THE FOUR INDICES OF YOUR FUTURE

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Your future is not a date on the calendar; your future is a force inside you. Your future is an energy that unleashes itself on a daily basis by the things that you do and the things that you did not do. If your want a preview of how your future will be, carefully consider these four things:

·        Th Self- Image you are Responding to and the Voice you are Listening to.

Your life is moving at the frequency of a voice. It can be a voice within or without. There is an instinct in each of us that presets our lives and dictates what we eventually become. That is why childhood wisdom can be the most dangerous of all – especially in the mind of a wounded adult. We court disaster when we carry childhood instinct and ideologies into the critical issues of life.
There is an image in each of us, that gives us a perception of who we are and this automatically shapes what we are becoming. If that image is wrong, your life will most likely run on the track of failure and self defeat. That is why I advocate that women that were sexually or emotionally abused get properly healing. If sexuality is tampered with early in life, it can greatly twist and influence a man’s perception of the whole issue of sex and life.

·        Your Daily Habits:

You are becoming what you repeatedly do. Your future is hidden in your daily routine. 

Proactively do things that predispose you to greatness. Cultivate the habits of champions. Read books and surf the net for information. Ask the right questions. Keep yourself relevant in your area of giftedness. If opportunity does not meet preparation on ground, it will be wasted. No matter how gifted you are, you will never succeed with something you are not committed to.

Anything you do only when it is convenient for you will never give you a future. If you want to master anything in life, never give it a complete break. If you see anything succeeding, you are seeing the power of consistency. Do something every day that will secure your future. Register for a course. There are many online schools that offer free online certifications and diplomas in various courses ranging from accounting to education, IT, sciences and even to health sciences. Some of these online schools are Alison, Cousera, Future learn, Edx, Saylor, YALI amongst others. Look for an avenue to improve your digital literacy skills. This is a digital age.

Don’t just strive for a degree; get certified as a professional in your field of expertise. Distinguish yourself from the crowd and don’t stop bagging relevant credentials that will keep you on the edge. I used to think a first degree and a master’s degree are all that I need to land a good employment until I started getting job offers and opportunities that were asking for my certifications. That was when the reality of today’s job market began to dawn on me.
In my own opinion, the biggest threats to our prosperity and greatness in this generation are sports and entertainment. If you can break free from these two addictions, you are on your way to greatness. It’s been said that men with small minds sit in front of television to watch men with big books and great minds. How true! 

·        Your Environment

Your environment gives you your identity.

And your environment may give you an identify that is different from who you really are. If you hang around chickens, you will think like a chicken; if you hang around eagles, you will think like an eagle.

Listen to the submission of Oliver Wendell Holmes, “From cradle, we are all tattooed with the cultural beliefs of our environment. That is why you cannot wholly educate a man out of his cultural perception.” That is the power of your environment.

There is something called environmental conditioning; which implies a systemic conformity of your way of life to a pre-determined lifestyle and culture. It means your life takes an automatic course along the track of your environment. Deliberately stay around champions. Listen to their discussions. Listen to their stories. Listen to their education. He who walks with the wise will become wise. It’s time for you to leave the committee of failures, gossipers, and critics. Join the league of gentlemen; men who are doing great exploits.

“Every seed requires a climate.”

Seeds do not grow anywhere. Every seed requires a particular climate. That explains why carrots will not grow in the South, and cocoa will not grow in the North. It is not every environment that will support the potentials of greatness inside you. Some environment will kill the potentials of greatness in you. An Iroko seedling does not need to pray to be big, it will naturally be big. But if you plant that same seed in the North, either the seed will not germinate or it will experience a stunted growth. This is because the North does not have the nutrients expedient to its bigness and survival. Enduring wealth cannot be secured through bets; but through hard work and commitment. Deliberately create an environment that enables you to dream big. Stop listening to fools and men with small minds; their speech will erode the seeds of your future.

·        Your Personal Development.

Maintain a lifelong commitment to growth and learning, whether you are out of school or not. Success in the school system should not define your efforts in other critical areas of learning. Embrace the strength of mind and character. Embrace mental exertion. The brain must get into the habit of sweating through rigorous use. Excellence is not an attitude that can be turned on or off. Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is a habit, not an act.”

Don’t stop learning. Always look for ways to learn. Add skills to skills. Add knowledge to knowledge. When you stop learning, you start dying. Be an informed person. Don’t leave your personal development to circumstances. Buy good books and read. Read books on history, business, career development, politics and spiritual development.
Create a relationship of intelligent people. Don’t hang around people who jokingly say you are stupid or you are an idiot. Don’t hang around people who continually puts you down or makes you feel you don’t know anything or can’t do anything right. Refuse to be treated like a fool. Build a healthy self esteem. Negative words have psychological effects on your self esteem.

One way to keep learning is to write things down. When you read, jot things down. Take notes.  Writing makes an exact man. The purpose of reading is for accumulation of information and ideas. So, keep a note of ideas. Note taking has a way of stirring creativity and genius. Be a reservoir of knowledge.
Human minds are like fertile soils; if nothing grows there weeds will soon take over. Cultivate your minds with great thoughts and ideas. And this can only be possible by seeking for knowledge and ideas.

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