STRENGTHENING THE POOR 18

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My Elder sister was afraid of arithmetic  and that fear made it difficult for her to understand mathematics and because she needed it in her O-level, she had to keep repeating it and each time she kept failing. One day I made a decision to teach her mathematics but I didn't start with it, I started by addressing her fear for math. Once I was able to boost her confidence in her ability to believe in herself, understanding arithmetic became very easy, in fact she had a 'B' in math afterwards.
What became different? The O-Level standard wasn't reduced so that she could pass, but she upgraded herself by confronting her fear for mathematics to pass. The person who failed Math in about 5 attemptsisn't the person she is right now.
When you fail, it means you've not upgraded yourself with enough information and skills to succeed, it means you still have lots of work to do on yourself, it means you need to sleep less and read more, play less and work more, entertain yourself less and discipline yourself more. You need to be an improved version of the person who you were when you failed.
While the poor African man blames the government, witches, exam bodies, or any other thing but himself over his failures, wealthy men upgrade themselves through studying, researching by disciplining themselves more to transform to that person who is too polished not to shine.
To train the African child to be relevant and wealthy, teach him not to cut corners, not to desire that the fence before him be cut down so that he can be able to jump over it. Teach him to take person responsibility for his failures and let him use that failure to analyze who he is to upgrade to whom he wants to be.

Where there is a failure, it means you need to better yourself and try again. Giving up or changing directions because of a challenge is the norm of poor men. Success and relevance is only for the upgraded and polished man, when you fail, it means you are not good enough, don't seek to be accepted that way, better and upgrade yourself mentally. The more success and relevance that you aspire for, the more it would require you to upgrade yourself and become better.


Promise Ikpe
#RebrandAfrica

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