#OnTheTrain - Progressive Analysis - Part 2

Bonjour Tout le monde!

A great day to be alive! I hope you are well.

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In our last post, we spoke about the need for 'Progressive Analysis' and why. As promised, let's get going with my friend, Tshepiso.

Tshepiso is a clothing designer and a pretty good one at that. She has been doing this business for about a year and half now. I had a chat with her some time ago and asked her some questions about her business.

She has a job, and the business is done on the side. So I wanted to know about how she tracks her finances, and how her marketing processes are, for the growth of her brand. 

By the time we were done talking, she realized that she hasn't put in measures that would help her see whether her business is actually growing or not, and at what rate.
Bookkeeping was not done, and money was spent on a lot of things, which aren't recorded anywhere.

This made checking her progress, difficult to impossible. There are a number of questions she couldn't answer, for these reasons. And so we put together some trackable ways to see where her business is going.

She began to realize that she was spending money on unnecessary things, which dealt a big blow to her bottom line, and this opened her eyes to what she needed to do more, in her progressive analysis of the business.

However, this didn't only reveal matters pertaining to her work, but also herself. The exercise made her see that some of her own personal habits, were contributing to the slow growth of this brand of hers. 

So, in the next post, we will take a closer look at the business owner, and check where the problem might be.

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#OnTheTrain - Progressive Analysis

Great Salutations, Friend!

Welcome Back. Let's Go!

We are still rocking the series, 'From Start To Finish', discovering, or re-discovering, the means that we can use, to get things done. Most people struggle with this, which feeds into our lack of joy, which would come from manifesting our ideas, ambitions, and desires.

Based on the 8 part teaching on developing our vision, we have now written down our plans, developed a way that we are going to get it done, thrown the net of time ahead, and have gotten ourselves someone, or people to be accountable to.

Ok, now we are at the implementation phase. The first step is to actually START!

Now, room has to be made for us to realize that we may need to amend some things in our vision or plan, along the way. Why?

The answer is found on the track.

There are some things that you will only experience when you on the field, running. Remember that when things are theoretical and also in the practice mode, they can prepare you for the real thing. But then again, when the real thing hits, you pick up other things that you may have not been able to, during preparation. 

Therein comes, 'Progressive Analysis'. So, what I'm trying to get through here, is that we should not be upset, or give up, just because what we thought would work, doesn't at all, or not as well as we had hoped. That is no indication that you have failed, or that you are a failure.

It just means that analysis needs to be done, and better ways must come in to play.

I will give you an example of a friend of mine, by the name of Tshepiso, who saw the benefit of this, on our next post.

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#OnTheTrain - Vision Development Part 9

Habari Kila Mtu! 

2020 is here and I hope that you've started it with a bang!

Things are already busy on my side, as I refuse to attain the same results as the years before.

Alright, from the last post, we wanted to discuss something that could be contributing to your lack of success. I call it the 'Kennafela Syndrome'.

This simply means that you are accountable, only to yourself. As people, we have a natural ability to come up with some of the best excuses in the world. We, therefore, have the power to give ourselves permission, not to do something, with reasons that make sense to 'both' of you. 

So we can negotiate ourselves out of anything, especially taking action on a particular task, and this may be adding to your own frustrations in the long run. That is why, at some point, you will ask yourself, "But why didn't I just do that thing, like four months ago?" The simple answer is that you only had yourself to be accountable to, and that 'self' of yours, didn't see the value or importance thereof.

For this reason, I then picked out a few people, who know me, and have the power to tell me, if I'm going off track. These people don't bother too much with my feelings, they care about making sure that what I said, I do, in the time that I set for myself. 

I am accountable to them, as they are to me, about some things that they also want to accomplish. It's much harder giving someone else, excuses about why you didn't get something done. This then means that I  have to do these things so that I can report to them, and they can encourage me to do more. Once I let them know of a completed activity, they generally ask, 'So, what's next?'

Another attribute to these people is that I actually listen to them. There is no point in being accountable to someone, if you won't listen to what they are saying, and DO IT! 

Get rid of 'Kennfela Syndrome', and find someone, or some people, to be accountable to. Tell them what your plans are, the time frame you have given yourself, and the frequency at which you will report on your progress.

