How I look writing this
The world is changing rapidly, a couple of years ago there was no such thing as digital currency or blockchain, a couple of years before that there was no such thing as Artificial Intelligence. If you had told the common folk at the time that such things would exist, they'd look at you like you were a crazy person, but here we are today, I am sitting in front of my laptop writing on a blogging site on a blockchain, where I can earn digital currency if investors find my work interesting enough. Crazy right? To you, it may not seem crazy, but to someone from the past, if I told them this, they'd look at me and go, "What is a laptop?"
The average man only sees what is in front of them and not what could be in front of them. We have come into a world full of so many resources, but at times it feels like life is a straight road where everyone is just trying to do the same thing and follow the exact same path someone before them took to greatness. They forget that before that person took that path there was literally nothing there and that what worked then may not necessarily work now at least to the same degree (copycats rarely ever have the same effect as the original). Following the path someone else took in itself isn't a bad thing, but it's when you see people's dreams being suppressed or mocked by others simply because they're taking an unfamiliar path that it is a problem. In the society I live in I see it a lot in different aspects. People bring down those who aren't studying "top" courses like Engineering, Medicine, Law and the likes are seen as less even though it is some people's dream. Then there's also this unwritten rule that everyone must go to kindergarten, primary school, secondary institution, tertiary institution, and then find a job and start climbing up the corporate ladder. This is a good framework for some, some become successful this way, but there are others who aren't interested in this and want to try other things, and some of them are seen as delusional and "playing with their future" (whatever that means).
I am of the opinion that once you come of age with some little guidance you should be allowed to steer your life in the direction you are interested in, as ultimately success in that destination is the only success that'll really feel fulfilling.
My advice for anyone who is reading this is to give a little bit of delulu a chance. Because without a little bit of delulu, it'll be hard not to succumb to the noise from the "average (not delulu)" people telling you it is impossible. Being a little bit delulu isn't only helpful with achieving great feats like growing from a young man with an idea to the CEO of a million-dollar company, but also for things as little as relationships. What are the odds that you and your loved one will remain together forever? You both have to remain a little bit delulu every day for it to happen.
So yeah, stay delulu and ignore the noise. keep working towards what you desire no matter how impossible it may seem.
THANKS FOR READING
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