HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE

It is a common desire of the whole of humanity to aspire for the best in life.  People of all ages and virtually across different religions, boundaries, races and culture  have the innate tendencies to get the most out of their given life span on earth.  It is very critical at this point in time, that I write a post that will clue people in on some of the time tested ways to get the most out of life.  But this time the post will be broken down into a series of posts.  Today I am beginning withe first one.

The first post among the series is the call upon how you can live a pretty good and meaningful life.  It has long crossed my mind that, there is no single man in this world that wants to be a run of the mill.  Nobody aspire to spend a mediocre life unless otherwise he is mentally disturbed.                                                           

Since the beginning of the world, the acquisition of knowledge has been an will remain forever the number ONE way in which an individual, state or society has been taking advantage of in order to attain social, economic, political, moral and scientific development.  Any society that neglects the knowledge aspects of its people will surely bear the brunt of ignorance, vice and a host of social unrest. And any society that pay a due and significant attention to the knowledge parts of its people, will certainly enjoy the fruits of intellectual trees that are deeply rooted in the hearts of its people. Because of the role knowledge plays in terms of getting the most out of life, WHY can't us strive for it?

In an attempt to reap the huge benefit of life, you must make the acquisition of knowledge your No 1 Priority.  You already know that you cannot operate the machine of your life from an empty frame of mind.  Living a life involves; spending time, making friends, taking informed decisions, earning a livelihood, choosing a wife, raising the kids, spending your money and achieving your goals to mention but few.  All these relevant aspects of your life cannot be in mint condition without the proper  application of requisite knowledge.  Therefore, all these individual aspects of your life need certain amount of knowledge and prowess for them to function properly and allow you to lead a more useful life.

There is no denying the fact that, the acquisition of knowledge is the wellspring of a successful life.  It is apparent that a man of knowledge distinct himself by the way he interacts and interrelates with other fellow men in the society.  He builds better and sound relationships.  He is ambitious, patient and goal oriented.  He exudes an aura of confidence.  He evinces creativity and intelligence in managing the affairs of his life.  He neither shows off nor is he an embodiment of arrogance.  He is lovable and likeable.  He takes informed decisions on all the relevant aspects of his life.

In essence, if not because of the mistaking tendency of the human being which God has created man with, the life of a knowledgeable man will never be out of shape.  It would have been flawless.

The beauty of the acquisition of knowledge does not stop with a man alone but rather it transcends individual boundaries.  This is where the sharing of one's knowledge come into play.  One doesn't have to keep his knowledge all to himself.  One must be generous with his acquired knowledge.  This will help one become more knowledgeable and sow the seed of one's IMMORTALITY.  For if you learn, you know but if you teach, you retain.  In education, one of the best way to know something better is to teach it.  That is why Islam encourages people to strive to acquire knowledge and share it with common folks.

To be very blunt, the importance of sharing knowledge is multifarious.  Number one, you will be rewarded by Allah because you have carried out one of the teachings of your Deen.  Number two, you are increasing your understanding on the subject matter under discussion because the more you teach someone, the more you reinforce your previously acquired knowledge.  Number three, you are helping other people to become teachers.  Without a teacher, there will be no learning. And a learner today, a teacher tomorrow.  If I continue to mention the benefits of sharing knowledge, they will not be exhausted because they are manifold.  But I know that with this, you will surely get the message that I intend to pass into that little thing called "BRAIN" in your head.

In the end, this is the first thing that you need to put at the back of your mind if you really want to GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR LIFE.  Till you come across the next post in this series, ENJOY the RIDE!

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WHY WE BREAK LAWS

                                                       

For ages, it has been a well established fact that no society can witness peace and stability without laws governing the conduct of its people's affairs.  The important thing is that every human society wants to be embellished with economic and social prosperity.  But the irony is that prosperity in all its ramifications will not come to people even if they are willing to part with their arm in as much as that society has no laws or the stock in trade of its people is breaking laws like pieces of sticks.

There are three reasons that make people tend to break laws at different points in time.  If you know these reasons, they can help you to protect yourself against breaking laws unnecessarily.

IF WE HATE/DISLIKE THE PERSON/BODY WHO MAKES THE LAWS

The first reason that makes people to be law breakers is when they don't like the person or the body of people that sat and took the time to enshrine the laws.  It is inherently part of human nature to completely disregard and belittle somebody that they have no liking to.  When people dislike a person, the tend to move to the level of detesting any other thing that has business with him.  Naturally, this behaviour is absolutely legally illogical.  As this will make the human society to be dictated by ego, whims and caprices.  The result of which will eventually be an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

As a respected member of your country, you need to be reminded that it shouldn't always be possible for you to fin the person or people who makes the laws those that you are in support of.  Things doesn't always go the way you want.

IF WE HAVE NO RESPECT OVER THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE LAWS

The second tendency that gives room for the possibility of law breaking in a society is when the people have no respect for the person in charge of making the laws.  Habitually, human beings are used to disparaging and disrespecting the opinions, advices, views and orders of people that they doesn't respect.  An example that will substantiate this point is that we all know that children loves their parents more than any other person in their life.  But why is it that some children sometime refuse to obey an order given to them by their parents.  The reason is simple. They don't respect their parents.

