HELLO FRIEND,
The resources of mankind are not in the gold reserve of South
Africa, neither are they in the commodity market of Brasilia, Brazil or the
tourism sector of Bahamas, neither is the strength of the world in the high
rise buildings of New York nor the robots of japan. It is not in the islands of
the Caribbean nor the antiquities of Europe. The greatest resource of mankind
is yet to be tapped. The greatest resource that man has is the one that is
embedded within him; it is yet to be revealed.
Ignorance is one key reason why people do not live a
maximized life. Ignorance is manifested in lies. Listen to this, people have
been constantly told lies about what they are and what they are not. Billions
of people have been subconsciously mentored by the system of things to strive
to achieve what they cannot, but forget what they can.
Institutions of life have instructed us to focus on our
weaknesses and ignore our strengths, so because of this a larger percentage of
humans live life thinking that they are fools, unworthy, incapable, and that
they are average. There is an esteem issue because there is a way institutions
of man have been structured such that we do not vantage in our strength but we
begin to demean ourselves. The
insufficiency mentality is a lie that has been validated by the
socio-educational system. Society is yet to realize that some people cannot
just think algebra through but they can do quick thinking on the football
pitch. So what the society advises is that you quit football because
you will do better solving equations and becoming an engineer. The society is
yet to agree that some people are good with creative arts, maybe tailoring;
they just can turn a piece into a label. Their thinking lid is off when it
comes to redesigning, reshaping - artistic intelligence. Their brain has a
craft for you as they analyze various body shapes but society tells them to
quit fashion and take up the status quo. Ignorance is manifested in lies. We
try to be the best in what we are not natural in so we can only be average or
at best, good at it. Better is far too ahead, we can’t get there. The society
is yet to come to terms with the fact that some people do not have oratory
intelligence like Martin Luther king, neither do they have scientific
intelligence like Isaac Newton but they have sporting intelligence like that of
Kobe Bryan and Roger Federer.
The socio-educational system especially in this
part of the world is lying to the people and that is why fewer people are
really living their dreams and maximizing their lives. This is typical of what
our educational system does to people. It gathers the monkey, elephant, goat,
fish, bird, snail and tortoise and it says to them "for a fair selection every
one of you must take the same test, please climb the tree behind you." Well, your
guess is as good as mine, who doesn’t know that the bird need not climb the
tree, it will just fly and it is on top of the tree. The monkey will jump, the
elephant is in trouble because its weight will even bring down the whole tree, and
the fish should not even try because it’s an impossibility for the fish. The snail
will spend the whole lifetime trying to climb that same tree. Therefore, the bird
and monkey should quit bragging about their qualities until they have been
tested in water along with the fish because everybody is a genius but if you
judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life
believing that it is stupid. Those were the words of a great scientist, Albert
Einstein
Today, resolve to maximize your life, I understand that
there is ignorance but you have got to understand that you are better at what
you are already good at. Develop your strength and live a better life. You too
can be the next problem solver for all of us and we are all waiting for you
Don't miss #DREAMZTIME with
Paul Amusa on the following radio stations:
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Yours Sincerely
Paul Amusa
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Yours Sincerely
Paul Amusa
