IT sounded like the roar of 50,000 rampaging bull elephants and didn’t let up all afternoon.

Africa’s first World Cup kicked off yesterday as the Rainbow Nation partied to the deafening roar of the vuvuzela horn.

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Johannesburg’s iconic 94,700-seat Soccer City and the gala opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup football. It is something that can never be forgotten in one’s lifetime. You just don’t need to be an internet marketing specialist to let the wave flow in.

The most interesting and astonishing fact is that in spite of Bafana Bafana ranking as lowly 83rd in the FIFA rankings, the pulsating excitement and motivation is beyond imagination. Not only that, the jovial and electrifying environment of the country is in itself a positive factor for making the event a great success.

To be very honest, other than the South African team’s victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, there are no such sweet memories to ponder. But FIFA president Sepp Blatter is optimistic in getting quality results in the days to come. England’s 1966 legend Sir Geoff Hurst got stuck in the traffic while arriving here at the city and to a certain extent bewildered at his mixed experience. According to him, the noisy yet frantic nature of the fans represents the football culture here at the true extent.

The world leaders in the soccer arena are ready to pounce on the opportunities in front of them. So, what about you? – Are you ready to take on the challenge of winning at the highest level of the game of life? Your online reputation management consultant might suggest a lot of tricks to stay ahead of the others in your track. Indeed, they couldn’t have done that if they didn’t have the experience to comply with the market condition. It is not them rather it’s you who has to decide in optimistic about the success in front of you in lieu of the carefully measured steps you are going to take at this point of time.

Remember, time never waits for anybody - you have to manage time out of the time in the natural consequences. Hope, you know why and how to dig well when you don’t need water or else you will be found to put all of your efforts suddenly to cope up with the challenges.