That will help you in the long run, and you will be very glad you did!

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#OnTheTrain - Vision Development Part 8

La Familia! 

I want you to know that you are precious in the Sight Of Jehovah Who created you, fearfully and wonderfully!

Alright, let's get on with it.

If you remember where we started with this part of the journey, in the series "From Start To Finish", we've been talking about where to start in terms of working out your purpose in life, and then living it out! If you want to take a quick peek from where we started, just track back in this series. We are now dealing with developing your vision.

Let's have a look at an example of something I wanted to achieve. I desired to write a book last year, and thought of the theme and the point thereof. I sort of worked out how it would go and what I intended the reader to get out of it.

This is me thinking up an idea, right? Now, the same mind that cooked up this idea, also comes up with other things that I want to do, from having a meal, to something I want to do at work, to finding other ways of making my life better than what it is now, etc. This means, that I am continuously bombarded with thoughts. It is therefore, that easy to forget about writing that book of mine.

(By the way, it can now be found on Amazon [https://cutt.ly/DistractionBook])

Once I made that decision to write down my idea, and then put a plan in place, I finally began authoring the book. You see, "If a vision is without an executable plan, it is inherently doomed!"

So, I told myself that I would be done with this book in a period of four months. The book is quite small and is part of a series. So I knew that I wouldn't have too many chapters in it.

The next thing was to throw the net of time. This means that in order to reach my goal within the allotted four months, I had to break it down into months. So I aimed to be done with at least 10 to 20 pages of the book every month. To do this, I had to get past about 4 or 5 pages every week. For that to happen, I had to pen down about 1 or 2 pages a day.

So I broke it down to such an extent that I knew that if I didn't complete my first 5 pages within my first week, I was already in trouble in reaching my four month limit. This is the crux of vision development.

That net of time I referred to earlier, should come from good research about the 'do-ability' of your plan. It has to be realistic, but have the element of putting some pressure on you, as well. That balance is VERY IMPORTANT!

Think about the things you wanted to do, but never got to. Are they written down somewhere, where you can see it/them? Have you taken the time to workout what it would take to reach this goal in the time that you've given yourself? Perhaps there's a missing element to all this🤔

You might suffering from something I call, 'Kennafela Syndrome', which can cause you many years of delay and a horrible amount of frustration in your endeavors.
Wanna know what this syndrome entails? 

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#OnTheTrain - Vision Development Part 7

Lumelang Kaofela, Ba Ratuwa Ba Jehovah!

To God Be The Glory For You, as His Grace continues to hold you up strong.

Let's see what it is that we learn from the story of Ketlametswe and Shadrach.

We pick up from where we left off...

Let me see if I get the point of all this. So we learn here that pressure can come from anywhere, to accomplish something. Be it family, friends, or even the status quo, we may be steered to achieving something, for the purpose of being accepted or recognized by others.

Second, we learn that there is a difference between what you love, and what you feel you have to do. I once read a statement that said, "If you can't do what you love, love what you do"

Now, that statement is pretty loaded. However, let me say this, "What God Placed Within You, Your Hands Can Produce And Prosper You"

Every one of us has talents and gifts that we were designed with by The Almighty. Regardless of where you come from, there are instances in our lives where those things are hinted to us. Oftentimes they are told to us by other people who see it in us.

If you go through my entire blog, you will find that the acquisition of said gifts and talents, and the bringing out thereof, is all that it's about. I am committed to helping as many people as possible to find their purpose and live it out, for the Glory of The Creator. So if this does interest you, go back in my posts and read how you can identify, cultivate and succeed with your Purpose.

Back to this post. Developing ones Vision is embedded in knowing which direction ones wants to take. You see, Shadrach wanted to study civil engineering, mostly because he wanted to make his mother proud, but also that he came from a technical school, and that is where he would likely succeed.

Yet, until he could pen down a proper plan, he would be stuck in, what I call, a 'Non-Application Mud Pit' or NAMP. What this means is that you have in your head, all the things that you want to, and can do, but never right it down and execute them. So then there is no accountability for them and you end up never really doing anything.

