Shakira's anthemic song is actually a new version of an old Cameroonian song titled Tsamina. The words Waka Waka translate in English to "do it - get the task done".

Inertia is the worst kind of habit. Postponing decisions like health checkup, exercising, dieting, financial planning, changing jobs/career, training or updating skills, recruiting or firing people etc are very damaging in the long run.. Unless one applies some focus to "get the task done" things always linger. Ultimately, only loser is the person who procrastinates.

All of us lead busy lives and often can't take time out to attend to our tasks. Whether its as mundane as playing with our child , or something bigger like planning for a job change, you have to seize the moment - its not just time for Africa, it's time for you to take care of your tasks.

Two of the worst performing teams in this World Cup were France and Italy. For those of you who don't remember, it was these very teams that contested the 2006 World Cup finals, with Italy the ultimate winner. Both are pedigreed football playing nations and were sure shot expected to have at least gone beyond the group stage in 2010. Yet, neither one of them managed to live up to their past footballing traditions and failed miserably in the group stages itself.

The real world is very similar. Past performance is no guide to future performance. This is a statutory warning that we all see on advertising for equity offerings, yet most of us seem to ignore this because we are usually too optimistic about the future.

Always remember to keep your thinking fresh. Understand the context, objectives and always benchmark yourself with the best to avoid falling into the trap of extrapolating past performance into the future.

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Vuvuzelas and background noise:

Right from the first match of the tournament, the buzzing sound of thousands of vuvuzelas was never far away. Whether it was TV viewers or those lucky enough to attend the games in the stadia, most fans were irritated by the collective noise of these vuvuzelas. This noise was deafening enough to act as a distraction to the real action on the playing field.

The real world is also full of noise. Minute by minute reporting of every small actions of the celebrities/experts or backing some new trends or fads by experts/consultants is made into a big deal by some top managements. So many of these so-called experts/consultants are just blowing their own vuvuzelas.

Experienced professionals just like professional footballers, have habitually learned to ignore the background noise. They recognize that the world is full of distractions. We also need to block all the surrounding noise to concentrate and focus on our goals.

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Hype and underperformance:

Many players came into the tournament surrounded by a lot of hype. Ronaldo, Rooney, Kaka and Messi were the pre-ordained stars of the tournament. They were expected to set the competition alight with their dazzling ability to score goals and change the course of a game. None of them really lived up to all this hype. In fact almost all of them underperformed, perhaps with the exception of Messi in the group stages. This quartet barely scored enough goals collectively to match the individual number of goals scored by less famous players like Forlan and Muller. Sure the quartet is super talented, but if you had placed your money on them you would certainly be poorer.

In the real world as well, there are times when there is a lot of hype surrounding certain individuals or organizations. History has shown that these are the organizations/persons that inevitably end up underperforming - for instance, who can forget the appointment of Greg Chappell as Indian coach or launching of some of the Star Sons and their big budget movies.

In fact, a tried and tested way is to look for talent and potential. Just like nobody expected Forlan and Muller to be among the top scorers of the tournament, chances are that there are a lot of under hyped names in the market that will be the best performing in future.

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