Of late 1am fond of analyzing myself and the situations around me. As always allow me share some of my realizations. Yesterday I was engaged somewhere (If you could guess it right its okay) and I confirmed that there is a lot to be learnt and known if am to be the best IT Professional I want to be.
Why
is it easy to see some other persons’ or organizations’ Mistakes/weaknesses and
fail to know yours? Some organizations and Companies have great Vision and
Mission Statements and yet have little proof and evidence of what they claim to
be doing or if it is there; it is not at the level they say it is at. (Sorry to be dramatic because am not an
Auditor). Have you met somebody who openly tells you what he is not good at? In
most cases we are always optimistic (With Positive Thoughts) which to me is a great
thing to do but I guess a personal reflection into our weaknesses should also
be done.
Talk
of the Politicians; everyone is always good/excellent especially at the Campaigning
stage. What happens when they have assumed office, their weaknesses come to a
spotlight but when it comes to another time of Contesting; Voters are
overshadowed. Anyway that’s why they are Politicians because they Play
Politics.
Talk
of People in the Health Sector; we even have Nurses and Laboratory attendants
who publicly introduce themselves as Doctors because I guess Doctors are more
respectable in our Societies. What happened to Honesty?
Talk
of Education sector; we have Lecturers who teach students the theoretical
Knowledge but lack the implementation of what they teach and yet they easily
find mistakes in the practical works of their Students.
I
remember a time last year when I had a business meeting in Kenya with a Dutch Angel
Investor Jam-Maarten Plomp and when he asked about what my business does, the
answer was not satisfactory. I seemed to be having an array of business
Concepts but lacked Focus product or Service which I wanted to be known for.
If
you are an HR or have at least been on an interview Panel you may easily see what
am trying to say here. Great appreciation to the HR’s and all those that have
ever been interviewers or panelists during the initial recruitment processes of
Employees. I mean you can easily see how a person is fairing at what he claims
to be Knowing. You may easily tell who is good, fair or worse. Thanks for observing Confidentiality because
it would be embarrassing if the results got known by the public.
We
have come to a situation where Academic papers are not enough proof of
individual capabilities. It may not be surprising to go to an Employment Interview
three years after your graduation and fail to answer a few concepts concerning
your career path and yet you scored an A in that very field while still at
Campus. That’s why at times we have wishful thoughts….”I wish I got this offer
when I just left Campus”. If you share what you have failed with people around
you; some of them may even tend to say…”How could you fail that simple question
and yet they could also fail if they got subjected to the same. That may
explain why we have the blame game.
Learning
is a continuous process. It’s about replacing an empty mind with an open mind.
A personal reflection thus has to be done, failures embraced with good faith
and weaknesses taken care of. The more you study or get challenged, the more
you discover your Ignorance. Every Instructor assumes that you have nothing
else to do except studying that Instructors Course and yet that course alone
may not be substantial. The Good thing today we have more academic Platforms
like maelearn.com where you can easily get enriched. Some of the simple things
we fail on the panels can easily be searched using our smart phones (If you
have one). My Teachable sprit Continues to grow every day especially if I get
to think of a challenge. Remember any kind of Examination is formidable even to
the best prepared, for even the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man
can answer. So you should always have something to learn and gain the degree of
life.
Above
all endeavor to do what you claim to be doing (I Know it’s a work in Progress).
If you claim to be helping the needy, go ahead and do it. Focus at putting yourself
on a competitive edge. Do what you can do best as you learn new skills and
Knowledge to match what you claim to be knowing but you don’t know it yet and
together we will create the change we want to see making the world a better
place.
