When the going gets tough, the tough gets going

Life - full of struggles, full of obstacles. When we were in primary school, we think primary school is the worst place ever - ABC is just so hard to remember! Move on to secondary school, we struggle just to keep our grades above a B. And then comes college life - "no one can understand how hard this is for me!". Graduate to university - "this has GOT to be the hardest course ever!". And as years go by, it seems as though the struggles are just never ending. The homeworks, the exams, and the stress - makes one think "why do they HAVE to exist?!" I am writing this even though I have seven exams to sit between this Friday until Monday the 20th.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!

It's true. Only the tough, the chosen few, will keep on going. When you feel so down, and you don't know how it can get any worse - the will to succeed, the drive to overcome those obstacles - not many have enough of it to keep them going. Everyone in this world is special and unique. Whether your pink or orange, yellow or blue - no one can ever be you or tell you who YOU are. So, when the world puts you down, look up and say to yourself - if God never gave me those past struggles, I would never be this strong - and if I never was this strong, I would never have been given this struggle. So, be proud of yourself - the more struggles you face, the stronger you'll be - just keep on going - learn from the past, live in the present and think for the future.

It's better to be best at something than good at everything.

Jack of all trades, master of none. A quote I learnt in my business lesson when my teacher was talking about the Blake & Maulton Managerial grid and saying how the 'middle of the road' manager was a jack of all trades, master of none. Good at everything, but not particularly best at anything. This figure of speech really made me think - I liked it so much that I even wrote it down on my notes.

It's better to be best at something than good at everything.


It's true. It's better to be best at something than good at everything. Everyone can be good at something but not many can be best at something. You don't need to be good at everything to get a job, you can be a leg specialist or a physiotherapist. That's being best at something in particular and good on some other bits.

Which would you prefer? Being number 5 at everything or being number 1 in something and forget the rest? Being good at everything would only classify you as average in whatever you do. But, being best at something would classify you as one of the best in those areas, and the right person to talk to when one has a problem with a particular something.

Take for example, a dentist - their expertise, the teeth. When people have problems with their teeth, they'd turn to a doctor, not a neurosurgeon. You go to a neurosurgeon over your teeth, you'll only be told to find a dentist. Why? Because, the dentists are the specialist for teeth, not the neurosurgeon.

It's amazing how I can write a simple entry over a figure of speech. But hey, I guess that's the beauty of blogging. You want to let the whole world know what you think (even if the whole world doesn't actually read it)