The Knowledge of your Opposition

The first step to overcoming your challenges is to have knowledge of the challenges. You need to know, not just their weakness, but their strengths - so that it will not weaken you. As a matter of fact, it is almost practically impossible to win a won against the enemy you know nothing about. It does not stop at getting ready but you need to know what to expect.

In the military, for example, when a country wants to engage another country in battle, spies will be sent to study the way the country fights and all, so they will know where and how to strike. This same thing happens in academic field. When people prepare for exams, they normally get past question papers to know how the questions will look like. There is a particular adage in the Southeastern part of Nigeria that says:

Mberede nyiri dike

This literary interprets that emergencies may crack even a warlord. Do you know why soldiers train so hard and even use simulated combat scenarios? They need to get handy with the knowledge of what to expect in a real combat scenario, so that they will not be taken off their feet when they are faced with real emergencies.

Do not just wait for challenges to come before you prepare. Trust me, there will be little or no time for preparation because challenges may not give you a warning notice. You are not just meant to live your life as a reaction to situations but you are to be proactive and stay ready to take on unforseen situations.

People fail exams, not because the exam is too difficult or impossible to be passed, but because they do not have the necessary details to pass the exam - moreover, some people passed the exam, so why not you? In the same way, challenges overcome some people, not because the challenges are bigger than them but because they did not get themselves ready to face the challenges.

To live your life being careless of opposition is to be vulnerable and to become victim of circumstances. The people that overcome opposition do not do it from the comfort of their dinning table but by engaging and confronting oppositions as they come and overcoming them. Remember this, you can only become a conqueror after the battle and not before the battle. So do not run from the battle but run towards it to confront it.

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