The OLODO Manual. - by Strength ⚜️

Gosh, I beg your pardon, but curiosity makes me ask. I don't mean to stir settled waters, neither do I intend to reopen old wounds. But for curiosity's sake, indulge me. At the moment, I'm laughing. A sarcastic laugh, however, and you'll soon understand why. A few months ago, the internet was practically screaming about the "Olodo Uprising," following a public figure's use of the term to refer to another public figure, our dear Peller.Oh well! You're probably wondering what lessons I've learnt from the whole olodo saga that made me produce a whole manual. The class is now in session. Sit. LESSON ONE: FORMAL EDUCATION DOES NOT EQUAL INTELLIGENCEI've been dragged enough today. Pleaseee, drag me no further. I was, let's say, doom-scrolling on Facebook two days ago when I stumbled upon a post featuring Peller alongside the CEO of Franck Muller, in connection with an ambassadorial deal. Maybe you saw it too. Peller. Franck Muller. Okay, I'm calm. Now, before anyone mistakes my point, let me be clear. Securing an ambassadorial deal does not, by itself, prove that someone is intelligent. Neither does a lack of formal education automatically make someone unintelligent. My point is that you cannot accurately measure the full extent of someone's abilities by their educational background, manner of expression, or how seriously you think they should be taken.And that brings me to two things I took away from this:1. Regardless of what people think of you, don't let their opinion become the final authority on how you see yourself. Their perception of you is not the full picture of who you are.2. Learn to pitch yourself. Take the opportunities you have to present your abilities, even when you don't look like the person people expect to see in that room. The worst you may get is rejection, but rejection is not a death sentence.Takeaway?Don't confuse someone's style of expression with the limits of their ability. And don't allow society's assessment of you to become your own assessment of yourself. LESSON TWO: "WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?" HAS NO DICTATION OVER WHAT I SHOULD DO.Cracky Brown, someone I respect so much, once said something that has stayed with me. This: "It does not have to make sense, it just has to work. When it works, it will make sense." Do yourself a favour. Read that again. If that's all you take away from this lesson, please, let it be enough. Example One: Peller, our model. I can't say exactly when Peller started creating content on TikTok, but from the times I remember, his style simply didn't make sense to me. It was unusual, sometimes downright weird to my eyes, and I couldn't quite understand the appeal. But one thing I've noticed over time is that Peller seems to have remained comfortable in his own skin, regardless of the shades thrown at him. I haven't followed every moment of his journey, of course, but from what I've seen, he hasn't allowed public ridicule to define how he presents himself. Look, I'm not saying everything he does is beyond criticism. I'm saying that something doesn't automatically become foolish because you don't understand it. Sometimes the problem is not that a person has no sense, you simply haven't found the sense in what they're doing. Oh! That brings me back to my very first insight, "The Nonsense Is The Point; Maybe"<a class="tc-blue external-link external-link" href="https://www.twocents.space/insight/the-nonsense-is-the-point-maybe-6842/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twocents.space/insight/the-nonsen... </a> Example Two: Peller and Jarvis.I recently came across a post discussing a new wave of online conversation. Somewhere in the comments, someone said, "All of a sudden, everybody don like Peller and Jarvis." Haaaa! Okay, let's cut it short. Before the marriage, some of you had a whole lot to say. You could be right about some of your concerns, time (not me) will tell."Jarvis must be silly to say yes to Peller.""Who is Peller to be thinking about marriage?""Peller doesn't know the trouble he's getting into by marrying someone older and more eloquent than him."YEN YEN YEN YEN! Spare me! I'm not here to declare their marriage a success story or to predict its future. That's not the point. A marriage is far more complex than what we get to see on the internet. What interests me is the shift in perception. Suddenly, some people who once questioned Peller's suitability as a partner are beginning to use him as a positive case study for other men. Interesting, isn't it? Eishhh. The same person who wasn't considered good enough by some is now being presented as an example worth learning from. Some people's opinions might have genuinely changed with new information. There's nothing wrong with that. We're allowed to change our minds. But if your opinion changes every time the crowd changes its mind, I think it's time to ask yourself whether you ever formed an opinion of your own. Remind me. I said let's keep it short. The takeaway?Just do you, darling. Pursue the things you believe in, even when other people cannot immediately understand your reasoning. Be willing to learn, accept correction, and change direction when necessary. But don't abandon a sound decision simply because it has failed to win public approval. It doesn't have to make sense to everybody for it to work. Other people's inability to see the sense in your decisions doesn't automatically mean those decisions are senseless...At this point, I'm wondering: who exactly is the olodo?The one who keeps switching sides whenever it becomes convenient? Or the one who stays rooted in their path, even when the crowd cannot make sense of it? What if the real olodo is not necessarily the one who changes their mind or the one who refuses to, but the one who never thinks for themselves. Here's my reason; changing your mind when you encounter new truths is growth. Changing it simply because the crowd has changed its mind is something else entirely. Dear darling, at the end of the day, please, DO YOU.Be willing to learn. Be humble enough to admit when you're wrong. Grow, evolve, and let new understanding change you where necessary. But don't abandon yourself just to become acceptable to people whose opinions change with the wind. 》Authenticity is not an excuse to remain the same. Growth is not a licence to become someone else. 《 And one more favour. Read between the lines.There's so much left unsaid here. Feel free to dissect it with your friend, GPT. I promise you, I said a lot more.Our model, Peller, was just a pointer.

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