Surviving across Generations

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"How does a brand survive across the generations?"

This was the curious question that drove me last weekend to devouring a book of over 300 pages in one day. It was a publication of the Swatch Group when they marked their 150th anniversary in 2003.

I am yet to see an African-founded organization that has lasted more than 100 years. We see cycles of prosperity, the founder dies, and in a couple of years, the organization dies, or moribund.

One quality I've found that resonates in the hearts of the directors of these 'posterity' organizations is LOVE- deep-seated love for what they do and the people they serve. Nicolas G. Hayek, President/CEO, has this to say:

"The Swatch Group has a very emotional culture. We produce beauty, sensuality, emotionality in watches - and we also produce high-tech on your wrists. Both emotionality or poetry and high-tech, are part of what we feel towards our customers. We love them genuinely. We want them to be happy - we want YOU to be happy!"

You can't build a posterity organization or lifestyle if all you're concerned about are 'the Benjamins'. You must have genuine love for your work, and especially the people you serve and the people that serve you. This love will drive you to continually seek creative and innovative ways by which you can serve your people better.

If you have love, your people will be loyal to you. And when you're gone, they will preserve the culture you created. And it is this culture that becomes passed down from generation to generation.

Love is the pathway from prosperity to posterity.

Love your work. Love your workers. Love your customers.

I believe in you!

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Make the Right Comparison

There is an unfortunate cast system into which we all are born: it is the Shape-Up-Or-Ship-Out system. This system makes us see life as a competition. And this has been buttressed by many theories like the theory of natural selection which says that life favours only the fittest.

Right from pre-school, the pupils with a high 'IQ' are given more attention and preferential treatments at the expense of others. And this makes the 'average' students to naturally dislike the 'good' ones. They wish some evil happens to them so they can become the 'centre of attraction'. This even continues into adulthood as people are seen to just want to be ahead of others. This has got so bad that even a mini power generating set is named I-better-pass-my-neighbor.

Competition has its own benefits, as its the main drive for innovation and civilization. The challenge with it, however, is when it is aimed at other humans. While it may give you a sense of superiority, in reality, it sets you up for mediocrity and frustration.

When you look around you and you seem to be the best, you want to walk tall, with your shoulders raised. You may even tell yourself, "I'm not that bad!" But if you are sincere with yourself, in comparison with your potentials, is this all that you can be? You're married with kids, you have cars, a house, a business or job that provides for your family - thank God for your life. But is that all there is to life?

I challenge you this day to take a careful audit of your abilities, attributes, assignment, and your actions and achievements. Is this all that your life can produce? Is this all there is to you?

Therefore, make the right comparisons. Judge yourself not in comparison with what others have, but in comparison with what you can be, do and have.

You are more than this.

I believe in you!

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True Prosperity

The faith-for-prosperity message has been one of the revolutions that ever happened to the Christian faith. Before now, clergy men used to be paupers and ill-treated, to the extent that people considered it suicidal to want to be a pastor.

Obviously, the reverse is the case now. One of the most attractive professions today is the pastoral 'profession'. And the 'packaging' is now even so tight that many of us now live a triangular life of church-work-home. With home being the place to get some sleep so we can kick off the cycle the following day.

A recent research shows that parents spend less than 38 minutes in a week in giving their children undivided attention. We are so preoccupied with activities that we forget the main thing - the family.

Children are a gift from God; they His reward (Ps 127:3). How are you handling your own gifts? Are you paying some teachers so heavily to help you fulfill your responsibilities, and later complain about some negative traits your chidren are displaying? Do you know what exactly your children and spouse are going through? Are you your children's best friend and confidant?

True prosperity, I think, is living a balanced life; not loving 'church' and work to the detriment of the family. The bible says: "Wisdom builds her house." (Prov 9:1)

Today, Grow In Focus-on-the-family (TGIF)

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Build A Fortress

Every individual and institution experiences attacks at one point or the other. This may make some tear apart, while it will help some to be even stronger. Some attacks are internal; while some are external. But however it comes, the aim is always to destroy.

One institution that has suffered the most over the centuries is the family institution. It's amazing to see two people who are crazy about themselves, and think of each other the most of the day, only to find themselves 'incompatible'. And then they file for divorce due to 'irreconciliable differences'. Truth be told, these differences have always been there, but covered up by the thick shadows of love. When love is lifted, this shadow also disappears. The bible says: "Love covers all sins. (Prov 10:12).

Do all you can to make this love tower ever erect in your family. Pray with your spouse and children. Take them out. Be courteous in your communications; consider the pains and aspirations of others in your decisions. Don't do anything you've not agreed to do - be interdependent and not independent. Don't play boss over your spouse because you're at an advantage. Say I LOVE YOU often.

Build a fortress of love over your family.

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The Power of Three or More

The family is God's idea. He intentionally started the first one and expected the entire human race to find existence from them. But it all started with one, and then two (the seed bearer), then comes the children...one, two, three...billion...still counting.

The Bible says that children are like arrows in the hand of a mighty man (Ps 127:4). This then means that the distance to which the arrow can cover is a function of the skill and strength of the mighty man. The mighty man serves as the launching platform for the arrow.

Think about that: a lot of us have had to start life from the scratch because we couldn't get a platform high enough to kickstart our dreams. Many don't even have any platform - they'd had to first create their platform before even thinking of launching out.

But this trend must stop with us.

We must work on our capacity to create a platform strong and high enough for our children to launch forth into the glorious destiny to which God has called them. We must give our very best in ensuring that their generation and those to come after live better lives than ours.

Arise, and conquer, and build, o mighty man of valor!

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Two Are Better than One

Life is not designed to be lived in isolation. I think this is one of the reasons we all come to this earth in the context of a family. Think about this: Is it not possible for the ALMIGHTY GOD to have created every human being that will ever live all at once? Why did he have to take us through one man and one woman - and now we are over 7 billion?

The first thing recorded in human history that is not good is "that the man should be alone." (Gen 2:18)

As powerful as the seed for procreation was in Adam, he needed to share it with someone who could create the right environment for the seed to be nurtured and birthed to reality.

Every great person out there had someone who gave them an opportunity to birth the seed of greatness in them. This could be by providing them with a job which provided the funds to finance their idea; by believing in them enough to buy their product or service; by sponsoring their education; by giving them a platform to experiment their idea; by giving them information...no matter how foolproof your idea is, you will end up broke and frustrated if no one believes in it enough to give it a try.

In reality, no one is self-made. Our experiences - good or bad - help to shape the attitudes and attributes that we possess and express. We all need one another to become all that God has created us to be.

Today, you will meet and connect with the right people.

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The Power of One

Everything that exists begins with one. This could be a creature, a product or a movement. We now have over 7 billion humans on earth, but it all began with one - Adam. Think of the world's religions, ideologies, terrorist groups, innovations and inventions - these all began with just one person.

But when that 'one' person starts out, they are mostly alone - nobody seems to see nor believe in them. That period of 'aloneness' helps them to think through the dimensions of their ideology without much interferences. They could withdraw to the recluse of their human spirit and see clearly into the future they seek to create. Then stealthily and deliberately, they begin to move towards the direction of their goal.

Never become overwhelmed or discouraged when no one seems to be looking at your way. Keep crafting, designing and envisioning your future. Every leader - good or bad - started that way.

This week presents you with another opportunity to rethink, redesign and revisit your ideas. Don't despise yourself because you're now alone. I can assure you that it is only for a short while.

There is great power in you.

I believe in you!

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