(1) SKILL: One thing you are going to need badly after
school and for the rest of your life is money, that is
why you still see men in their 40s, 50s even 60s still
riding okada and driving taxi to earn money. The truth
is that immediately you become a graduate your
parents or those who were responsible for your
training will stop supporting you financially. They will
assume you now have all it takes to survive, so the
collection of pocket money will stop, and you will have
to start solving your financial problems with your own
earning ability. What this implies is that you will have
to look for job with your certificate, and most often
you will likely be underemployed, meaning you will not
be paid what you are worth. The consequence of this
is that you will end up not having enough financial
resources to actualize your goals. Solving your
financial problem will become difficult, and definitely
the need for money will rise, because you will start
thinking of getting a place for yourself, so that you
can be on your own, getting married, going for a
master’s program and so on. As this happens,
psychological problems such as frustration,
depression, self-pity, low self-esteem will start setting
in, and if you are not careful, you may get
demoralized
to the point giving up on life.
(2) INFORMATION: There is a general believe that
knowledge is power, and that is very true. The 21st
century world is information driven, and you need to
consistently update yourself with the latest
information in the areas that are critical to your
survival. Sometimes people suffer because of
ignorance.
(3) GUT: According to oxford advance learner
dictionary, gut is defined as the courage or ability to
do something difficult or unpleasant. The truth is that
life is not fair for anybody, and definitely you are going
to have your own share of life's difficulty in your
quest for success. If you must succeed in the real
world, gut is a necessary factor, because without it
you will lack the courage to take action when things
are not favorable, and that will keep you long in the
valley of mediocrity. You may be very intelligent while
in school, but after graduation you will discover that
so many of your classmates who were not as
intelligent as you were back in your school days are
getting ahead, the reason is simply because they have
the gut to try their ideas and that's what is getting
them going.
(4) HARD WORK: In all of human history, hard work
has been a critical tool of success, nothing can
replace it. For you to survive and excel in the real
world, you need an unwavering ability to take action,
and persevere until you succeed. Most persons fail in
life due to idleness. If you want to be poor all you
need to do is be idle, and before you know it poverty
will overtake you. A wise man once said that “where
talent is lazy, hard work overtakes it”. No matter how
knowledgeable, gifted and talented you are, if you
refused to be hard-working, you will definitely be a
failure. Always have it in mind that hard work is the
only way. Never forget to always blend your hard work
with strategic planning and persistence. Hard work
combined in this manner will produce success.
(5) NETWORKING: Networking has to do with your
ability to connect with people that will help you in
getting to your next level. Niyi Adesanya, a personal
development expert based in Nigeria once define
individual competitiveness (in my own word, your
capacity for success) as ‘’what you know + how you
express it × by who you know and who knows you’’. I
completely agree with his definition. The caliber of
people you know and people who know you has a way
of facilitating your success in life. As the world is
today, the people we know to be the best in certain
field are not actually the best. There are so many
people who would have out-shined them if they are
brought out of obscurity, but because they are not
known by those who can position them to receive the
honour they are worthy of, they remain irrelevant in
their cocoon. If we must fully maximize our potential
and remain relevant, our ability to network and
connect with people who can help us get to our next
level is critical.
school and for the rest of your life is money, that is
why you still see men in their 40s, 50s even 60s still
riding okada and driving taxi to earn money. The truth
is that immediately you become a graduate your
parents or those who were responsible for your
training will stop supporting you financially. They will
assume you now have all it takes to survive, so the
collection of pocket money will stop, and you will have
to start solving your financial problems with your own
earning ability. What this implies is that you will have
to look for job with your certificate, and most often
you will likely be underemployed, meaning you will not
be paid what you are worth. The consequence of this
is that you will end up not having enough financial
resources to actualize your goals. Solving your
financial problem will become difficult, and definitely
the need for money will rise, because you will start
thinking of getting a place for yourself, so that you
can be on your own, getting married, going for a
master’s program and so on. As this happens,
psychological problems such as frustration,
depression, self-pity, low self-esteem will start setting
in, and if you are not careful, you may get
demoralized
to the point giving up on life.
(2) INFORMATION: There is a general believe that
knowledge is power, and that is very true. The 21st
century world is information driven, and you need to
consistently update yourself with the latest
information in the areas that are critical to your
survival. Sometimes people suffer because of
ignorance.
(3) GUT: According to oxford advance learner
dictionary, gut is defined as the courage or ability to
do something difficult or unpleasant. The truth is that
life is not fair for anybody, and definitely you are going
to have your own share of life's difficulty in your
quest for success. If you must succeed in the real
world, gut is a necessary factor, because without it
you will lack the courage to take action when things
are not favorable, and that will keep you long in the
valley of mediocrity. You may be very intelligent while
in school, but after graduation you will discover that
so many of your classmates who were not as
intelligent as you were back in your school days are
getting ahead, the reason is simply because they have
the gut to try their ideas and that's what is getting
them going.
(4) HARD WORK: In all of human history, hard work
has been a critical tool of success, nothing can
replace it. For you to survive and excel in the real
world, you need an unwavering ability to take action,
and persevere until you succeed. Most persons fail in
life due to idleness. If you want to be poor all you
need to do is be idle, and before you know it poverty
will overtake you. A wise man once said that “where
talent is lazy, hard work overtakes it”. No matter how
knowledgeable, gifted and talented you are, if you
refused to be hard-working, you will definitely be a
failure. Always have it in mind that hard work is the
only way. Never forget to always blend your hard work
with strategic planning and persistence. Hard work
combined in this manner will produce success.
(5) NETWORKING: Networking has to do with your
ability to connect with people that will help you in
getting to your next level. Niyi Adesanya, a personal
development expert based in Nigeria once define
individual competitiveness (in my own word, your
capacity for success) as ‘’what you know + how you
express it × by who you know and who knows you’’. I
completely agree with his definition. The caliber of
people you know and people who know you has a way
of facilitating your success in life. As the world is
today, the people we know to be the best in certain
field are not actually the best. There are so many
people who would have out-shined them if they are
brought out of obscurity, but because they are not
known by those who can position them to receive the
honour they are worthy of, they remain irrelevant in
their cocoon. If we must fully maximize our potential
and remain relevant, our ability to network and
connect with people who can help us get to our next
level is critical.
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