When
I meet people whose only opinion of an economist is that of tightfisted people,
I laugh off their ignorance because inadvertently they are referring to
themselves, Just about everyone is an economist!
An
economist simply chooses the proper
allocation and application of his resources which have competing demands, for
maximum output knowing there are implications for his choices. Is this not
what you do daily?
Let’s
discuss the four areas of our lives where agonizing will be the inevitable
result of not economizing.
TIME:
If
life is measured in and with time then the amount of time you’ve got is equal
to the amount of life you have. In short:
Your time = your life
You
tell the quality of life a person lives by the use(s) he puts his time to.
Knowing so many things jostle for his time, he’ll choose to put it to the most
productive use because a waste of it is a waste of his life. So what are you
doing today, what are you doing now? It is important for you to know that “the best thing about the future is that it
comes one day at a time”[1]
therefore, “let him who would enjoy a
good future waste none of his present”[2]
Be
careful the people you spend your
time with because they will either appreciate your value or depreciate it. Know
that “time is the coin of your life. It
is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be
careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”[3]
Be
careful the places you spend your
time because you either earn your right of progression to the next level in
life or you regress to the beginning.
Be
careful what your preoccupations are
because they will either help you occupy your land of fulfillment or occupy you
themselves. People who always complain that their time is occupied by one or
other things are actually not in control of their lives until they are the ones
occupying their time with resourceful and result-filled ventures.
Let’s
hear Solomon talk to us about time:
Everything
has its own time, and there is a specific time for every activity under heaven:
a
time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pull out what
was planted,
a
time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up,
a
time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a
time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to hug and a time to
stop hugging,
a
time to start looking and a time to stop looking, a time to keep and a time to
throw away.
a
time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time
to speak out,
a
time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.[4]
TALENT:
The world will keep
ignoring you if you keep ignoring your talent. Nobody has ever left a mark in
life without using the ink called ‘talent’. Unfortunately so many people have
worked and walked through life without the proper application of their talent
for maximum impact and benefit. Sadly enough, all the “hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy”[5]
There is no mortal born
without an ability, something they can do with minimum supervision and
direction. Look deep inside of you, that is what is yearning to be displayed.
Your life will never be lived with maximum output and optimum productivity
without the input called ‘talent’. Yet your talent is not just enough because “there is no such thing as a great talent
without great will power”.[6]
It takes will power to recognize first what area you are talented in, it
takes will power also to step up and hone your talent until you can see its Excellency
like raw gold that has passed through the rigour and heat of refinement.
After realizing in my
days at the university that my talent lies in helping people achieve their
dreams through motivating and inspiring them by the spoken and written words, I
started investing time and money on books, tapes and seminars that will help me
polish this talent. Though I am still far from my desired destination, I am not
where I was those days. I am still seeking for ways to remain relevant with
both my spoken and written words.
In the end, it’s your
choice to discover, sharpen and use your talent and live in bliss everyday or
ignore it and live in confusion.
Until
you start walking in the light of your God given talent, you will keep
stumbling in the darkness of your shadows.
It’s still about
economics!
Arise!
Shine! Your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned[7]
Be inspired!
Remain
motivated!
… to be continued
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