and better by the years.

The reason why I was not ashamed was that I understood that men are in sizes and life is in stages. I knew that although I can appreciate and learn from others, I should not compare myself to other people.

You can feel like you are a failure because your neighbor or workmate just bought a new pair of shoes, clothes or vehicle. But guess what? Just be yourself. You do not even know whether the neighbor’s new car is theirs, whether it’s on credit or maybe it is a company car. Your friends are highly educated and you wonder why you still have a certificate only.

My advice to you is that you should learn to appreciate where you are per time. If you have no car, walk majestically and do not feel ashamed. If you have an old car drive it happily and call it a range rover when it is an old whatever car. If you drive a brand new car, enjoy yourself; but do not think you are more valued than others because of the car. If you are lowly educated, either decide to go back to school if you can or buy books and read. Happy day my friends.