STOP THE GREEDINESS!

Stop GREED

The good question that we need to ask ourselves is “what happens after success?”

When you have everything that you wanted in life, what do you do about that? The key to leaving a happy and a fruitful life is sharing what you have with the people around you.

The reason why I say its good to give is because there are people in your life who chose to give you what you needed in that particular time for you to be able to climb the ladder of success. It could be resources like; Information, time, money, food, and shelter, and above all, the opportunities that have taken you from “ZERO to HERO.”

When you give, you are basically giving an opportunity to the next person; you are basically opening the door that would otherwise be shut if it were not for you. We live to inspire people and change other peoples’ lives. So STOP with the greediness it will degrade you!

Why do we turn to forget the people who have helped us climbed the ladder of success when we are on top of the world? Is it the nature of being a human being to act like that? Is it that we are selfish heartless human beings? Is it because of our race, because usually it is said that black people do not want to see another black person being successful.

Some talk about the Pull him down syndrome which they say it’s a thing for black people especially Africans. We as Africans do not want to see another black person climbing the ladder of success. We are basically heartless and selfless. When we arrive at the top we want to be all alone without sharing our resources and experiences. For example; there are successful business people in Africa but very few of those can award scholarships to young people to enrol in universities. But the irony here is; it is highly possible that one or two business men have gotten to enrol to varsity through attaining scholarships from a white business man or even a black business man.

What we then fail to do is to rewind and go back to where we started, where we come from before we get the jobs, before we got paid. If we could do that, we can alleviate poverty in our homes, communities, societies, nations and in the world at large. We can contribute to the betterment of education standards and we can improve the literacy rate among our populations. We can therefore help in reducing unemployment rate and create jobs by and for ourselves.

When we share we are actually increasing our chances to living a better and happy life because if you share what you have people will associate with you because they like what you do. You will gain recognition even where you live, and in this way there will be more and more opportunities that welcome your way even when you get older you will have created a bigger family than just your biological family. You will not fall short of anything because this new big family that you have created will provide for everything that you need and at any time. That’s the good life everybody asks for. Slowly but surely, our societies will move from the current state of being in the third world to becoming the first world.

This change begins with you from your family to the outside world. Have the heart and promote the spirit of giving then everything will fall in place. Your extended hand will always bring a smile on your face anytime anywhere.

WHO IS TO BLAME?

Learning to take responsibility for our actions is the first step to achievement. If we do not learn to take responsibility for our actions, who are we going to shift the blame to for our carelessness, our negligence and uninformed choices that we make in life?

Some of us say that the life we live is the result of the effort of our parents. Some live a better life and there are those who are so unfortunate, who come from humble backgrounds but that does not mean we have to stay poor. Success is what we can choose to achieve irregadless of our background.

One thing for sure is that our parents have tried to improve the situation from where we come from; the degrees of their effort will definitely differ. It does not mean that if your parent cannot afford to buy a car for your family then they are not trying to change the situation at home but the little that they do as little as putting food on the table and providing for your needs means a lot.

We first need to consider the different backgrounds we come from and stop comparing ourselves to our friends, neighbours and colleagues. If you can measure how much your family has contributed to your being today, you can conclude that you are better off than the person who comes from a well off family. One singer says “count your blessings and name them one-by-one.”

To be able to take responsibilities of our actions, we first need to have in our minds that we are here to take opportunities for the betterment of our lives. Once we start to conceive the spirit of giving back to our families then we will be encouraged to “toil to the stars”.

We are the ones who have to make a difference in our lives and in our families and to the people around us, no one but YOU! The only thing that we need to change is the mind-set of dependability and laziness as young people. Once you reach the ages of 18 years we should learn how we can be independent and learn to improve ourselves.

In most cases, those who have learnt the hard way; those who grew up struggling to make ends meet, are the ones who succeed in life. These people are able to come up with the means to make ends meet, and they work for everything that they possess because they understand that hard work pays.

It feels great to go around telling people about the story of your life when all the shame and struggle has vanished and all people can see is a successful man/ woman. If there are successful people even in our small country, then why can’t you be one of them? They say the sky is the limit and this is true. If you want to be successful, you won’t do things like the ordinary man; you will always go an extra mile and strive for Excellency in everything you do.

To excel you have to first identify which areas you are capable in and which Areas you are talented in. Then the best thing to do is capitalise on your capabilities and this is where you will shine more than in any other area. Once you focus on where you are capable at then you have to stay positive even if there are not enough resource, but remember you need to grab all the opportunities and they will add up in you achieving your dreams. “The good life you will own.”

WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF!!!

Opportunity happens to all. Its either you take it with both hands or you let it go. 

It is very tricky to know when an opportunity presents itself to us because sometimes we do not recognize it. Poor is the human mind which stays poor even when there is rich. 

One of the most important opportunities given to us is education. There are some of us who are lucky to be sent to school and there are those of us who did not get this chance. But for us who have gotten the opportunity to be at school do we even know why we are at school? Do we realize the importance of education? 

Your guess is as good as mine. Most of those who had the opportunity to go to school from a younger age were no ‘fans’, the ambition to learn was not there. 

It starts from a very young age not when you are old and you can make decisions. From the moment your mama or dad wakes you up from bed to the moment you behind the desks. It starts from being a hero by overcoming all the hot and cold, the chill and rainy weather. Yes it starts from a very tender age. That is when a parent can tell what you will become when you are all grown up. 

The most annoying thing is for a person to decide to drop out of school. Dropouts are caused by the small silly decisions we as young people take thinking we are doing the right thing. These include being engaged in relationships at a very tender age and at this time we do not know what we are doing really. 

One presenter said “Books Before Boys Because Boys Bring Babies” and these are the seven (7) Bs of life. Is that hard to do? Girls and boys are dragged into drug usage thinking it is cool. I am talking about alcohol, dagga, cocaine glue etc. School and drugs do not match. These have nothing in common. 

Some say that when you smoke dagga you will have a great memory than anybody else but we do not consider the consequences of smocking. Drugs damage our nervous system. I say “intoxicate to be toxic at what you do” See, life presents us with choices and for us is to choose the right ones so that we do not blame anyone not our parents, sisters and brothers for our mistakes. 

In life you have to do the right thing at the right time, because there is time for everything and everything happens for a reason. Those who make the right choices will be in depended, live a happy simple life and prosper. Now, what happens to those who took the wrong path in life? 

These people become pests. A pest is disgusting, lives on other animals’ blood and its dependent on others thus cannot provide for itself. Imagine a person who is a pest then. This person will be dependent on other people’s efforts.

The last thing we want to have as a society are criminal in our communities. These people will rob the innocent so to earn a living. Resorting to crime is propelled by different situations, others may feel that they do not have the means to make ends meet; some may say that this is the ‘life’ they live. Just because there were those who were gifted better than them then they are supposed to feed them. This is because these people failed to make the right decisions at a tender age. 

Its not the fault of those who have made the right choices in life so why make them suffer your torture and trauma? Crime is not the right way to hustle, seize the opportunity when it is presented to you and do not put the blame on others it is not their fault.