In the world of
business, it is only a fool that would work himself to death for someone else.
It is true that one should strive to justify what one earns, particularly if
one is an employee, but it would be suicidal for an employee not to have a plan to
be on his own at a point in life. This is because experience has shown that you
cannot be richer than your employer, except if you are not 100% dedicated to
your work or if you are cutting corners.
Some people work
for security, while others work for freedom.
This piece is not intended for those who work for security; it is targeted at
those who are willing to take calculated risks in arriving at their desired
destinations in life. Such people, I presume, know who they are and must be
working consciously towards making it count in life. How can they make it
count? This they can do by ensuring that what they know rubs off positively on
others. That is why I say that it is not what you know that matters, but what
you do with what you know.
Given that you
know who you are, the challenge before you is to know what to do with it. It is
not sufficient to know who you are, you must know how to maximize your
God-given gift. What I have discovered is that if you do not want to lead, you
are bound to be led. Put differently, if you do not want to be your own boss
you will surely be bossed around by someone else. There is something in you
that the whole world is waiting for. You only need to act on it as nothing
moves until it is moved.
The greatest
inhibition to taking one’s rightful place in life is fear. Fear has always been
the bane of many a man that would have been great in life. Many, who would have
become celebrities but are perceived as nonentities, have been victims of FALSE
EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL (FEAR). Man is always afraid of what will happen next.
He is often more concerned about tomorrow. He feels insecure and worried. This
fear of the unknown has always prevented many a man from taking the bull by the
horn. It makes many of us to leave our destinies in the hands of others to
control.
You need to
appreciate that there is nothing to fear about tomorrow. God has not
given us the spirit of fear. The expression ”fear not” appears 365 times in the
Bible, which invariably means there is a dose of fear not per day! We must
always remember that today is the tomorrow spoken about yesterday. If your
employer had not overcome the fear of insecurity or what most of us tag ”fear
of the unknown”, you would not be in that your office working. It takes courage
and absolute faith in God to live the kind of life you are destined to live.
Today, I run a demonstration farm in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria,
where I rear rabbits, chickens, snails, quails, among others and still train people on
the need to be self-reliant. This is possible because I confronted my fear. I
could have raised several excuses why the farm should not start. Setting up the
farm has come with its challenges, but the will to win has been my sustaining
power.
What you must
always know is that there is no gain without pain. You don’t have to fear
failure. There are no secrets to success.
Don’t waste your time looking for them. We pay a heavy price for our fear of
failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. There is no learning
without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must
keep on risking failure – ALL YOUR LIFE. Take that bold step now, fear not.
Remember, what Orison Swett Marden said: ”many a man has finally succeeded only
because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he
would never have known great victory
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