I Love that Book Mahn.. Since I got it, I've Experienced a Paradigm Shift (not talkin about the mode9 album)... Really Helped guide my thoughts, hence.. Ma Actions as well as the correspondin Outcomes....
Well, since I wasn't paid to hype or do an article about the Book, I Rest ma Case... But pls try to get it and TML..
I coined the Concept of wat I'm Bloggin about from the 4th Habbit.. "Think Win-win"... As self-explanatory as it sounds, a great lot is contained init...
COMPETITIONs...
#:-s.. Funny how it has become a term that puts fear in peoples Hearts.... Hence.. Winning/loosing becomes out topic of dicussion automatically.... *smh*...
I'll start by saying.... If we're in a game to beat the competition, thinking that there can only be one winner, we've already lost the game....
Maybe, an Explanation of terms will be wise at this junction...
The word win comes from the Old English WINNAN; "to struggle, to contend, to contest." This definition implies that winning is a process, not an outcome. "Beating" has come to mean doing whatever you can, ethically or unethically, to gain an advantage over others... The word competition is derived from the Latin word COMPETERE "to seek together, to coincide, to agree." In this root meaning, there is no connotation of losing... But in Modern business usage, competition implies a WINNER and a LOSER: competition for a bid; competition for a promotion; competition to be the best Rapper; competition between brothers, Churches, companies and even countries.... THAT's WRONG!!!
*sighs*
In the movie Chariots of Fire, a true story about the 1920 Olympics, an English gentleman gives his place in a race to another, simply for the pleasure of watching him run... In 1936, Jesse Owens helped an Olympic competitor better himself without thought of how it might affect the eventual outcome of the race....
What a difference today!... Kai!!!.. Who remebers Ben Johnson??.. Yeah.. He got caught for using steroids... But he is only a symptom of our societal overemphasis on "winning at any cost." This attitude has totally captured our collective psyche and permeates society far beyond the boundaries of sports... Over the last couple of years, we have seen not only the decline of the traditional character ethic that has made our country and culture strong, we have also seen a corresponding rise in "All-or-Nothing" competitiveness.. :(... which Way!!!????...
Winning is supposed to be like the cream rising to the top: if you let things alone, the best would appear all by itself. Now we think of winning in terms of beating others.... While the difference is subtle, it is PROFOUND. This win-lose ethic comes out of a mentality of scarcity, the idea that there is not enough for everyone; that if someone else wins, I can't.... Hence.. Greed/self centered-ness.... :(
"Maybe there isn't enough for everybody if not, I'll get mine first." But it's supposed to be this way... --»"if everyone has an equal chance, the best will naturally prevail....
After all said and written (typed)... "I KNOW I"M GUILTY OF IT TOO... BUT NOT LIKE THEM *in my Jigga voice*".. (obviously I luv that line).....
But I've changed!!!! :D... I don't Really.. "COMPETE" (I mean compete in the wrong way).... I COPERATE!!!...
But that one no mean say I go dey take nonsense oH.. I still will.. Kill *akon voice*..... Looolz.... (Na joke oH)..
True competition/success is with self... Cos if u do ur best and u don't come first accordin to the charts or judges, u should be fulfilled... Knowing that No flesh is inFallible..
Soo....
Dear Rapper(artist, and everybody),...
Next time u make music(or do anything else),. Do it good to ur own standards and justifications.. Not as a result of comparisons... A lesson I Learnt from Uncle Hov....
Yours Faithfully..
King Danas Blowayzz'.... (HRM)... :)
One Last thing... Listen to beautiful Music... Listen to Blowayzz' Music...
BLESS!!!..
Na me be danas!!...
Wow! Nice one dear
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