Attitude is Everything: Lesson 2 Review

Lesson 2: You're a Human Magnet

Reviewed By: Dr. Jackson Ilangali

you can’t — you’re right!”

Aisee, ni kweli kabisa you attract whatever you believe in! Ukiamini wewe ni kilaza, unakua hivyo hivyo; I have observed this too many times in my life experiences; In all aspects of life, from school life, career and professional life, and even in the social aspect of life.

Believing in yourself, is the first and the very important step that you need to take in accomplishing a goal or achieving what you want to achieve. If you believe that you can not achieve a certain goal, then it’s true; But, again, it’s only true because that is what you think and believe in fact!

Taking a very vivid example from my own life, I started thinking and believing that I can be a doctor at a very tender age; Since my primary school days, I had already programed myself to be a doctor; This continued when I was in secondary school; whatever I do in school, I was thinking of how is it important in reaching my goal of becoming a medical doctor! I still remember my O level days when I would literally dream (during sleep) in doctor-ish attire, in a hospital doing doctor-ish stuffs!! And that is how I actually became a doctor! During my advanced level studies, some of my colleagues were already calling me “doctor”!! After finishing advanced level, in our times, during University applications, one had a choice of applying to as many courses and universities as he seems fit; I remember to apply for only ONE University, and only ONE course, Doctor of Medicine. While, my fellows who also had similar or even better grades than I, applied to multiple courses in multiple universities. I so believed in becoming a doctor, that my life and everything I did, was converging to becoming a doctor.

Huo ni mfano mmojawapo tu wandugu, but ni ukweli kabisa, ukitaka kufanikiwa kulifika au kufanya jambo fulani, hatua ya muhimu kabisa kabisa ni kuliishi hilo jambo katika ubongo wako na mawazo yako; Only then, you will be able to take ACTION that will result into you achieving what you want to achieve.

Hapa pia, ningependa niongelee point ya malezi kwetu wazazi na wote wanaotarajia kuwa wazazi; tusikatishe tamaa watoto wetu kwa maneno yetu, hata pale wanapopata changamoto au wanapoanguka katika mitihani. Usimtusi mtoto na kumuita mjinga, hana akili na kumwambia hataweza kufanikiwa. Unajenga kitu kibaya sana akilini mwake, kwamba yeye ni mtu wa kushindwa tuu, yeye ni mjinga, yeye hawezi kufanikiwa, yeye hawezi kufanya jambo fulani; na ni suala la muda tu, kadri unapomwambia maneno hayo, itafika muda atayaamini, and you would have ruined the future of your kid! Hata pale mtoto anapofeli mtihani au anaposhindwa kufanya kitu, tutumie zaidi maneno ya kumu encourage, kumwambia yeye anaweza, yeye anaweza kuwa kitu chochote kile anachotaka, yeye anaweza kufanikiwa, yeye anaweza kufanya jambo lolote lile ambalo ataliambia akili yake anataka kufanya… The more we tell them this, the more it sticks to their minds, na baada ya muda, wataamini tunachowaambia, na wataanza kukiishi; and we would have built a vey very huge thing in our kids’ lives! Please, ukipata ripoti ya mtoto ya shule, amefanya vibaya masomo fulani, usimuite kilaza, usimuite mjinga, usimuite hana akili!!

Namalizia kwa quote kutoka kwa Robert Collier ambae aliwahi kusema: “There is nothing on earth you cannot have — once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it.”