STOPPING THE “CHEETAH” TO “HIPPO” METAMORPHOSIS: Are you a Hippo or a Cheetah or a Chee-Hippo?

 

STOPPING THE “CHEETAH” TO “HIPPO” METAMORPHOSIS:
Are you a Hippo or a Cheetah or a Chee-Hippo?

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The human agency in Africa is portrayed as human resource of Africa, which Professor George Ayitey categorized into
“Hippos” and “Cheetahs”.

The 'Hippos' (lazy, slow, ornery, corrupt African leaders) that have ruined postcolonial Africa. These are in contrast with the young, agile 'Cheetah Generation,' a 'new breed of Africans' taking their futures into their own hands (Ayittey 2008).
... (Refer to: Cheetah and Hippo generation analogy or CHEETAH AND HIPPO GENERATION ANALOGY )

You are a Chee-Hippo if you believe:

young people are the future of the country and the older people are the country’s past.

the future is infinitely more important than the past.

a person’s value is determined not by the collection of degrees listed after his/her name but by the   person’s commitment and stand on the protection of the basic human rights of a fellow human being.

and practice the virtues of tolerance, civility, civic duty, cooperation, empathy, forgiveness, honesty, honor, idealism, inclusivity and openness.

You are a Chee-Hippo if you are:

open-minded, flexible, and humble.

open to new ideas and ways of communicating with people across age groups, ethnic, religious, gender and linguistic lines.

unafraid to step out of your comfort zone into the zone of hard moral choices.

courageous enough to mean what you say and say what you mean instead of wasting your time  babbling in ambiguity and double-talk.

prepared to act now instead of tomorrow.

prepared to blame yourself first for your own deficits before blaming the youth or others for theirs.

eager to learn new things today and unlearn the bad lessons of the past.

committed to finding opportunity than complaining about the lack of one.

able to develop attitudes and beliefs that reflect what is possible and not wallow in self-pity about what is impossible.

fully aware that the world is in constant and rapid change and by not changing you have no one to blame for the consequences except yourself.

Any Hippo can be reinvented into a Chee-Hippo. Ultimately, being a Chee-Hippo is a state of mind. One need only think, behave and act like Cheetahs. The credo of a true Chee-Hippo living on Planet Cheetah is, “We must not give only what we have; we must give what we are.”

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Analysed by 𝒮𝒾𝓇 𝒜𝒫ℳ ℒ𝓊𝓀𝓌ℯ𝓈𝒶 iii

The cheetah to hippo metamorphosis

Stopping the cheetah to hippo metamorphosis

Stopping the cheetah to hippo metamorphosis