Keep Pushing Forward
Azeez Idris
Data Scientist Intern @ Microsoft | Previously Interned at IBM, Syngenta, Goldman Sachs, FlexiSAF
I recently read an about an Intern who cost her company millions of dollars. Well, all I had in mind while reading was that the lady would definitely have been fired due to the lost the intern cost the company.
However, this was not the case. The person narrating the experience explained that the intern was let go because she simply froze and could not do anything after she discovered what she did. It was an incident on a plane.
That really got me thinking about what we normally do when things break down or do not work out. It is fine to cry when things go wrong, but never let that incident stop you. The past should never determine your future.
Whatever situation it is you are currently in, you basically have 2 options. One is to give up and never continue or continue pushing forward. Continue to lament about the challenges and wishing everything was better. If everything was better, you would have also prospered.
But sometimes, the worst thing to do is simply sit and take no action. You do not have to take the big step now. You can start small. Whatever it is you are currently facing, you can do more and be more.
Great people did not attain greatness because everything around them was perfect. In contrast, most great men achieved success because almost everything around them was not perfect and they sort to make it perfect.
Your current situation should not determine your future. Imagine the humble beginning of messengers of God and the number of people they have touched and inspired today. Your current situation should not hold you back. Rather let it keep pushing you forward.
In face of a difficulty or a mistake, the most important thing to do is to learn from the mistake or difficulty. Learn as much as you can and then move on. Life is like a school but you have no physical teacher to teach you.
You would have to figure it out on your own sometimes. So when you face a difficulty, do your best and keep moving. You are being tested for something greater than your current situation. How then can you succeed when you do not win at the small challenges?
It would be truly difficult if I say I understand what you feel right now, but all I can say is that staying where you are does not bring greatness. You have to move from where you are to where you want to be.
Go out there and make it happen. Thanks and God bless.