DON’T BE STUPID; BE ANGRY
Hi there,
Did you find the title of this post nudging, annoying,
disturbing, or absurd? Ok sorry, I’m not sorry. You know why? Because the
initial title before I changed it at the last minute was: ARE YOU STUPID OR ARE
YOU ANGRY? Ahah!... See that face. Which do you prefer? The initial one or this one I changed it to? Don’t be quick to answer. Wait until you finish reading
through okay?
So here’s the thing. We humans have a natural competitive
nature. It is one of our default settings and there’s nothing we can do about
it. Although some people’s competitive nature, due to several life factors have
either died or are slowly dying off. These people are not motiva… Jaybee!...
Don’t digress (sorry guys… story for another day).
Sometimes, I think there are two types of people in life – those
who are stupid and those who are angry. Now, while you’re wondering which
category you belong to, let me break it down and save you the time. Move
your eyes a bit to the beginning of the second paragraph and let’s continue
from there. When someone close to you starts doing better in life, what is
usually your reaction?
When I say someone close, it could be your sibling, your
relative, your neighbour, your friend, and so on. Once it starts to look as if Mother
Nature is smiling at the person and things starts to fall in place for them, believe
it or not, how you react to their progress would vividly tell you whether you’re
the angry type or the stupid type.
Don’t you for once think envy is always a bad thing – It’s
just natural; especially when the person in making waves is a close buddy that
you started out in life together. You can envy and not be jealous about their
progress. You can use their progress to rub yourself in the face; or they can rub
it in your face too; depending on their level of maturity. That’s not where I’m
looking at. Whether you rub it your own face or they help you (which is more
annoying) I’ll say: Stop at being annoyed and don’t graduate to being stupid.
If your neighbour’s progress nudges you, twists your ear or
pulls your hair, then channel your anger at your drawing board. Come up with ideas,
strategies and train yourself to recognize opportunities better than you used to
– Just so you know, opportunity recognition can require training. Some of the
angry ones in life would not get off their butt and succeed until they have someone
rub it in their faces.
What then makes some stupid? As a matter of fact, when
friends or neighbours flaunt their ‘this and that’ in our faces, everyone
starts out being angry. What then makes the difference is that while some go
from being angry to strategizing and determining to get the best revenge which
is success, some go on whinning and complaining. They are always the ‘Change
Detectors’ Knowing when someone has changed and when someone is too proud.
While they do nothing to better their own situation, they can report (actually
gossip) about the person getting hits all over town – That is practical
stupidity. Talking about them wouldn’t help your condition. Would it? *Who talk
epp?*
The Sawiris billionaire family in Egypt is a good case study.
Onsi Sawiris’ the owner of Orascom Group and his three sons - Naguib Sawiris (the
eldest), Samih Sawiris and the youngest Nasseff Sawiris). Naguib was introduced
into business before any of his other two younger brothers, Samih was soon
introduced later, and Nasseff was angry that he wasn’t introduced at the age
his two older brothers were introduce into the business. His brothers were
already far gone by the time he got in but as soon as he did, he wouldn’t stop
challenging biggest competitors (his two elder brothers), Naguib was already a
billionaire by then.
Today, Nasseff is the richest person in the Sawiris family. With
the right channeling of anger, converting it into dedication, hard work,
diligence and persistence. Their latest Forbes’ net worth puts ‘egbon’ Naguib
Sawiris at US$3.1 billion and ‘kid bro’ Nasseff Sawiris at US$5.3 billion (even
Daddy Onsi Sawiris was estimated to be worth US$2 billion). Who says anger
can’t bring forth anything tangible?
Convert the energy you’ll use in merely getting angry (stupid)
into a productive, purpose driven one and see how things would start working
for you ‘cos in that moment of ‘anger’ your burst of energy is higher,
determination is stronger, and your calculations are sharper (your eyes are redding!
RIP English… Lol!). Don’t fume, muse, or turn yourself to an EP (enemy of
progress) over another person’s progress – that’s just stupid!
You have every right to be angry, especially if it’s rubbed
in your face. Just make sure you get the best form of revenge – SUCCESS.
Peace!
Mature Minds Talk.
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