Am fresh here and still trying to learn the ropes on how to blog on here, like i mentioned in my "introduceyourself" post this is my first attempt at blogging and i will be doing an on-the-spur-of-the-moment kinda blogging.
something happened to me today and i would like to share the experience here. Today i needed to use the ATM machine and when i approached one the queue was so long, i guess about 25-30 people on the queue, there was another ATM machine beside but nobody moved towards it.I got there and joined the queue then asked the guy that was last on the queue before i joined what was wrong with the other machine, he said he didn't know but that someone had said there isn't money in it.
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My instinct told me to try the other machine, it wouldn't take anything from me and i would lose nothing by trying, i can always come back and join the queue since i have been on the line already if it didn't work. i moved straight to the other machine everybody neglected and inserted my card, lo and behold the machine dispensed and gave me the cash i needed, as i was walking away like a magician of some sort, most people broke away from the queue to use the same machine that was neglected.
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As i was reflecting on this incident, the following thoughts formed on my mind:
1. A lot of people don't get what they want because the refused to try.
2. These people refuse to try because someone has told them it won't work.
3. A lot of people won't take steps to do what others are not doing because of the "WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK ?" question.
4. These people ask this question because they don't want to take risks.
5. Not taking risks might delay success, just like those on queue that would achieve in 2 hrs what they would have achieved in 2 mins.
6. When a trailblazer comes, takes the risks and succeeds probably after much criticisms, others break rank and follow.
This experience has taught me to always ask the question "WHAT IF IT WORKS ?" and i hope this will motivate someone having doubts about breaking the norm and blazing the trail with his or her dreams.
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P/S This post might be especially useful to those people you are still trying to convince to join the steemit community, a lot of them usually ask the question "HOW CAN THIS WORK?" and now your reply should be "WHAT IF IT WORKS"? especially when they don't have anything to loose trying,lol.