“Pikin wey dey find party rice no suppose to fear dance”
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This is an often humorous saying among Nigerians used to denote the die-hard nature and hustling spirit of the average Nigerian person who wants something/anything valuable out of life. In order to fully grasp this concept, you have to fully understand the nature of a ‘pikin’, dancing, ‘party rice’ and most importantly how it relates to your business.
At all kinds of celebrations and parties, food is a big deal. ‘Party rice’ (usually Jollof rice which all Nigerians at home and abroad are super proud of) is a big deal as it is seemingly more delicious than the average rice cooked on regular occasions and incredibly loved by children (adults too, if truth be told).
Now children who are usually the life of the party, especially at family occasions are naturally shy when it comes to showcasing their dancing talents and are therefore usually encouraged and incentivized to dance excellently in order to obtain the sweet savour of the majestic party jollof rice.
The more you dance and get noticed for dancing, the larger the quantity of party rice you get and the greater the satisfaction for energy expended.
In essence, if you want party rice, dance!! If you are afraid of dancing at a Nigerian family party forget about the rice (especially if you are a child… some adults too may miss out)
PARTY RICE AND BUSINESS:
There is a strong parallel between this concept and business. A lot of people want the best things out of life, they want life’s ‘party Jollof rice’ in essence, but they are extremely afraid of ‘dancing’.
Unlike actual parties where you can get food or rice simply for just being there, life is a party where you have to dance like hell to get any food or treats.
Life can be merciful to give you some treats, but 8 out of 10 times those foods/treats would not be the type that you want. If you want your party rice, you must dance for it, the more you dance, the more quantity (sometimes quality too) of the party rice that life gives you.
what do you do?:
Learn Some Moves:
Now that you know you need to dance to get the best part of life’s party rice, you must learn some moves. Let me quit the allegory and speak plainly.
You need to identify the quality of rice and the quantity of rice that you want.
By this, I simply mean you should picture clearly what you want out of life, the type of life you want and who you need to become to achieve that life and proceed to acquire all the necessary skills, tools, resources etc. you need to ‘dance’, with every extra skill you acquire you increase your odds of getting more party rice.
Watch the best Dancers:
In the party of life, some people dance well and get enough party rice, some people don’t and get kicked out of the party.
You can watch these dancers closely to pick moves that get you cheered on and more rice and totally discard the moves that get people thrown out of the party. If you do this well enough, you would acquire great dance steps and eventually be able to invent yours, all of this brings you more party rice eventually.
Get great dancing tutors and dancing peers:
This is basically the shortest cut to getting great dancing skills for your party rice. Learn your skills from the best people in your chosen field of interest at whatever cost.
The best mentors would give you a shortcut and pathway through life. You can leverage their experiences, learn from their dance steps both their successful and unsuccessful ones and build on them.
Great dancing peers provide friendly competition that keeps you on your toes, motivates you and takes you higher as well as encourages you when the dancing gets tough.
When you’re through with all of this, you should get as much party rice as you want as the dance professional that you’d be.
If you’ve failed at dancing previously, the good news is that you can always learn some new moves. If you are just starting out and you’d love to get the best out of life, we got you.
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Cheers.
The Sensei.