Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim(In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful).
Only today, as I write this article, have I realized, how powerful information is, how the medium known as writing, can make or destroy, writing can be used to oppress through propaganda and corruption and writing can liberate through the Truth and Beneficial knowledge, though the medium of communication has long been transformed, but writing is still at the heart of all modern mediums, from the radio, to the TV, to a post on X(Twitter), it all begins with a letter.
Today i realized how my comfort zone was slowing eating away at my potential to becoming anything in life, to achieve great heights in the physical word and the spiritual world, the comfort zone though cliche truly does exist, it can be thought of as a hallucinogen but this hallucinogen acts like a force field, trapping it’s unsuspecting victim with a false image or even a false imagination of competence, it deludes the captive into taking the easy way out in life, it goes beyond their, lifestyle it edges it’s way into their mind and heart, only every opening up a crack to let in pomp, the role that pomp plays is to heighten the delusion, for every action taken by this person, pump comes along and replays the action for them in the form of an imagination, trapping the person, in an illusion of competence.
This i discovered was my prison, a prison that existed, without physical bars, it was a prison set upon my mind, and heart, fueled by the people around me, my environment and especially ME, my own obstacle to progressing forward in everything really was ME.
How did i come about such? i was guided by Allah, the guidance came in the form of an opportunity, if you’ve every read my article, i do make mention of ALX X Holberton, well they have this top spot set aside for only the top 5%, and this got me thinking what would the top 5% be doing to get to that spot, what do the top 5% know that i have to know, i came up with this:
- Their problem-solving skills is above the 95%
- Their technical skills is above the 95%
- Their breadth of knowledge is above the 95%
- The problems their project solve is both hard and complex to solve
That’s when i realized i actually know what i need to do to Insha Allah become one of these 5%, will is the rest of 95% not going to do it, simple, it’s damn HARD to do, this falls back to one of ALX’s one mantra “DO HARD THINGS”, after going through the list i realized, this would require i step out of my comfort zone, and that's when the false sense of competence hit me, that’s when i knew i had been living inside of my comfort zone.
If change were as easy as staying in the comfort zone, then today i would have dropped it all and started a new life, a life in line with the top 5%, but humans suck at change, change is slow, change is deliberate, change forces one out of their comfort zone, yet it is to this change that i must voyage, if i am to ever sail alongside the top 5%.
What is keeping you trapped? why aren’t you improving? are you there yet? join me, let’s embark on a journey outside of our comfort zone. UPDATES COMING SOON! INSHA ALLAH. Thank you for reading…..and NO I am yet to make money online.