Gamel SanKarl

IIt's 7:30 am in Accra, Ghana.  I am done with my 45 minutes of cycling and I am currently on a brief break at a nearby town park.  Today, I have the pleasure of witnessing a match between two teams this early morning.  Most mornings, I see them training but today is a match day. It is exciting seeing them play.  The consistency of these players and sportsmen in general is admirable and inspiring for me. I am encouraged to be more consistent whenever I see them each morning I pass by.   Alright, it's time to go get ready for my own daily hustle.  May today bring the best we all look forward to.  Stay consistent and persistent!

PROGRESS NoT PERFECTION. By temperament, I am a melancholic. I am a perfectionist both by nature and by nurture. And I have for the most part of my few years on earth been given that space to run my life as such. Over the years, I have come to realize that not only is my being a perfectionist my greatest strength but it is also my greatest weakness. By being my greatest strength, I mean I almost always try my best to do every task assigned to me to the best of my ability and ensure it is done in the most excellent or perfect way possible. And by being my weakness, I mean I almost always have to finish every task assigned to me barely before the deadlines or a few hours or days after the deadlines.  That is to say, in order to get the best or present a 'supposed' perfect work, I often work slowly or delay doing the task until the very last minute only to do what I could have done with ease under so much pressure. And trust me, it has always not been a good feeling when I am in t...