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“IF I HAD JUST ONE IDEA”

In a creative mind ideas come in droves, making difficult for a person to choose, but if I had just one idea to be applied in the country, in the company or personally, I’ll pick “Personal Development”, which I translated to mean boost sessions.

Development according to the English dictionary is the “process of change: the process of changing and becoming larger, stronger, or more impressive, successful, or advanced or of causing somebody or something to change in this way”. So I can say personal development is the art of advancement, the process of mastering certain skills so as to stay abreast with you chosen profession.                

Personal development is like mining deeper into the earth of your creative mind in order to stay tops in your chosen profession. So if one develops himself, he’s simple making himself a very valuable material in the labor market. One can develop himself personally, if he takes it upon himself to read book, research or in some case try out new things. Every day, we come across a whole lot that we can learn from, thank God for the internet and its wealth of information, now you shouldn’t go online just to poke your 1000 friends on facebook, quality time can be spent gathering upgrades, so while you are updating your facebook status, you could use a side dressing of reading blogs or downloading materials as required by your profession. Becoming a professional these days is pretty easy with everything you want already online, all you need to do is just utilize your time and you are there.

Quality of service rendered is also affected when employees upgrade their knowledge database, at that point, the company only gives professional service which is easily recognizable as professional in their industry. The company can sponsor upgrades, most companies do, by sending employees for trainings and seminars, but one should not wait for the company as their not training you would not stop them from giving you the ‘pink slip’ if you begin to slip in your job delivery, after all, whatever you know stays in your head, and can only be visible by your total output. No company is going to lay off a productive and versatile employee, because you are not just an asset, you are an asset other competitors want aboard their ship, you are the reason they come second place.

If 70% of the citizens of a country constantly upgrade their skills, we would not only have surplus jobs, we would have job offers outside the country too as we are a country filled with professionals who know their onions. To me, the only difference between a professional and a novice is that, the former continues to crave for knowledge, the later craved and stopped, it’s your choice which you choose to fall into

Knowledge gained they say cannot be lost, why not just gain it then? There this quote that says “get a job doing what you love doing, and you’ll never work for the rest of your life”, even at that, you’ll still be laid off if you stop delivering. A man not willing to move with change is like a man, who’s given the choice of using a hoe with a small farmland and a tractor with a big farmland but opts for the hoe, if you acquire the skill of operating a tractor while using the hoe, it won’t be long before you get a tractor you can actually master you skills with. Practice stages are usually the most productive as you open to so many ideas.

Test your limits (sincerely, I don’t believe in limits), push your creative strength, stretch your capabilities, “study to show thyself approved”, then harness that skill and use it to produce unmatched service, and you’ll see, you’ll not only be helping yourself stay relevant, you’ll become a material to your employer, an asset to the nation and a national pride, plus your take home will upgrade too, since its valued at how productive you are. 

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