It's all about teamwork

It's February already and if you haven't found the strength to start implementing the resolutions you made in January, the problem could be that you are going it alone. Even an intelligent and motivated visionary needs people with whom to groove to his destiny. We all need a person or two who believe in us and in our vision; people who are willing to walk with us come rain or shine. 

You need a great team with whom to groove to your destiny

"No individual has sufficient experience, education, natural ability and knowledge to ensure the accumulation of a great fortune without the cooperation of other people," writes Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich. The secret of quick and enduring success, argues Napoleon, is in the "Master Mind group", an inner circle of two or more people with whom you plan and implement to bring success. 

The knowledge they share and the harmony keeps them going strong where an individual would fail. You hear of self-made billionaires, but there is none. Behind every major success is not one individual but a passionate and loyal team. Just imagine how long it would have taken Museveni to capture power had he fought alone. Thanks to his Master Mind group of 27 warriors and the others that joined later, in five years their definite purpose of liberating this country was attained.

Therein is the specialness of the Master Mind members. They are not driven by money, power or fame but see something way greeter; something that will benefit the world at a grand scale, and so will give their all to be part of that legacy. The reason to think big. A man who thinks small attracts small minds but a man who thinks real big attracts eagles and soars to where the small birds cannot reach. Make your dream interesting enough and you will find a helper to make it come true.

Give me hope not dope

It's easy for a man outside the ring to criticise a man inside the ring on whom punches of the opponent are raining. It's easy to slam and call him a sloppy pugilist who couldn't punch back. But at least he went out there and did something courageous, and he is on his way up; learning and getting better from his experiences.

Some people specialise in criticising others. They never congratulate you on your new product; they nitpick and come at you with a sledgehammer like you committed the worst crime because your new product has a mistake or two. These nitpickers have allowed their own frustrations and failures to embitter them. So they go about injecting their dope of negativity into the veins of a man of hope and action, trying to bring him down to their level.

Play your game of life; don't let the faultfinder distract you

Former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson became famous for his ability to bring out the best in his players. He had a team of mostly average talents but he made them win trophies. When asked by a Harvard professor how he did it, Ferguson replied, "There is no room for criticism on the training field. For a player – and for any human being – there is nothing better than hearing 'well done'. Those are the two best words ever invented..." The man knew how to build the confidence of his players and make them play their hearts out.

That kind of pat-on-the-back is what people need. A wise man once said that the only time you should look down on somebody is when you are helping them up.

As an optimist I refuse to drink from the cup of gall served by the faultfinder. As he squanders his time whining about how imperfect you are at what you are doing, keep reaching out and achieving because you are here not to be distracted by the opinions of pessimists; you are to change the world.