ON WHAT WALL IS YOUR LADDER LEANING?

  

We are all climbing in life. And we each climb with the help of something. Let’s just call that something ‘’ladder’’. A ladder is an instrument used to reach a height you would not otherwise reach. Most ladders are useful only when they are leaning on a stronger structure, usually a wall. Let’s just say your ladder is your career. A career we are told, is a word that came from the same root word that such words as carriage, carrier, car, carry, etc., came from. The root word is carrus (a Latin word) meaning conveyor or transporter

So you’ve got a transporter or a conveyor in life, namely your job or your business. But here is a question. On what wall is that ladder leaning? To help you answer that question we will attempt to list a number of things that can be a wall. But first, let's highlight the functions or purposes of walls:

1.      Protection/defense

2.      Support

3.      Separation

4.      Blockage/barrier

And here are things that can be or build a wall:

1.     Faith

2.      Fear

3.      god-fathers

4.      Man

5.      Money

6.      Politics

7.      Skills/experiences/expertise

8.      Talent/Knowledge

9.      Certificates

       Etc.

Now, just one of these may not be enough to be or build a wall with. To have a real strong wall, many of these factors may need to mix. In what degree or proportion? The answer depends on what its takes to reach where you are going. Many or all of these factors may have to come together as building blocks. Some may appear good on the surface but may collapse on the long run making a wall weak or a wrecked wall.

Now, check the wall your ladder is leaning on again. What (types) of materials make that wall? if your ladder is leaning on the wrong wall, you may eventually climb to its top but finds out at the end that you did not come to the top you were meant to come to. In other words, you may succeed on the wrong wall, even with speed. If your ladder is leaning on the wrong, wrongly or badly built wall – wall built with substandard material - it may not be a bad idea to reposition it now, even if that means, starting from the bottom rung on a different or differently built wall.

IF YOUR LADDER IS LEANING ON THE WRONG WALL . . .

It is not too late to remove it from that wall. If you know the wall is wrong or the wall is bad or badly built. And even if the wall is not bad, is it the right wall?

WHAT ABOUT THE LADDER?

The thing about a career is, it carries you. And you can change career anytime you want while still maintaining the journey just as you can change the vehicle you travel in while still maintaining the trip and the focus of your original destination. Careers can be changed, but destination should not, if it is the right one.

AND SUCCESS. . . ? You may succeed on the wrong wall. That is like a successful failure!

This is why the motive behind your business idea matters.