The
ultimate resource in economic development is people, not capital or material
resources. The greatest need in less developed countries is people who can do
the new organizing job: this is the job of building an effective
organisation of skilled and trained people exercising judgement and
making responsible decisions.
Many
times I have had conversations with people asking them, “If you had to win K 1
billion, what would you do”?? Various answers follow including “I’ll make a
plan when I have the money” then in my mind I wonder what plan do you have that
will ensure your survival and your living in life even after you’re past the
age were you can work for somebody. (I’ll talk in length on this subject in my
following posts). Makes me ask the questions, Where is the creativity,
innovation, initiative your goal for leaving and adding value to this
life you've been given??
“There
many ways of killing a rat” goes the saying, some go to greater lengths to kill
one while putting their lives at risk. It is our desire to always find easier
way of doing things! Hence the saying “laziness is the mother of all invention”
of course combined with creativity. Much as hard work (i.e.
physical labor can add value to what you’re doing, working SMART
adds enterprise and invention to everything you do. Work becomes knowledgeable
in the sense that it becomes productive in the required potentiality and your
work becomes more profoundly cognizant for those benefiting from the service
being offered. The cause of wealth is knowledge. This cause lies in the human
hand. Being unhappy with your job or what you do doesn't help you or
anybody; besides if you’re unhappy do something ‘different’ about it. Only you
determine your happiness nobody else has the ability to. Remember this, and it
will always remain true that good and morally admirable people make work
environments, friendships, cities and even nations happy places in which to
find oneself for which one gives thanks; whereas the company of vicious people
is no fun at all unless you’re one of them…
For
entrepreneurs, and enterprising individuals always be on the lookout for real
and unusual talent. The first law is to listen; you must be meek yet shrewd
enough to endure the humbling eclipse of self that comes in the process of
found learning from others. Sad to say I have met a number of people in such
high and influential position and some in lowly positions who never seem to
want to learn but consider themselves an authority and a know it all, they
don’t listen to any advice and don’t take criticism very well ending up being
all moody and upset, when the advice doesn't suit their ears. This
makes one unapproachable and highlights insecurity. True creators have a
passionate love for learning; they thirst to get reality straight and true,
they know that learning can come from one as small as a baby and/or the eldest
citizen alive, they want what they create to endure, they want to withstand the
buffering’s of the wind and sea, like a spray-drenched vessel “built to last”
That’s
one of the way’s to learn to tap into your creative part (in my coming post
I’ll highlight some important parts that will help tap into ones creative
psyche). Capitalization (the act of capitalizing on an opportunity)
is not constituted by formal instruments wholly but rather by creative wit and
the sheer joy of creating something solid, substantial, lasting and worth
loosing ones shirt for. The zest in creating arrives like justice earned. There
is something more than money that most creative creators aim for. Because money
may flow or not flow but there is and should always be something more a higher
calling if that higher objective withers they too wither.
It’s our quest to reach the stars
We will stumble and fall to the ground
We however must quickly pick up our pieces
And rise again until we reach our goal
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