Thursday 9th November 2017
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 66
Title: Plan
Your Work And Work Your Plan!
It
has been said times without number that he who fails to plan has already
planned to fail and that is the basic truth anyways because no man who goes to
war without a strategy ever wins that war. War is not won by rhetoric but by
plan and strategies. Be that as it may, it is however important to point out
that the plan that works is the plan that is worked on. Now, that's not a mix
of semantics there but a pointer to the fact that even though many persons do
make plans on how to go about getting what they desire most in life, but not
all persons ever work their plans. Take the case of Mr. Tenten for example, he
grew up in a foster home because both of his parents had died accidentally the
same day and not having any known living relatives, he was given out by the
Government Agency responsible for looking after orphans. He was 6 years old
when he was adopted by the caring family that took him in, but even as young as
he was then, he already had an opinion of his own and knew just what he wanted
to be in life - a Music Star - he adopted Michael Jackson as his music idol and
role model. In the Primary School, whenever it was time for break, while other
pupils were busy chasing themselves all over the School, Tenten would retire to
some corner of the school and be practicing with imaginary flutes, trumpets,
saxophones, drums and also be humming to himself whatever tunes came into his
head. He was very frugal and saved part of his weekly allowance given him by
his "Parents" and during holidays, he would apprentice himself to a
Musical School where he learnt how to play the instruments especially Guitar,
saxophone and the drums. In Junior High, he formed a group of 5 young boys of
similar interests (average age 12) and they started contributing towards
forming a band. He was the arrow head of the group and so naturally became the
Lead Vocalist, Guitarist and Saxophonist; and they started making small time
music. His first lyrics were penned by him and dedicated to his dead parents.
In Senior high, the Group (Band) was already being recognized and invited for
small town gigs and all that; but they had a break when they were asked to play
at the School's Graduation Ceremony/Dinner in which Tenten and his Band members
were also amongst the Graduands. Tenten and his mates felt that their break was
about to happen and so they prepared for the big day with all the hunger for
stardom as they could muster and on that night, they beat themselves in their
own game. The audience clapped, waved, danced to almost all their beats - the
blending between them was legendary, they never missed a step, a voice, a tone
or even a beat, everything worked in "perfect harmony" infact at the
end of their appearance, the ovation that rose from the audience literally
removed the roof over the building and Tenten and his mates were walking on the
air waves. In the audience were a number of Artist Hunters who are always on
the lookout for talents that need to be developed further, 6 of them swooped on
Tenten and his Band Members with various offers and promises. The Band needed
time to process the offers and promises and make decisions of continuity or
going solo. After a deep reflection, the Band Members decided to band together
and they chose one of the Hunters and signed a recording contract with him and
there started their rise to the top. After a few successful hits with the Band,
Tenten decided to go solo - that was always his dream but he needed a platform
to start out with and of course he was immediately sucked in by a major Recording
Label and his first single hit the world like a tornado, the sales from that
single made Tenten a Multi-millionaire without looking backwards and he was
just 25 years old. He went on to do other records that sold out even before
they were released; did a number of colabos too and was worth more than he ever
thought possible while growing up. He was now a Music Star as he had dreamt and
worked on and then to crown all his efforts, he was recognized by the Industry
and given a Grammy Award. On the night he received the award, he was asked what
his secret was that in such a short space of time he was already making waves
in the world and he told the audience that he not only made plans right from
when he was very young and tender to be what he wanted to be, but he did not
just leave it there, he worked the plans and that is what led him to this wild
success he is enjoying. So, my dear reader, did you make any plans at the
beginning of this year 2017 to do something that you have not done before? How
far have you come towards realizing that? Did you work your plan? or did you
make the plan and then allowed it to be guided by the elements and vagaries of
the weather? When you make a plan and work that plan, chances that you would be
successful under God are higher than 99%. That's a lesson for you or someone
you know.
Until I come your way
again, this is #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst
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