Additionally, you should know that it is humanly possible for children to love their parents and at the same time disrespect them.

IF WE THINK THAT THE LAWS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US

The third tendency that makes people law breakers in the society is the assumption by certain people that no matter what, if they break the laws, the law will have no effect on them whatsoever.  his instance can be seen everywhere in the rulership of our country.

he same people that suppose to see every law breaker is brought to the book are the same people who take the lead in breaking the laws of the land. Also the same political office holders and top ranking officials are very good in passing out selective justice when it happens that the culprit is their boy.

The time has come when all the people of our country need to taste the sweetness of justice.  This is because if justice is done, there will be limited number of law breaking and this will result into growth and development in every sector of Nigerian society. It is the wise who keeps his hands and always strive to stay out of troubles.

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PLEASANT DISAPPOINTMENT

People are a special creatures that very easily detest disappointment.  Whenever somebody disappoint someone, he immediately become furious and revengeful.  But it has come to my understanding that, disappointment can be unpleasant and sometimes pleasant.  The later which you will be wondering how it could be possible.  Yes indeed, disappointment can be pleasant. Let me give you a scenario that will make you search into the history of your life to come out with similar experiences that you were disappointed and afterwards the disappointment proved to be useful.

About three to four years back in Kano, there were two friend.  One of them was endowed with the gifting of composing songs.  The other is blessed with the knack of singing songs. They teamed up together and started sending signals of their gifts in the sub-part of the Hausa Film Industry.  Everything was moving well but the one who was singing the sons was the one who benefit better than the song writer.  But this does not make the composer to be envious about the way things were going even though it was clear to him it was his friend who was making all the money and enjoying the publicity.  Because at that moment he was rich and famous.  The song writer was contented and grateful with his fair share of their ceativity.

One day, the song writer composed a song that he intended to to sing it by himself.  When his friend learned that there was a new song, he demanded that he wanted to sing it.  Hiss friend told him that he should leave it to him because he wants it to be the first song that he should ever sing.  But what happened later was that, the one who used to sing the songs went behind his friend's back and stole the song and eventually sang and released it without the knowledge of his trusted friend.

When the composer learned that he has been disappointed by his friend, he immediately broke their partnership and they went separate ways.  Unknown to him that he is multi-gifted, he continue composing songs and began singing them himself.  He was soon accepted by the audience and his star started shining.  In a little while, he became very rich and famous too.  People thought that he was not only on an equal footing with his friend but he has creatively dethroned him.

Almost a similar case happened to me.  I have a friend whom we share a lot in common.  We decided to come together and work on a project.  He took care of the handiwork while I took care of the networking and the modalities.  The day he promised to finish his line of work came and he didn't finish it.  In fact on three several occasions, he made and broke promises.

At the last time when I met him and he asked to be given more time, I left him feeling hugely disappointed.  I religiously went to work.  I was amazed at the concentration and the speed I inserted into the project.  What I was able to do in five months, I was able to do in six days.  Yes, you heard me right.  I was able to finish in six days what I used to do in five months.  Remember, this was the result of disappointment.


From now on, when you are in the midst of social encounters and someone you trust disappoint you, don't allow anger and the desire to revenge to cloud your reason and prevent your benefiting from the experience of disappointment.  If you play your cards right, the disappointment can be a PLEASANT DISAPPOINTMENT.

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Usability Before Testimony

In life, we often find ourselves sometimes  recommending a particular product or service.  What happens is that in doing so we are liable to make mistakes.  The other day I saw somebody recommending a product of some kind which he have never used himself.  I think it is inappropriate for you to recommend something you have never used.  I have identified the reasons that precipitates us in recommending products and services.  Even by these reasons, you have to USE the product before you TESTIFY.

Answer

When some one you know ask us about a particular product or service, we might tend to respond.  In this instance, if you haven't use it before you don't have anything to offer even if you know some one who has.  The reason is that youn are not in abetter position to recommend.  But if you have used it, you have to give him a good answer because you are a witness.

Assistance

When product or a service is in high demand by people and it reach an extent where it begin to get scarce in  the market, and coincidentally you happen to know where to get it.  In this situation you have to help them get it.

Association

There are times when we find ourselves recommending products and services in order to show people that we use them. It is associating ourselves with them that we want in this situation. We intend to show up and impress.


Admiration

in this time, when we recommend a product or service, it is with the sole aim of our admiration towards it. It is because we so much like the product or service in question.

Accessibiliy

When the product or service is hot in the market.  People are flocking in droves to buy it  in such a way that its demand is greater that its supply. It also hapened that only few people have access to it and you chanced to be among them, then you have to recommend.

Affordability

In this condition the product or the service is very expensive .  People are buying it in higher prices.  You then have the opportunity to know where to buy it at a lower price, then it is good for you to recommend in this situation.

