“Battle at Kruger” video analysis.

This video has been circulating on the Internet for some time now. You may have already viewed it before, because a lot of people have. It is very close to having 26, 500, 000 views. Now that’s a lot of views. So, you see why I said you may have viewed this video already.

If you have viewed this video already then you know that it’s worth your time to view it again. For the ones who have not viewed it already, enjoy. This video is about eight-and-a-half minutes long. Trust me when I say that after a minute you won’t even realize that fact.

I have to warn you ahead of time that you have to watch the whole video to the very end or the video analysis will be incomplete. Alright, enough from me, watch the video, then read the rest of the post and leave your comment about it all. Whether you agree with my analysis or not, let me know either way!

I’ll see you guys on the other side of the video!

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So what does this video have to do with you, you may be mumbling to yourself. For me it reminds me of an analogy that I’ve heard many different times. I’m sure you’ve heard people say, “There are three/two (or however many they decide to use) different types of people in this world…” At which point they fill in the rest with their brilliant analogy.

Well here is mine… “There are three types of people in this world… There are the spectators, the instigators and those that are participators. Now in the case of this video I don’t think that I can find the real instigators. Some may say the crocodiles were but in reality they were participants in the action.

Now you can be more than one of these but even if you are, there is always one attribute that is always going to be more predominate in your personality then any of the other two. For the sake of this analysis we’ll say that the crocodiles were participators.

The other participants were of course, the buffalo and the lions. The spectators, was quite evidently those who were videotaping the whole incident as it unfolded.

Now you can run into situations on many different levels just like this one everyday, yet, the players in the game will be the same: Spectators, Instigators & Participators. Now, spectators have the least courage of them all. Some will watch from an up close vantage point, or some from far away in the safety of an opened window but never will they be directly involved in the action!

Remember the folks in the car? How many times can you remember them saying, “Oh, it’s too late! It’s too late!” That’s a spectators position, being uninvolved in the action but still highly opinionated about it’s development and even the outcome. Yet, their comments are more times than none out of the hearing range of the participators. Heaven forbid they be called out on their honest opinion!

On the other hand, the instigator has just enough courage to be right up in the fray of things not only spectating but also instigating the action. An instigator would have said to the buffalo, “You just going to let them take that calf like that? If that was me I wouldn’t go for that at all!” Then to the lions he would have said, “What’s wrong with you guys? All of you big hungry lions and none of you guys could even take that small calf!” While all the while saying to the crocodiles, “I knew the lions were the king of the jungle! This just proves what I’ve been saying! I told you Hippo. Didn’t I tell you?”

In the meantime, all of the participants are the most courageous of all three. They not only had a plan of attack but they were also willing to act on their plans and put their plan into action. Win, lose or draw they can be satisfied in the thought that at least they were in the game. You can’t score from the bench!

Wayne Gretzky, arguably one of the greatest hockey players to ever put the skates on, once said, “100% of the shots that are never taken, never score!” Or something to that effect, the exact quote fails me but that was the gist of his remark.

Those who don’t even attempt to implement a plan in pursuit of their desires will always fail. “To try is to risk failure. To not try at all, is to guarantee it!” Some people refuse to ask a question, for fear that they will be told NO. Not even realizing, when they decided not to ask, that they still received the NO that they were trying so hard to avoid.

My question to you is this, “Of the three personalities mentioned, which one are you?”

I have another viewpoint on this video that applies to  everyday life but I’ll save that post for another day!

May All Your Ventures Be Met With Success,

Omarra Byrd