If You Will Do It, Then Do It Well

Whatever you want to do, which may be an action towards your dreams, a goal, a plan, etc, you have to have the result in view. Do not just do it or take the action because you want to "fulfill all righteous" or because you just felt like doing it, but because you know the action will lead to something positive and as such, you need to do it well. If you must do something, then it has to be done well in order to produce result. In more cases than none, it is not the action per se that is rewarded but the results that have been produced by the actions. Without putting in your best in what you do, you may not achieve the best result. To get the extraordinary result that you desire, then you have to put in extraordinary action.

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A very respected mentor once said that "there is nothing that is done in an ordinary way that will produce an extraordinary result." If you take the same action that everyone is taking in the way they are taking it, the best result you can get from such action will also be what they have gotten. But if you want to get an entirely different result which will be better than what others are getting, then you have to do things differently than what they have done. You may have a goal that you have to achieve and the destination that you want to reach, but the way and methods to arrive at it is entirely up to you.

It is worthy to note that many of the people who have achieved success in various fields of human endeavour may not have done something "out of the blues," rather, they figured out a way to do the supposed simple things that every other person is used to, but in a very extraordinary way. No one will ask you the kind of efforts you have put in and they may not even take note of the sacrifices that you have to make, but when you get the result, they will acknowledge it. In a football match, it is not the team that dribbles the most that wins but the team that scores the most goals. So you have to focus your actions more on getting results than just doing it for "doing sake."

While growing up, there was this snack we normally ate, which is called "kpekere." It is just plantain chips tied with waterproof and sold. We grew up to meet the snack and it was very popular even in roadsides, that it was no longer regarded as something too valuable. However, someone conceived the idea of producing the same kpekere but in a unique way. In his own, he added spices, then packaged it in a ziploc bag, well-sealed with sticker label. It became unique and the value increased. Anyone that sees it would immediately love it because of the packaging and the added spices. This was how he started making waves with his plantain chips.

The whole market started taking note of his chips that they would pre-order them even before delivery. He enlarged his business and even employed workers. Adorably, there was a government function where top ranking politicians attended, he was contracted to deliver some of his chips for refreshments. You see, he attempted to break out from the norm and he did things differently - same plantain, but produced and packaged in a different way, and it announced him to the top government places. This should tell you that whatever you want to do, you should try as much as is within your abilities to do it well. The truth is that it may be what you do today that will announce you tomorrow, so do it well.

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Any opportunity you have to take any action or perform a task, even if it does not concern you directly, always do it well and do your best. A lot of people have been recommended for much bigger and better duties because of how well they did the little one that they had to do. If you cannot give your best in the little that you do, you may not also put in your best when you are entrusted with a much bigger task. It is how you discharge your duties in the small task that will determine if you will even have the opportunity for a bigger one. So for whatever you want to do, just know that if it can be done, then it has to be done well.

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