#Mywordfortoday is "The miseducation of #Pride".

#Mywordfortoday is The miseducation of #Pride.

My word today is a mouthful because Pride, alongside its first cousin Rebellion, also gets a very bad rap.

We are miseducated about pride because over the years, we have used hubris and arrogance interchangeably with pride.

We have also consistently depicted humility as being the direct opposite of pride, and so, we are tempted to think that to place our weaknesses before people is a form of humility.

No it is not.

Some leadership styles also think that we can’t be humble and confident at the same time. Perhaps it is due to phrases like "pride goes before a fall" portraying pride as being a vice, and not a virtue

A genuinely confident leader is humble at his/her core. He/She does not have to be arrogant to lead. If you are tempted to lead with arrogance, what you are doing is simply “De-Marketing Yourself”.

Pride, like many concepts has a smorgasbord of flavours. In my humble 😋 view, positive pride is an emotional result of succeeding at a thing.

Pride is inbuilt in us, operating as a sort of reward button when we achieve some stuff we set out to do.

The Bible in Genesis records that when God looked over all he had made, he saw that it was very good. God takes pride in his creations, why shouldn't we do the same?

Whatever you do in this one life that you have come, please do not belittle yourself, do not underrate yourself, do not smile deprecatingly whilst telling someone “I am not too good at this or that”, instead smile with confidence and discuss what you are good at.

Nobody has it all together, we are struggling with one thing or the other, those persons you look up to, those whom you live a portion of your life by their spoken values, those you put on pedestals and you marvel at their brilliance all have their struggles.

And it will shock you that you have some virtues, some values that they also are hoping to emulate or have. As a matter of fact, when people know the chink in your armor, they will use it against you in ways that may badly hurt you.

Belittling or underrating yourself under the guise of being humble is a form of low self - esteem. Speaking low of yourself is not humility, and taking pride in your achievements is not arrogance.

I am on a mission to teach young women to positively showcase themselves, put themselves forward and not hide behind the veneer of humility.

As I share these thoughts, I am equally speaking to myself:  Bibire, focus on your strengths, work on your weaknesses and take pride in your work if you want to fulfill your potentials.

“You will attract more good into your own life if you invest in taking pride in yourself and positively Marketing Yourself."

One of the secrets of Great Men and Women is that they promote themselves shamelessly.

You call it Pride, we call It Marketing and We Call you; The Guy or Girl with low Self-Esteem”

Do not de-market yourself, it is not a form of Humility.

Bibire ose Fowora💋

(Pedigree cannot be bought or Class cannot be bought with Money)

#Mywordfortoday is #ImposterSyndrome

#Mywordfortoday is #ImposterSyndrome

Have you ever experienced a feeling of being inadequate, a feeling that makes you doubt your own competence and accomplishments? 

A feeling that makes you self sabotage yourself many times. Don't worry you are not alone, these feelings of self-doubt are shockingly common. 

Oyinbo people call it the "imposter-syndrome"...IS can make you feel that you only succeeded at a thing because of luck and not because of your ability. I used to think, albeit erroneously that it was nature's way of ensuring that we do not become narcissistic. 

I have now found that it is a psychological challenge and it happens to the best of us. 

Let me use myself as an illustration, writing is a sort of catharsis for me, but no matter how many times people tell me, "oh I loved that write up of yours", I still feel like I do not measure up.

I lately found out that I had such a high opinion of what writing should be like and I sought for that, not realizing that each person's talent is different. 

The way we express ourselves is peculiar to each person and you should never measure yourself against what the World chooses. This is very important 

If there's no place for your sort of talent, create it, you have absolutely nothing to lose, yea your ego will be bruised (If you fail), but so what? Egos are made to be bruised 😂😫. (Gospel according to Bibire)

My old Boss was wont to say, it is not what you do not have that is the issue, it is what you have that you are not utilizing...this is the crux of the matter.

So while it is good to seek for refinement, it is important to continually express your talent, this is the only way to get better at it. 

Like I said in my earlier post, if you do not like who you are, create another you, whilst still retaining your core. 

Start by knowing that you do not have just have one identity, NO YOU DO NOT.

 Each area of your life may bear a different identity - being a Mom, in your finances, business, happiness, at work, faith, fitness and so on. This means that at every point, you are a work in progress.

And this is why I tell people, you may never be able to predict what you'd do in a given circumstance. So when I hear people say, it can never be me... I just chuckle. 

