Making money is quite easier than making meaning, but the latter is quite important than the former. It's a grave mistake and misconception to think money is your goal; no thanks to the decadence in our societal and moral values, we have gone astray in our pursuit of money to the detriment of our purpose. Money is never a goal. Money should not be your goal. God didn't create you for the sole purpose of making money, but making meaning. Money is only a reward; a reward for hard work. You add more meaning to your existence the more you put a smile on people's face. You're near fulfilment when people smile at the sound of your name. And that's quintessential what success truly stands for, and not primarily the hard and soft currency in your account. Thus I always insist, you must thrive to be remembered for the life you lived, and not for the money you made.

Competition doesn't build characters, it rather reveals it. Competition enhances the visibility of those latent characters you thought you never had or you knew not they existed. Most often, we misconstrue WHAT our competition is for WHO our competition is. Your competition is not other people. Your competition is your ego, procrastination, lack of creativity, the knowledge you neglect and negative behaviors you're nurturing. Compete with your ego and see how humble you are. Compete with procrastination to see you're a better time stickler. Compete with those negative behaviors and behold a refined version of yourself. Compete with lack of knowledge and others; it is a must win competition.

People manifest in season, just the same way as fruits and other farm produce. Your time and season will surely come. Don't ever think you're failing because you see your friends progressing, that may just be their season of manifestation; I reiterate, your time and season will surely come. While you await your manifestation, it is expedient you get yourself busy enhancing your skills and character. While it may be difficult for you to change your personality, you can successfully rebrand your character. Success begets success! You have to do something, no matter how small it is. The level of success doing that small thing may be the threshold for bigger success. God may be using that to prepare you for the glory ahead. The 'experience gained will definitely amount to something desideratum in the long run. If you think you're too big to manage something small, then consider yourself too small to manage something big (Your manifestation). Or does the Holy Bible not s...