Ghana Journalism Association (GJA), Aspiring President, Gayheart Mensah has reported per his observation that the youth of today see nothing wrong with being corrected on the same things every time and that, to him, is a bad habit.
Speaking with host, Rev. Erskine on the Y-Leaderboard Series on YFM’s Myd-Morning Radio Show, he shared that when he was a writer with the Ghanaian Times Newspaper, he hated to see red inks in his writings, hence, his drive was that the next time he wrote, he should not have red inks in what he had written.
Gayheart told Erskine that driven by this mindset, he made sure that the red inks continued to reduce until it got to a time that when I wrote, the news editor would not even look at it because she knew there would be no mistakes.
Per his observation, the quest to excel was extremely high back in those days, however, “I look at people I work with today and the challenge is that no matter how many times you correct them, they come back with the same mistakes and I don’t think they’re pride tainted when they have to be corrected with every sentence and every paragraph”, he said.
Gayheart noted that when he had red ink corrections in his writings, he found everything wrong with it and that was his motivation to excel. He added that if there was any message that he should send out to the youth, it would be to tell them to take themselves seriously, not take things for granted, look for opportunities to learn and improve themselves.
He also noted that taking themselves seriously and not taking things for granted does not only have to do with interactions in the classroom but also interactions that we have at our workplaces as well.
By: Maureen Dedei Quaye
