MAN'S GREATEST RESOURCE

TIME ……!     YES....!!!! IT IS TIME…..!

                                    

86,400seconds, 1,440 minutes and 24 hours is all what we need in life to make a difference in a day. It is all that distinguishes the rich and the poor, the achievers and others dreaming their lives away, the great and the mediocre, the high flyers and those sitting on the wayside of life. A man once said, “Life is time and time is life, if you waste your neighbours’ it is called murder”. How true this statement is cannot be over-emphasized. Time is definitely the greatest currency God has endorsed us with everyday of our lives. American dollar is not the greatest currency, South africa rand is not it, Nigerian naira is not, neither is the Ghanaian Cedi. Time…….definitely, time is that we have at our disposal to live the life we crave.

Effectiveness in time-management is largely attributed to the fact that, we know what we ought to be doing per time, we know the activities we should be engaged in per time, we know the places we should be seen and the people we should be identified with per time. The realization of this great treasure sets us on a path leading to greatness in life. The respect and value we place on our daily 86,400 seconds per day determine either we end up rejoicing or regretting. New clothes, Cars and other possessions can be bought or replaced but time cannot be recaptured. So many aspects to our human life can only be experienced once.

                        

Of all the resources a man must acquire, the management of time is the most important. It is the recognition that a person’s attitude to time will eventually determine if they are classified as rich or poor, great or small, high flyer or underachiever. It is worthy to note that, what we do with our time, determines the entire summary of our life. I was once told several years ago that; time is the condiment for the accomplishment of your purpose in life. The proper use of your time will determine your placement in the affairs of life.

Friends….!  Spend your time very wisely. Once you lose control of your time, you have at the same time lost control of your own destiny and assignment in life. Finally, place a great value on the time which God has given you by showing your readiness to respond to matters and your aptness in carrying out the matters which have to do with making progress with your life.      =SEE YOU ON TOP=

INITIATE..DO NOT COMPETE.

One of my favorite quotes over the years goes thus: “You can get what you want in life if you be at the right place and time”. I believe so much in the bible principle that says; “Time and chance happeneth to them all”. Success in life is not to be imitated by allowing other peoples achievements in life be the benchmark for your goals. I strongly believe that we have unlimited and infinite potentials within us that can shoot us to the top without necessarily having to compete with other people to have or possess what they have. There is always a room for each and every one as long as you have a course to steer in life. Look inward instead of looking outward because your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. “He who looks outside, dreams; whereas he who looks inside, awakes.

Always thrive to recognize your potentials instead of looking at the guy next door who just bought a car after just completing his building last few months because if you look at him, there is bound to be competition arising from your heart to get to where he is too. Guess what..! Competition degrades and enslaves the mind. It makes the individual devoid of initiative, imagination and originality. Competition originates from our need to imitate others. It is a very serious killer because it deprives the individual of personal initiative and responsibility.

The habit of competing is so wide spread that many people firmly believe that it is a law of nature. It is a very deep misunderstanding as people tends to believe that, there is a resemblance between initiative and competition. Initiative in the most highly priced of virtues. Initiative is the opposite of competition. Competition on the contrary is merely an initiative-response that lags behind while it waits for its direction from someone whose head appears to be taller and who has been by us to set the pace and direction of our activities. In essence, initiative produces spontaneous action whereas competition produces delayed reaction to stimuli from a pacemaker. Competition grows out of dependence. It imitates initiative in deceptive way and clouds our understanding. You should never compete in life because; you will be training yourself to outrun your pacemaker. This in turn only makes you to imitate existing patterns without trying to find yours.

             

The way out of a trap is to know the way the trap is built and is same as competition. Competition arises only out of a lack of self-reliance. It is simple. Self-dependence accomplishes that which competition can never touch. It should be pointed out here that, competition is solely based on the habit of making comparisons. We either compare ourselves as above or below others. We regard those above us as authority figures who are in position to block our progress and those below us as those who somehow may displace us tomorrow. Hence, comparison breeds FEAR and fear breeds COMPETITION. We believe our safety depends on killing off the one above us. Hence, the competitive individual will run, jump, steal, lie, murder or do anything he feels is necessary to do in order to win the praise he seeks. One of the basic, emotional attitudes that underline competition is the feeling of hostility; there is no such thing as friendly competition. It grows out of a desire to achieve a position of dominance and to enforce submission of others.     

In summary, the competitive person operates out of constant fear. Fear always limits and degrades us. We can never achieve our potential ability in the climate of fear that competition breeds. Dependence leads to fear, fear leads to comparison, comparison leads to competition and competition eventually destroys us by degrading us to imitation, conformity or mediocrity.

So the best way to achieve all that you can possibly achieve is always to look inside and seek infinite possibilities within and work your way to the top rather than placing yourself of on the scale of others. To achieve outstanding success in life you must BE YOURSELF.