I often hear repeated moaning  “why I don’t have the opportunity some of these successful people like Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, Kiichiro Toyoda, Jack Welch, Tiger Woods, Michael Eisner or Beyonce”. I just thought of something, these are not overnight success. Were they talented? Yes they are, am I different… I suck, I get it. But wait, come to think of it, these people could have only climbed up because they were successful on a platform, and from there propels to a bigger platform and they keep going at it. Every one started from somewhere,  Apple started from a garage, Coca-Cola  from carbonated water, Disney from Mickey…. what am I starting? How do I get better at it? …..

What is my platform? Forget about tomorrow, just here and now. My platform could be my five team members in my company, my country neighborhood, my grade 10 class, or the front counter at Walmart. What impact have I made in my circle of influence that warrants the world to give me a bigger stage?

Often times I keep hearing these noises in my head, ‘If I were in Whitehouse’, ‘If I had $1million’, ‘If I can sing like MJ’… I could have done this or that… but nah bruh. Obama did not start in the White house, nor did Bill Gates had the million dollar bucks to kick start Microsoft. In fact Mahatma Gandhi needed no campaign manager to voice his concerns and to lead revolutionary democratic movement in India. I heard that Katy Perry started from a church choir.

For now that shit job, shit school or shit neighborhood is your platform. Make the best of it. Become the odd, be the champ, save the day and when it is time, move to a higher platform. Like they say a new devil for every new level. You don’t give up, you don’t give in, you give it all.

One thing I believe is that, all of the successful people I fancy started from somewhere and they understood their platform, use the opportunity the platform presents and did not stop in getting the best out of each platform. I have a platform today, you have a platform today. Let’s use our platform. One day striving lambs will become shinning lions.