Anyways, If you want to refine any aspect of your life, you have to shift your thinking.

This shift starts with the way you think about yourself and how you talk to yourself, but the biggest, most impactful way to refine your talent and by implication, your life is through your associations.

Jim Rohn said, “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

The cliché of “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future" is not a mere platitude.

But more importantly, the worth you place on you is absolutely crucial, why? You’ll never get more out of life than what you think you’re worth.

 

 Surround yourself with people who are doing better than you in those specific areas.

Thankfully,  In this social media era, the company you seek do not have to be your Friends, read widely, listen to impactful podcasts, and Youtube videos AND  then take action on what you have learnt or read.

Many times, when you go on IG, you see charlatans masquerading as makeup artistes, but those people are waaaay better than you because they have taken action and if they persist, they will get better at their craft.

The only way to deal with imposter syndrome is to continue to do....and when you get discouraged, look at how well you did in the past.

Also you can borrow this hack from Modupe Odele "Imagine that everyone is also an imposter" 😃

Leaving you with this quote i stole on Mark's internet

“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”— Anonymous

Cheers to a better YOU 😘 and ME of course. 

Bibire Ose Fowora

P.S. Many of my writeups are directed at me, but if you found parts of it useful, 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Bibireosefowora 💋

#mywordfortoday #impostersyndrome

#Mywordfortoday is #Happiness

#Mywordfortoday is #Happiness: do you even have a glass?

It is fitting to write on happiness as today is Children's day in Nigeria. And happiness in Children is just very delightful.

At 42, I am still very much a child so Happy Children's day to me and my fellow "refuse to lose our Innocence" Gang.😃😃😃

In coaching circles, this age-old question is often asked: "Is your glass half-full or half-empty"? I'd like to add mine to it: do you even have a glass? Let's proceed from this viewpoint.

This is because my answer to that question has always been to be thankful that I even have a glass.

I am always inclined to agree with Maya Angelou who said: "if you cannot change your situation, change your attitude towards that situation". I like to think of this quote as change your perception of the situation if you cannot change the situation, it's kind of the same thing, I just like my version better.😊

I have always been an advocate of moving away from a set of circumstances that is unpleasant to you and I've always said "you are not a tree, move" but I also know that they are situations that you cannot help. 

This means you have to find a way to make your peace with that situation, and this for me, is the key to finding your happiness.

I use the phrase "finding your happiness" because happiness is not a one-size-fits-all concept.

What happiness means to you may differ to another person. Happiness also is not static, it evolves. What has made you happy as a girl may cause unhappiness for you as a woman so it is always important to choose your peace.

Happiness means different things to different people. Some people I reckon were born happy, nothing seems to get to them, while others struggle with being happy.

In order to make what I'm saying about happiness more relatable, I am going to draw up an analogy with childbearing and adoption.

Some of us get pregnant without even trying, some of us have to put in the work (you have to measure your temperature, check the viability of your eggs etc) in order to get pregnant, some of us are unwilling to carry pregnancies and some of us are completely unable to conceive.

We need to stop hounding people over the choices that give them peace of mind, and ergo happiness.

In Nigeria, adoption was almost a taboo subject (in fact, the process of adoption itself is enough to drive one off the rails), people would usually hide or travel out of the country in order to adopt a child, because Society turns up its nose at them for these matters of conception which is outside their control.

I've spoken to a few female friends on IVF, and I was regaled with tales of how excruciatingly painful it can be, it is also really expensive and worst of all, there are no guarantees that it would result in successful conception.

I constantly wonder why we vilify these hapless women. How does it affect you that a person is seeking their Happiness by adopting children?

I'm focusing on women because in Nigeria, it is the primary responsibility of women to source for children. 🙄😒😏😐

It seems to me that prioritising your peace requires courage because although the society masquerades, and wishes you happiness, these wishes are often not genuine.

Well, maybe it is not that society is not genuinely happy for you, but that it wants to determine the way you should be happy.

So it is up to you to build and maintain your happiness.

You will notice that I am constantly using peace and happiness simultaneously. 

This was inspired by Suratul Baqarah (2:216) in the Holy Quran: "but perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you, and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you".

My interpretation is that it is possible that a thing makes you happy, but it is bad for you and others around you; however, whatever brings you peace (so long as you're not a psychopath) would not or should not cause you or others anguish.