In his conversation with Bra Thibos, something clicks in his mind, that allowed him to finally write his plans down. This allowed him a better view of them, and thereby giving him the ability to work with his ideas.

Let's dig a little deeper, on the next post!

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#OnTheTrain - Vision Development Part 6

#HisGrace2019

My Beloved Family! Blessed art thou, who loveth The Lord, Who Reigns on High!

I pray that you are growing in stature and wisdom, as 2019 continues to surrender her strength.

Without further ado, let's close this young lady's story about her man, with whom she reunited.

Ketlametswe, "You should have seen the look in his eyes, Gabe, I| saw a fire in them, like he was born again. As he spoke to me, I felt this well of love rise within me, because he had turned into the man I had hoped to have years ago. He told me that he sat back in his chair for a few minutes, as he took multiple sips of his passion fruit and lemonade beverage, which had ordered at some point.

He said, 'You know my queen, when that time of silence took over, which he allowed, because he said nothing to me until I spoke neh, I thought about all those times that I had come up with ideas on what the Djs could do better and how to modify whats on the table etc, and it was incredible! He made me dig deeper within, and made me see that I was more loaded than I had given myself credit for.

I took out my phone and started typing on my notepad.'

I asked him, 'What did you type?'

He took out his phone and showed me the plans and strategies that he put together in his mind, but had never gotten them down to where he could see them.

Moruti, he went on to explain how, in a matter of 15 minutes, he knew what he was going to do. The crux of the matter is that, he made the decision that he was going to study civil engineering, for the education, not the career, inspired by Dr Tumi, whom he loves. He wanted both, and so he put in motion, a way to do just that.

I love him so much hle abuti!"

Gabriel, "I am in absolute awe. Jehovah works in incredible ways indeed. Well then, I want to ask about how you guys got the romance thing going again, but I feel like that is a conversation for another day. I'm so proud of you though, there is a lot you have learned here.
Let me see if I get the point of all this. So we learn here that..."

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#OnTheTrain - Vision Development Part 5

NDAA to you my lovely family!

I hope you are all doing ever so well as 2019 seeks to take a bow from her work.😪

I pray that you have found some productivity in all the lessons 📝 that she brought with her, for the last 11 months.

😎Progression in the right direction, is the key to gradual fulfillment.😎

🎉2020 beckons and we need to build on from here...

Having said that, we are still learning a thing or two about Vision Development from the narration of Ketlametswe, of Shadrach's journey.

Shall we...

Ketlametswe, "So he tells me about Thibos, 'Bra Thibos took me out for lunch one Saturday afternoon, at Kream of The Crop, there at Mall of Africa, which blew me away! I mean I had never been in such a beautiful place to eat, and he said to me, 'Tell me about yourself'.

That question was so difficult to answer because after all these years, I was only trying to figure myself out, and so much about me is still a mystery. I mean, so many things I had tried, believed in, and failed at so much, that telling anyone about myself, was tantamount to 'trial and error'.

I hesitated in replying to his question and he smiled at me. Then I tried and said, 'I am a man who loves music and wants to study civil engineering to be like you one day, and be able to take people out to places like this and...', he stopped me right there.

He said, 'You don't need to tell me anything else now. You said you love music and you want to study what I studied for money purposes. Shadrach, I have watched you working in the clubs and the way you stare at the Djs when they do their thing. Moreover, I was there when Dj Priest gave you a shot at the decks because he wasn't feeling well, and you flowed.

Listen, vision follows focus my brother, and development follows vision. I studied civil and worked for a few years in the field, and I did good. But if you really want to know where my success really lies... it's in my books. I am an author and the people who read my books tell me how they have helped them in their lives. That is fulfilling and that is what is making me more money than this job which I eventually left.

Look, don't waste years like I did, trying to follow a career, when deep down, I am an entrepreneur. When you do music, your creativity is boundless, and you come up with more and more innovative ideas, right? I saw it in your eyes and heard it in your choice of songs. It was like you were telling a story. When you write those ideas down, plan and execute them, that develops your vision and you cannot be stopped!'


I looked at him in awe and after thinking for a while, I finally replied to his question and I said...

Ketlametswe concludes Shadrachs story on the next installment.

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