“Cultivate thy own powers, to study and
become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself. Thereby
shalt thou acquire confidence in thy self to achieve thy carefully considered
desires.”
One of the most vital remedies
for a lean purse is not gold but ourselves.
Preceding accomplishment must be
desire. Your desire must be strong and definite. General desires are but weak
longings, wishful thinking as they say. For a man to wish to be rich is of
little purpose. For a man to desire five pieces of gold is tangible desire
which can press to fulfillment. In
learning to secure his one definite small desire, he has to train himself to
secure a larger one. This is the process by which wealth is accumulated: first
in small sums, then in larger ones as a man and becomes more capable.
Desires must be simple and
definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing,
or beyond a man’s training to accomplish.
These simple and definite desires
will fuel you to better yourself.
The more wisdom we know, the more we may
earn. The man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded.
Always do the affairs of man change and improve because keen-minded men seek
greater skill that they may better serve those upon whose patronage they
depend. Therefore, it is encouraged that all men to be in the front rank of
progress and not stand still, or they be left behind. Many things come to make
man’s life rich with gainful experiences.
We should grow ourselves by continuously
learning. We should invest on ourselves as we are our greatest asset. What we
know and our skills are what we are going to be paid for.
In our world today, we have an overload of
information available at the tip of our finger. The internet is a powerful tool
that we can use to gain knowledge and skills; we just have the desire to learn.
In the end it is up to us if we want to develop ourselves and we don’t have an
excuse not to know things.
As we grow in age and
experience, we should realize the importance of being updated in all areas of
our life. We should add value to our company so that if we ask for increase or
promotion, we don’t need to explain why we deserve it, they would know. Or if
it is a business, we should give value to our customers by being innovative in
our products and services so they would keep on coming back to us.
We should not take learning for
granted. I was there; I was stuck with what I know, until what I know is outdated.
I become comfortable with what I know. I became idle and this in turn made me
lazy. So in order to avoid that, I have to be active in all areas of my life;
physical, social, emotional, spiritual and mental.
I am starting all over again by empowering
myself through this blog. Of course, first of all, I need to be guided by God
in His wisdom (where all wisdom comes from). I need to go out from my comfort
zone. I should know my skills/talents and start sharpening them. I should also
need to surround myself with people that will inspire, challenge and make me
grow. And I should be prepared to grow, because if I am not ready, it will not
come.
I hope that you learned something from my
blog and inspire you to keep on reaching your dreams.
I pray for abundance in all areas of our
life.
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