In pursuing your happiness, you've got to realise that there are no guarantees at all in life. You may do all the right things and still end up being unfairly treated, make your peace in advance. Save yourself the stress of undue suffering and unhappiness.

I'm going to share some certain things I do in an effort to reinforce my happiness.

1. I try not to " tight the world to my chest". 😄. This is Nigeria speak for "don't sweat the small stuff". This holds true even for the big stuff.

2. I try to spend time with people who uplift me instead of the people who bring me or other people down. We always intuitively know the people good for us. Spend time with those.

3. I try to take opportunities that would encourage my personal growth. This is very key. It might be that you need to equip yourself with skills that you might need to transform your life.

4. I try not to dwell on my struggles as I grow. I always try to remember the struggle of the Caterpillar before becoming a butterfly. I read a story of someone that helped a caterpillar get out of its cocoon, and then instead of transforming into a butterfly, the Caterpillar died. It turns out that the struggle to emerge from it's cocoon is not only important, it is also germane to the development of the caterpillar in transforming into a butterfly.

5. I tried to get rid of the "why me" thinking because why not me? I find that instead of focusing on why this has happened to me, it is best to find a way to get out of the situation and do my best to learn the lessons presented by it.

Please share some of the ways that you have used and has worked for you. Thank you. 

There's something I would like for you to do. I'd like you to take a piece of paper and a pen, and draw up a table. You need to map out exactly what is causing you to be unhappy so you can find practical solutions to that. 

Your first column should be the year (this is only for reference) the second column should be the problem(s) you are currently facing, and the third column should be the possible and impossible solutions.

We all have different issues bothering us, identifying what the core of what those are, having workable solutions, and breaking those into tiny bits may help in alleviating our unhappiness.

Some of us have money issues, for some, it is unemployment, for some, it is relationship woes.  Without identifying the exact cause(s) of your being unhappy, you might never be able to figure out a way out of it.

I'm going to end this piece by reiterating the words of Maya Angelou on the need to re-engineer your thought process and train your mind.

Change what you can, what you cannot change, change your perception to it. 

Prioritize Your peace, it is key to your happiness.And ensure you do not lose your glass!

To your peace,

Bibire Ose Fowora

27052020.

#Mywordfortoday is #Humour

#Mywordfortoday is #Humour

This is definitely a topic I am qualified to write about because I have always believed in the power of being lighthearted, and I like to believe humour was factory fitted into me at creation.😅

I love to laugh at life, at myself, at stuck up situations and their human versions. Humour, however, is much more than just the ability to laugh or make others laugh.

Humour, in my opinion, is being emotionally intelligent. And according to Karyn Buxman a Neurohumorist, "humour is power".

Knowing how to make light of any situation, however dire, is priceless. I read via Ms Buxman about the Cuban Missile crisis, a nuclear war that was averted due to the humorous remark made by one of the Russian generals.

Dr Seuss has said that nonsense is absolutely necessary for the growth of our brain, also, science has shown that humour helps us to retain information for much longer, it aids us in in learning, understanding and comprehension.

I don't know if black people developed humour as a coping technique because it seems like blacks have this really heightened sense of humour. Perhaps it evolved as a way of coping with the problems that we had, we were held as slaves and segregated, we face racism every day our speech is disparaged so perhaps humour is our way of coping with our everyday activities.

Children learn through play, and that ought to tell you how important humour is in our lives. When I train people in leadership and personal growth, I infuse play and humour into our sessions.

The whole class is laughing and learning; and will probably remember the things we played about. This is a much better scenario than when everybody is staring at your PowerPoint presentation, whilst pretending not to doze off, even after downing cups and cups of coffee.

I bought a book for our eldest son "a Wayne in a manger" by Gervase Phinn.  It's a hilarious collection of stories about the birth of Jesus Christ.

Little children from age 5 played the part of Joseph, Mary, the Angel, the innkeeper, and the wise men. Mary, age 6 was visited by the Angel and told that she would be having a boy child, she argued with Angel Gabriel, on "what if it's a girl".

Gabriel insisted it was a boy because God "knows about these things". After that was settled, the Angel said the baby had to be named Jesus, she wanted to call him Gavin because Mary doesn't like the name, Jesus 🤣🤣🤣. The Angel sulkily informed her that "if you are not naming him Jesus, you are not getting him"

When Joseph got home, Mary told him "I am having a baby - oh, and it is not yours".😭😭😭

Whenever I feel low, this book lifts my spirits because, in no time, I'm laughing so hard at the innocence of these younglings.

