A Results Focused Approac
Caleb Rukundo
TEF Mentor @ The Tony Elumelu Foundation | Driving Business Growth and Customer Relations
I am trying to grapple with this mindset problem in this planet of ours. I give you a proposal, you reject it and hire a consultancy firm from London or New York. They come and I have to tell them what to do and their bill is *1000 my quotation.
I am too na?ve to understand this level of………, what the hell is this?
A fool dressed in calvin klein is only a well-dressed fool. I don’t see why what I wear should determine your perception of my ability to get the job done; neither should the color of my skin or shape of my nose etc
We have been conditioned to think the foreign is better than the indigenous and that employment is better than entrepreneurship. Its ok, its safe, but there is nothing better than utilizing your full potential; just the satisfaction from exhaustion in itself is exhilarating.
You don’t need to live for 1000 years, all you need is to fulfill your God given assignment on this earth. That’s why Jesus said in John 19:30 - "It Is Finished" since his mission on earth was done. And here we are thousands of years later …. …. Paul writes in 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. So have you fully discovered your purpose or are you still a slave to someone else’s purpose?
I think it was Madiba that said there should be no comfort in thinking and remaining small. Dream big, explore and discover your full potential before you take those unwritten books and poems etc to your grave. And most of all, learn to be receptive to good and or new ideas no matter who presents them