Do you know how much you are worth? How much would you price yourself assuming you are to sell yourself on the world commodity market?
One of the mistakes people make in life is they don’t put any value on their lives and even if they do, they under price themselves below what they are worth. The main reason behind this is that we don’t know ourselves so well to give it any price.
The lack of the knowledge of who we are and what we have is the main reason we give up when we are faced with certain challenges in life. People have lost their great future because of current challenges that has engulfed and blackened their vision for their life.
The truth is that there is so much value and power that has been invested in all of us. We have ONLY failed to spend time to develop and tap into the power within us. Some ordinary men in time past discovered the values of their lives and gave it a price tag. This self discovery attitude changed their destiny for good and today we all describe these people as great men and women . The secret is that it took a lot of self valuation and self knowing for such people to hang on to their dreams and vision. As Nelson Mandela said ” Greatness is not in some of us but greatness is in all of us”. He admitted that the power and intelligence of a man has nothing to do with the colour of the skin. You and I have destroyed the self confidence we have because of life challenges. People have lost confidence because they are darker than their colleagues or shorter than a friend. Someone has described himself as a failure because of a subject he failed to pass . A lot of people have allowed an examiner or teacher or a 2 hour examination to give them a definition of themselves.
The truth is that we are more than our examination results. Whether you got an A or F, this results is just a function of who you are and not the whole of you. You have no excuse not to learn and pass your exams but don’t take it that you are failure because of your inability to pass a paper or even all the papers. Always know that the best in you cannot be put on paper. Just be determined and re-sit the examination again and again making sure you are not repeating the same things you did that brought the failure. There are several examples of people who were “back benchers” in the classroom but have taken the front role in discovery and inventions. Such people did not allow the classroom to define their value. People like Bill Gates have influenced the whole world with his skills and talents in computing and the whole world is going after his invention. If this man had allowed the failures he encountered in the classroom to define his destiny, he would have given up and never be able to contribute to the world's development.
Don’t run away from your fears; confront them. I once listened to an interview granted to one former Miss Ghana on one of the radio stations in Ghana who was involved in a plane crush. Today that lady is a pilot. She indicated that from the day of the crush she got so frightened anytime she even drove pass the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana not to talk about embarking on a plane. But do you know what she did? She confronted her fear and learnt how to fly the object she dreaded most because of her experience. The truth is that what frightens you might be your promotional, stage, so find a way to face your fears. Confront it and don’t allow that situation to dictate to you. Refuse to give up , keep trying for there is no great person whoever failed trying to do the thing that he did not succeed initially. As long as you are committed to that dream or idea, take steps towards it and you can walk pass the obstacle with the believe that you have what it takes to conquer any obstacle.
Always remember that ordinary people like you and I became great people because they knew and valued the potentials they had . They decided to use their God given talents to change this world for good. Think of Bill Gates, President Obama, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah and the likes. These people placed value on the power inside them and today they are our dream mentors. You can also become a mentor to someone so know yourself and tag it for a price by developing what you have
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