If You Cannot Hit the Big Target, Do Not Miss the Small Target
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He was talking to his son
Of what he needs to continue
To do to keep himself afloat
Financially in the world, because
Not all the people who he considers
His friend are really his friend, a time
Will come when those people would
Desert him and everyone would be minding
His business if he has not prepared his mind
For that period he may be disappointed with
The reactions of his friends to him, thence he
Needs to prime him up for that time, when
He would not find a soul by him to help
Him again. And he shared with him what
His coach told them when they were undergoing
Hunting training in the village, the chief hunter
Would take them to the firing range to train them
On how to aim at the target and not miss the target
After they have undergone the training, he would
Tell them that they should always bear this in mind
“If they are unable to hit and kill big animals, they
Should not miss the small animals”. This trainer has
Has been telling them this for long after each training
Session, but one day one of them ask the coach to
Tell them what he means by what he was saying
And the coach in order to put that straight to them
Would share another story with them when he was
A footballer, he says, that is what his coach
Use to tell them when they were training, that
Sometimes irrespective of how hard they trained, they
May not be able to defeat teams with stars,
Teams who have made names, which fans known
To be the best in the league, but there are certain
Teams too that they also known as a team they
Are better off by all standard, thus, if we as a team
Cannot defeat renown teams, we should ensure that
The teams which are not renown and especially
Teams we know we are better off should not defeat
Us in any competition for when that happens, we
Would start losing fans, our followers and those
Who have trust in us would start deserting us. One
Of the terrible things that could happen to a team
Is to lose followers and fans. Footballers’ joy
Is in entertaining their fans and of course bringing
Dividends to the team, the island, and in some cases
Their countries. So, if we cannot defeat renown
Teams, teams stronger than us, we should not lose
To smaller teams, teams we are better off. When
Our coach tells us this we are happy, and thus
We usually strive not to be defeated by a team that
We know we are better off on the team of play.
This saying I have incorporated into my life since
Then, and I have discovered that sometimes
When we pursue greater glory, we ignore the
Little glories which have been keeping us going
And when we ignore those small glories, we shall
Miss the greater glories and the smaller glories we
Shall not be able to attain again for they would
Have eluded us. The man said to his son. As a
Business person, it is good to aim higher, but while
Aiming higher always remember the smaller
Things you have been doing before which is bringing
You gains, do not ignore those small things because
Of things that would bring you higher gains, for
Sometimes things may not work as you have thought
And when that happens you can return to the smaller
Things that you are doing that are bringing you
Gains before, but when those things have been ignored
You may be in a bigger problems that you have
Bargained for. Do not lose small customers because
You want to gain bigger customers, those bigger customers
May not yield to you, but your regular small customers
Who have faith in you would keep coming and when
That happens you will continue to be afloat
Financially, and would not beg anyone for things
It is true that you may not be extraordinarily rich, but
You will not be a beggar, many have become a beggar
Because of this, for when they were pursuing
Bigger glories, they ignore the smaller
Glories that they have been accustomed
To in the past, do not make this error, stay afloat always.
He was grateful for his father’s counsel,
And promised to make the word his watchword
Also as he grows in what he is doing…
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