Finally my call for you is don't recommend for people to buy something  you don't have time to use yourself for any reason.

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The Solution To Your Immediate Problem

Everything in life is a learning opportunity.  Something happened to me about 4 days ago and I think I will like to share it with my readers.  I was trying to go for a meeting in the morning.  I took a laptop to a friend's house to charge it because there was no light in my side.  I plugged it and left telling my friend to take it to my house and handed it to my mother when he intends go out.

When I came back around 3:30 pm, he did not take it to my home because he was still at home but he had unplugged it, put it in the bag and kept it aside.  I thanked him profusely and left for home. As I reached home, ate m food, said my prayer I switched it on only for me to find out 4% remaining charge in the system.  I was little disappointed at the time but put it back in the bag and kept it.

Then in the evening, I took the system to a brother of mine who is running a business and has a generator.  As I took the battery out I saw SOMETHING which is the purpose of wring this post. My friend, even though he don't have a laptop, he has done some thing which I have to learn on the spot.  He has used something which is tied to the battery to fasten the battery wire.  This is what I never knew it existed let alone knowing its function..  I have been wrapping the battery with the wire all this time in an uninteresting manner. From that time I know how to fasten it securely.

It happens in virtually every situation or instance of our life, that a solution to our immediate problem is there right close to our eyes but we never know. There is one Hausa proverb that said, "There is a medicine in a boy's farm, but he didn't know".  You have to know that every problem in life has a solution otherwise it will not be a problem.

Let me switched you on because like me, you may not have the gift of the gab to understand a medicine in your farmyard.  It may just be a flower that you have to pluck out and put it in your mouth and ypur recovery is instantaneous!  Here are the ways to find a solution to your problems:

1.  OBSERVE:  Observe your surrounding.  Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, take notes of everything you can see with your naked eyes.  There is power in observation.

2.  ASK QUESTIONS.  Ask question about everything because any possible question has a possible answer.  Ask and get the answer to your problem.

3.  READ.  We are not a reading society. I have zeroed in on the fact that there is nothing you cannot learn if you are willing to flip the pages.  There are secrets in books, solutions in contents, tips in chapters, facts in paragraphs and meanings in glossaries.  Don't miss them!

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TOP TEN TYPES OF FRIENDS TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH

 

“We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young”.

- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

The other day I wrote a post about the TOP TEN TYPES OF FRIENDS TO RUN AWAY FROM.  Today I think coming p with this post will certainly be great in order to supplement the last one.  Because they seemed to be twins. Here are ten different types of friends you need to associate yourself with:

1.  A friend who invariably asks you to go on the search for knowledge.

2.  A friend who tells you the truths no matter how bitter.

3.  A friend who encourages you to go for your dreams and always accentuates the positive.

4.  A friend who got you a job or provides you with a capital to start a business or teaches you a business.

5.  A friend whom you share success and failures, trials and triumphs, joys and sorrows.

6.  A friend who helped you when you really are in need of help.

7.  A friend who respects your parents.

8.  A friend who never forget a good deed.

9.  A friend who is a custodian of your secrets.

10. A friend who has a considerable NOBLE CHARACTER.

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The Prizes Of Punctuality

     Alarm Clock and Gift Box

“Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes” Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

One of the pressing problems facing our society is now is the inability of people to be punctual on different occasions.  These occasions varied to things like going to work, attending a meeting, keeping an appointment and a whole lot more.  In this part of the world, it has come to a situation where this problem is dubbed as "AFRICAN TIME".

I want you to follow me and see some of the derivable benefits that being punctual results in:

-RESPECT.  If you take your time to develop punctuality as a habit, people will begin to see you as a respectable person.  This is because whenever they count on you, you won't let them down.  And this doesn't only stay with people, you too can begin to respect yourself because you know deep down inside you know that you are a person who attend every matter as at when due.  Punctuality is what will guarantee how people respect you in their eyes.

-SERIOUS-MINDED.  By the time people realize that you are a punctual person, it will become clear o them that you are serious in all your affairs.  The will want to associate with you and will recommend people to do business with you.  This is practical as people are known to hate those who doesn't take things seriously.  Did you know that even people who are not serious loves so much to do business with people who are serious?

-DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES.  When you set out your mind to be punctual, you have actually set out your mind to grab opportunities that would have otherwise slipped you clutches.  A punctual person is in fact a functional person ready to grab and use any potential opportunity available.  In meetings, most of the people who get the most details are punctual people.  And most of the time it is these kind of people that use the information discussed in the meeting at the right time because their mind has been conditioned to be TIME CONSCIOUS.

-WINNING PRIZES.  One thing i like with punctuality is that it attracts recognition through gifts.  This may be either in form of cash or kind.  there are organizations that gives prizes to their workers monthly because of punctuality.

-YOU'LL BE SET AS ROLE MODEL.  Once you are punctual, people will start to borrow leaf from you.  Punctuality is the virtue of greatness.  this will help you as you will re-commit your efforts because you know people are looking towards you to copy from you.

Badamasi

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