It's Thursday, and today's Message from a Listener comes from Farouk Nii Tetteh Nettey. He wrote this one himself, and he calls it Audition.
*******************************************************
Whenever I am working on my computer and I get bored or need a break, I simply turn to YouTube to entertain myself. I will watch anything from music videos to the latest gossips, lol, but my favorite channel on YouTube is the reality singing/talent shows like Brittan Got Talent, its American version, America Got Talent, X factor, The Voice etc.
These shows are very entertaining and quite frankly they have taught me a few valuable lessons I would like to share with y’all. One very intriguing aspect of these talent shows are that usually, performers that audition very well and succeed in getting a standing ovation from the audience and judges alike almost never win the show (I must confess, I have cried a few times from watching stellar performances from these performers, but rather those who have an “ok” audition and barely make the cut for the main show usually emerge overall winners.
Per my observation, this phenomenon is so because performers who audition very well invest a lot of energy into the audition but unfortunately is unable to sustain their quality throughout the show. They usually bask in the former glory and hardly never improve on themselves but rather, performers that were not so good at the audition stage and were criticized, learnt and improved on their skills, slowly and steadily becoming better performers on the show.
In life, there are usually two interesting categories of people, the category that pumps all their energy into a great big first impression but are never able to sustain it and those who are willing to learn from their mistakes improve upon themselves and get better.
Criticism is good for personal development. If no one criticizes you, know that you are doing something wrong. As we start this new month, I pray that the Good Lord helps us all to have an open heart for criticism.
My name is Farouk Nii Tetteh Nettey, I am open to criticism and willing to learn from my mistakes.
Twa Omanye Aba!!
Latest Stories
-
Brazilian Supreme Court justice threatens to arrest Bolsonaro
2 hours -
Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion to feature in exhibition
3 hours -
North Macedonia backs Morocco’s autonomy plan as sole basis for resolving Sahara dispute
3 hours -
Coach Lars Björkegren “proud” of Black Queens after penalty defeat to Morocco
3 hours -
Hosts Morocco to take on Nigeria in African women’s final
3 hours -
We were the better team – Queens coach Bjorkegren reflects on WAFCON 2024 semi-final loss
3 hours -
Mali court rejects appeal to release four Barrick employees, judge says
3 hours -
Kenyan man on death row in Saudi Arabia freed
4 hours -
Euro 2025: England beat Italy to reach finals
4 hours -
Ho Technical University partners with GhIE Branch 6 For Engineering and Innovation Week
4 hours -
The voices in the cockpit fuelling controversy over Air India crash
4 hours -
Mike Lynch estate and business partner owe HP Enterprise £700m, court rules
4 hours -
Trump administration pulls US out of UNESCO again
4 hours -
WAFCON 2024: Ghana’s Black Queens miss out on final after penalty loss to Morocco
4 hours -
Coca-Cola will roll out cane sugar Coke in US after Trump push
4 hours