I have written a lot about how Proverbs were used to shape our lives in Nigeria. Some of these proverbs, while teaching wisdom was delivered in the most humorous of ways and the humorous ones, are the ones we typically remember:

"calculation is the husband of making love or having sex"- "Isi ro l'oko dido".

What do you think this means? My interpretation is in everything that we do in life we need to calculate and plan the good, the bad, and the intermediate this includes having sex apparently, 'uncalculated' sex has consequences.

I have found that humour is a very powerful motivator if properly deployed, some people may not agree because they think being funny makes work somewhat less serious or even inefficient, whereas where work is made fun, it increases productivity and fires up the brain from all that clogged up stressed induced feeling.

Although Humour is a necessity, some of us are humourless. Is there a way to learn, a way to find your personal humour style? are there resources available to help?

Humour helps us, not just to survive, but also to thrive, so in learning to be humorous, I am going to borrow from Loretta Laroche who said in order to learn become more humorous, you have to become a witness to your own behaviour and think about what you're thinking about and why? Interrogate your feelings.

She said if you think the worst and get the worst you suffer twice, but if you think the best and get the worst you only suffer once.

Borrowing further from Karen Buxman, knowledge is no longer power, it is the application of knowledge that is power, and this is true, even for humour. She said that in order for you to see the power in humour, you need to intentionally raise your awareness.

Look around you, see funny rather than be funny intentionally look for humour in places, in situations, in people. 

Humour has the power to increase our resilience, reduce our tension, and relax our muscles. Humour helps us to get the brain going, when we laugh, a chemical called serotonin is released leading to us feeling much better. If you are looking to be a more humorous person, you've got to become the fun that you are seeking.

According to Professor Albert Ellis, a number of people spend their lives "catastrophizing and awfulizing", failing to realise that the energy you give is the energy you get.

We would always say "stay away from negativity and negative energy", right? But what if you are the one with the negative energy?

Some of us have allowed the cares of life to rob us of humour, but worry has never added even a cubit to anyone's stature. All it does is make you anxious and miserable.

Professor Ellis wants me to tell you to "stubbornly refuse to make yourself miserable". 🙏

My first assignment on entering a place is to lighten it up. The energy in my office changes when I enter into the office (at least three-quarters of the time), I enter with exuberance and attitude of "I cannot kill myself o".

Even the Bible in Proverbs 17 verse 22 NLT tells us that "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength".

Humour is powerful, but if we do not apply that power, then all is lost.......As Viktor Frankel said: "Humour is another of the Souls weapon in the fight for self Preservation".

Bibireosefowora 

26052020

#Mywordfortoday is being #audacious

#Mywordfortoday is being #audacious

While I was doing research on "being audacious" this morning, I stumbled on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 

We were taught these in my second year of philosophy. I promptly abandoned my view of being audacious and decided to write on this pyramid as it relates to life.

Abraham Maslow in 1943 drew up a pyramid because according to him, we as human beings have a hierarchy of needs; remember that in economics, we were taught the scale of preference which basically was a list of our needs/wants in order of its importance to us.

The Maslow pyramid is not so different from the scale of preference because it is listing our needs/wants in order of how important they are to us, however, this pyramid shows us that some people's wants are other people's needs.

In his theory, when the lower needs have been taken care of, the higher needs in the hierarchy begin to emerge.

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the first level is "Physiological" (food, water, shelter, warmth etc), my people would say, "hunger cannot be in the belly, and other concerns arise".

The second level is "Safety" (emotional and financial safety, domestic safety, safety against accidents etc), the third level is "Love and Belonging" this refers to relationships and how it impacts our feeling of well being.

The 4th level is "Self-esteem" (this is the feel-good, look-good emotion. The feeling of self-confidence and that one's achievements or contributions are being valued or recognised by other people.

At the apex is "Self-Actualization" which is the 5th and final level, this refers to a feeling of being fulfilled, leading a life of our purpose or living up to our potential. One unique feature of self-actualization is that it is different for everyone. Each person to their own belief of being self-actualized.

In talking about the audacity of a person to get to the 4th and 5th level, it may be mandatory to check if the other levels in the pyramid have been attained, even if it is just to a certain extent.

