Don't stop doing

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I have failed far too much on a number of things. The irony of this is, they are things that I covet success on greatly, but maybe not great enough.

I started a Leadership Campaign back in the university after being exposed to the power of leadership and how to achieve the phenomenon through leadership, I failed at it.

I started a Community to help individuals maximize the offerings of the digital era after being a first-hand beneficiary of what things a person can accomplish with the right orientation. The first cohort was successful but it also marked the end.

I started a For-Profit organization with the principal goal of helping individuals bridge the wide gap that exists between academia and industry. I had a taste of challenge that sent me off my foot and though I made a fair share of success on this, the long run which was not so long has rendered the seeming success to naught.

I applied to write for a premium digital publishing organization, I was rejected on a relatable premise.

I set up the process of having one of the widely acclaimed Book Club in Lagos, Nigeria and I failed because all that was to it was that; a process set up.

I can for real go on with this list but let me cut it short here...

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Don't stop doing.

All of my failures have a common denominator and if I was to list my success especially the one that endured, they also have a similar but opposite denominator.

For all my failures, I failed at it when I stopped doing it, for whatever reason. Before I did a thing, to a very good extent, I must have done my need assessment, is this needed? Will anyone buy into it? And more... So it's not a question of maybe no one wants what I was doing, they wanted it but I stopped offering it and it marked the failure of one more thing on my hand.

For all my successes, I succeeded because even when no one is willing to buy in, but I believe it's a need, I continue to offer them. And with the passage of time, I recorded enduring success.

The subject of mastery and prominence has always been dear to me because I've seen too much of it and I keep searching for a common denominator. Maybe continually doing is one of those.

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