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MY AFRIKA
Leadership

DO YOUR BEST

IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO SO.

Samuel Phillips

ometimes, my wife and I do or give their best. Her response via merit. So, why bother?
do a lot of talking about was quite simple and straight to the 3. Those who give their best getting
many issues while driving point. I asked her to make sure she burnt out because there appears to
Sor walking. We basically talk remembered her answer, for I knew be no benefit to it. They are con-
about everything, but most impor- I was going to use it for an article. stantly passed over, not recognized
tantly about Afrika and Afrikans. So below is her answer, with a little or appreciated, not thanked by those
Those two topics have become the formatting. who prefer the ones with a name or
most talked about things we engage with money. So basically the ones
in, and that, from a place of pas- "1. Learned behavior. There was no who do push to do their best give
sion to see our beloved Afrika and standard called 'best' to go by. They up on doing so because the best is
Afrikans become the best that God are raised in an environment of not even valued in the society and
the Creator made them to be. So we mediocrity, where all those around environment around them. They
do not shy away from engaging talks them operate at bare minimum effi- don't fit into the mould of what
about Afrika. ciency and productivity. society embraces and accepts and
2. Those who operate at bare min- celebrates. So they get passed over
On this day, we were walking in Nai- imum efficiency and productivity again and again. This wears them
robi CBD, going to return a faulty and train others to do so began to down, especially if their heart is
item we bought about a month prior do so as a result of demotivation. looking for reward and celebration.
to that day. As we walked, I was Why bother being one's best when Or it wears them down if they were
thinking in my head. The thought all around them people were getting hoping that their lives would begin
that was playing in my mind was a ahead i.e.. being promoted, elected, to make a demonstrable positive
simple question about why peo- getting achievements or celebrations impact on the world around them.
ple don't do or give their best in either by cheating, or favoritism It is possible that some of those in
whatever they do? So I asked her (son or daughter of so and so), or number three become those in num-
what she thinks is the reason why bribing or some other method that ber two who train those in number
people, in this case, Afrikans, don't did not favor attainment of success one."

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