One of my favourite Bible verses is Isaiah 60:1 "arise and shine for thy light is come". I read this as a commandment; and would always think to myself "what is the use of arising if you would not shine"?

But reading this again in the light of the Maslow's pyramid, I have seen that this thinking of mine is faulty because we do not arise alike.

In particular, during these COVID-19 times, a lot of people are arising to hunger, loss of jobs/sustenance, loss of their loved ones, and certainly loss of whom they are. A lot of people are also forced to put up with domestic violence particularly because of the lockdown.

The people in the aforementioned category are nowhere in the psychological state of mind to be audacious about anything, they just want to exist first.

However, mere existing will require them to be audacious, to say "enough, something has to give". This, folks, is my blog this morning on being audacious.

I read something on Twitter yesterday, a 15-year-old girl was raped by her employer and she got pregnant. Of course, no one believed her (you see my usage of "of course") 😭😭😭.

She gave birth to twin boys, and yesterday was their 21st birthday. Her tweets on the sour and sweet incident ( please see attached picture) gave me the impetus to wish courage and audacity on you this morning.

Many of us are in situations we cannot help, but life has chosen us for these situations. We must not back down, we must face up to these challenges, we must not allow life to set leg for us and get away with doing that. 

We must be audacious, we must milk this adventure that is life, we must articulate our desired incomes outcomes and work towards that. The alternative is not at all pleasant.

It might be an overused cliché, but it is still true "Nothing, not even tough times last forever". 

And after all, "all die, na die (this is Nigerian pidgin speak for "no matter how you die, you are dead".)

And so, for the rest of us on the 4th & 5th levels, let us remember to be kind and compassionate. Some of us are on the 1st level and struggling so badly, the only viable currency to spend in this wise is kindness. 

Being kind in my own mind is also being audacious.Kindness will always be relevant.

To your shining, Namaste 🙏🏾  

Bibireosefowora 💘

25052020

#Mywordfortoday is #Determination

#Mywordfortoday is #Determination

“Everything worthwhile is uphill. Sadly, many people have uphill hopes and downhill habits.” - John C. Maxwell"

In Nigeria and if I daresay, the world, finishing with a CPGA of 2.49 which is a Third Class can be very devastating because it could mean losing out on many juicy job opportunities. 

This is the story of a number of people, but is that the end of the world? Is that the end of the story? Absolutely not. Of course, getting jobs and opportunities with that class of degree is very challenging. 

Many Nigerian employers use your first degree and your age to employ staff, failing to understand that in spite of holding a third class degree, or even a lower class of degree, one can be a first-class employee or even a business owner. 

Today I am writing this blog on determination, to encourage those of us in this situation. 

Sure, you didn't do so great at school, however, your grades will only follow you forever if you do not put it in "rearview and focus on your windshield" i .e. Put the past behind and look forward.

The only way to grow in life is to learn from the mistakes we had made. Success isn't only made in the grades you'd received, but is measured in the person you become or trying to become.

Don't get me wrong, grades are important but your performance after how you leave the university is "importanter".

I found this interesting quote on Mark's internet "don't be afraid to start over again. This time, you are not starting from scratch, you are starting from experience".

My people are wont to say "do not listen to the noise in the marketplace, neither should you allow drummers in the marketplace to drown out what is inside of you. Drummers typically have the attention of the villagers because of how loud their drums are, but never allow them to push you into doubting your own capabilities." (I sort of paraphrased this).

I have found that when we allow our failures (I called them failures because of the stigma attached to the class of degree) to stretch us, we will move past our comfort zones. Failure is a much-needed ingredient on our ways to success. 

Like Ralph Emerson Waldo said, "the person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be".

Whatever it is that we nurture will grow. And this holds true whether in our personal, professional or spiritual lives.

We tend to give effort to what is important to us. Leave the past to be the past, focus on where you'd be rather than what is setting you back.

Determination alone might not suffice, so you've got to discover and understand your strengths and weaknesses. This would build up your motivation and sort of invigorate you.

Are you a good starter and a poor finisher or you have no finish; maybe you can't even start at all but once you start you keep going?!

It is also important that you get help. Some of us need accountability partners that will lift us when our motivation is low.

I listened to a motivational speech that likening motivation to having a bath daily. Our motivations might wane and in those times your accountability partner helps you to take up the Slack.

Determine exactly where your passions lie and make something of that by carving a niche in your passion.

