Bend Over...

Take it up the ass...

No! It isn't what you think it is (Really it isn't!)
I used it to catch your attention and probably show you the way a working man has to constantly bend himself - all in a bid to deliver.

There are so many broken dead lines and very little in the way of achieved targets.

Your boss is busy playing boss - the issue must be this thing called "delegation".

The ability to delegate is one thing, the ability to delegate as part of the larger picture, while providing the necessary logistics, that's another issue altogether - if only it could be that simple.

That is probably the number one problem of the Nigerian:

Too much knowledge about "what's wrong?" and yet retaining the ability to be unconcerned when asked to put his money where his mouth is...

The perfect bet except you're betting someone else's money...
It is so easy to be brave with someone else's problem.

One of those funny phrases that defines a Nigerian is:

"the problem with Nigeria is...."
And then the poor sod goes on about the problem and what he/she would do to make it different - alas, the problem remains us and our pathetic way of thinking...

There are no long term options - everything must be here and now - must be connected to me, myself and I...

We remain painfully myopic and self centered, floating around a fog of self denial. Eager always to point out the tiny flint in the eyes of those around us but fail so miserably to notice the trunk stuck in ours...

You're better than everyone else, you have better solutions, you must be considered first and your opinion must be accepted verbatim, you brook no disagreement and often fight to the death over issues as paltry as who stands in line behind you...

If a better idea exists it is seen as a direct threat to your "perceived superiority" and will be blown clean out of the water at the least opportunity presented or invented - which ever comes first.

Hard work is a direct reflection of the amount of suffering you go through in any endeavor. Therefore notions like working smarter not harder are still largely foreign concepts and even when applied they are mostly used in negative ways (think 419 scams and a host of other ills that plague us)

You are expected to make all the sacrifices and when all is done your contribution to the entire project receives scant attention and is relegated to the back pages...

Welcome to the "black man's" hell...
A self created cesspit that achieves nothing in the long run...
We are poor in mind and spirit and it now affects everything we do, everything we touch, everything we say...

A mountain is just a barrier to be surpassed but to most black men, a mountain is so massive, so out of reach, so enormous...
Their minds freeze and positive though is expunged like a candle in the wind.

We are skilled at the game called 'survival'.
The black man doesn't live - he survives.
In fact in most parts of the world even with the extent of wealth that most have achieved, they are still poor in spirit, they continually scrabble for ways to make more and more money - stuck in that eternal rut of "never enough" - it could all be taken away in a flash if I let my guard down for a moment.

How long must I continue to "bend over"?
How and in what ways can I better myself mentally, uplift my spirit and save my mind from this runt? How can I reach for excellence - simply by never saying never...

If you have any suggestions - I mean any suggestions PLEASE don't fail to leave a comment...

As always...
I remain chinedu