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Competition has become a part of human existence either with oneself or with another. There are various reasons why people compete,it could be for promotion purposes, to elevate ones status, to become successful in a field, to be better than what they used to be, to satisfy an urge,to prove a point and so on. Sometimes this is healthy and other times it could unhealthy. Just like we have heard of competitions in places of work leading to unhealthy rivalry between both parties and it sometimes ends up tragically. But in life, competition must happen one way or another.
Hence, last year 2023 was one year where there was so much much noise about the guiness book of record. I had really never taken guiness world record activities serious before. In my country for instance,I could count like 10 entries after the popular chef, Hilda Baci did the cookathon in Lagos which gathered a lot of support from friends , families and the whole Nigeria at large. Although this didn't last too last as we would have expected as the record was almost immediately broken by another chef Alan Fisher (a 2 time guiness world record baker for cooking and baking)from Japan who beat her longest cooking marathon by 24hours.
So last year we had various entries from Nigeria like chef Hilda, the skipping rope guy,Chinonso eche,chef dammy,longest painting,wig maker and some I can't remember. One thing I have come to realize is that some people do these stuff just to have fake and gain a wider ground for their businesses,while others just mess around with the opportunity.
For instance,last year we had the chef Hilda cookathon, from all that we experienced we could see a lady that has built her brand over the years and wants to use the platform not only to prove her worth and cooking skills but also to grow her business. This was why she was heavily invested in it and no doubt she benefited greatly and grew her brand. Her public relations team did a good job in publicizing the event that took place for over 3 days that it got the deserved recognition. Subsequently we saw brands endorsing her and gifting her products.
A few weeks just after the chef Hilda Baci did her cookathon, we heard another lady trying the same thing to beat her record. Although, I really didn't support it because I believed as a fellow Nigerian and as it was a big win for all of us ,the lady could have allowed her enjoy her success for a while and not just try to copy her strategy, unfortunately though,she didn't break the record because there was no thorough planning and a lot of lackadaisical attitudes.
There is something about a person starting a trend and everyone wants to copy that trend and even get the glory for it,which is not right. It's okay to want to break records but they should not use it to dethrone a fellow colleague who just got the glory. The craze to prove a point is so high.
So far so good, the recent developments following the guiness world record goes to show that people are talented in various skills. It takes courage and a force of push to bring out that those skills at time and the GWR is doing so well in acknowledging that.
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