Learn from your previous mistakes so that history does not keep repeating itself and please, please, please as much as possible surround yourself with people who will encourage you on your journey to greatness. 

Stay away from sycophants i.e. people who will tell you what you want to hear and not what you need to hear. 

Let me end this short piece by reminding you Nwankwo Kanu in spite of his ill-health (he had a hole in his heart) went on to play for Arsenal FC and, is today one of the biggest names we have in football in Nigeria.

Remember the journey of a thousand steps begins with just one.

Bibireosefowora 💘

22052020

#Mywordfortoday is #Rebellion

#Mywordfortoday is #Rebellion

In May 1803, about 75 Igbo slaves (the Igbos are principally from the Eastern part of Nigeria) who were being transported via a coastal vessel "the York" which was to take them to St. Simmons Island, revolted by capsizing the vessel, drowning their captors and themselves.

By so doing, they accepted death over being enslaved. It is fitting to tell this rather sad story today, as we write about Rebellion; it is also fitting because this happened in May. 

🙏🏾 May their souls and that of all others tragically snatched away continue to rest. 

When we talk about Rebellion, we would usually think about the negative connotation of the word. 

Rebellion enjoys infamous negativity alongside words like "cohort and ambition" etc.

It brings to mind an "insurrection or a stance of disobedience against authority. 

However, we all know that rebellion isn't always a dirty word. Is rebellion always an Insurrection? yes, I do believe so. But is it always violent, I think not.

If not for the rebellion of the likes of those poor Igbo Slaves, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and a host of others, our history as black people held in the throes of slavery, racism and segregation may have not changed.

Rebellion makes us understand how the world thinks, and how society wants us to behave. 

It is funny that the world wants you "to go against the grain" and "stand out", but if you do go against the grain, and attempt to be a non-conformist, the society many times, hold it against you.

Society says one thing, and mean another

Rebellion in my view is a necessary part of our lives if we would be happy with ourselves without any regret. Rebellion is standing against the status quo antebellum. 

Even the Rebels that wrestle against authorities and governments tend to do so because they are convinced that there is a better path, other than that been taken by the extant authority or governments. 

There is indeed something about the nature of rebellion that

authorities/government/Society wants to crush.

We will usually hear stuff like "the only thing constant in life is change", but does Society really want change? As it does everything just so that change does not come to pass. It is tragic.

Every entrepreneur (In Tech, Finance, etc) in my opinion,  is a rebellious changemaker, for if they did not have enough courage to push forward with the ideas they had conceived, we would be missing out on a lot of amazing stuff. Through this brave and amazing individuals, we are able to revolutionize our thinking and our way of life in general.

I remember watching an ad of the first Mercedes-Benz automobile. The video had a woman entering a rustic little village in order to get fuel. Boos of "witch, witch" were shouted at her because people could not fathom that (a) one could move on another mode of transportation other than a horse, and (b) it was driven by a "mere" woman.

Circa 19th Century, South-South Nigeria, a young "rebellious" missionary woman called Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twins who were hitherto thought to be evil and so were left in the evil forest to die.

History is replete with such rebellious humans who through the sheer force of will revolutionize life as we knew it. 

So in my view, being unafraid to use your personality, your uniqueness and skills in a world that appears to enjoy sameness is Rebellion.

Rebellion takes courage, a willingness to be picked upon without budging. Every rebellious person is a courageous person. 

I do believe Society is afraid of Rebels because they (the Rebels) force society to drop all the facade of proper behaviour, this then makes the society so nervous. Remember, the Chinese Doctor who first broke the news of a new, potentially deadly virus? 

They are so invested in "this is how we do it" and so, changes to that world order upset them a lot. As a rebel leader, I love it.

To be quite frank, there is no better time as these COVID-19 times, to rebelliously innovate the way we live our lives, the way we do governance, the way we treat the environment, and how economies are being run; after-all, crisis when written in Chinese is composed of two characters: danger and opportunity. 

Perhaps the best thing I love about rebellion is that it is usually sparked off by nonconformity and creativity, by the dislike of group-thinking and go-alongnism. 

Every society needs these brave, imperfect people to reiterate that life is not one-way traffic, life is not black and white, and we all cannot be the same. Society needs to allow us to thrive in our creative differences. Society needs to be less hypocritical.

What positive change would you make in life around you today? Do it, you might be changing the course of history as others did before you.

They would call it Rebellion, we call it disruption.

Bibireosefowora💘

22052020