04/12/2016
LIFE AFTER THE RECESSION-DON'T TAKE A RIDE !
After church today, this conversation took place between two friends
Friend 1: Guy, now I know this recession is very deep.
Friend 2: Why did you say that?
Friend 1: I have not seen any Christmas tree and its Dec. 4.
Friend 2: Hmmm, you are right o, even that bank on the Island have not put up any Christmas tree as usual.
Now read this if you do not want the recession to eat you deep.............
Opportunities are surrounded by challenges. Not everyone will pick up these opportunities because of the challenges that surround them. These challenges can only be surmounted by an interplay of resources, partnerships, funding fresh insights, ideas e.t.c.
The season of recession will pass, but you won"t, you will still be here. The question is- how will your life be after the recession? The recession is one thing, your life is another. The recession in a way is running it's course(as managed by CBN and other regulatory bodies) independent of your personal decisions or in decisions.
What this means is that how well things will turn out for you at the end of the day will not be based on the recession being over but rather on the steps you took during the recession itself. The end of a recession does not produce automatic prosperity for all of humankind.
Many are going around sayingthis season will pass and that hard times don't last forever.These comforting word's are making some people to relax and chill out, employing no serious strategy nor personal effort on their part, calculating that all they need to do is RIDE-OUT this period and when it's over everything will be alright. We must understand that, it is what is DONE in the current season that determines what happens in the coming season. The current was determined by the preceding.
Therefore,this is the time for us to undertake definite strategic steps i.e new thinking, new partnerships, new business and life models,new products, new markets e.t.c. so as to ensure we come out on the other side of the recession better than when we went into it.
So you need to start thinking and asking yourself certain questions- what do I need to do differently?, what do I need to change or even avoid all together ?, what do I need to engage in?
Merely riding it out doing nothing will not guarantee any success.
The farmer understands that the planting season with all it's inconvenience of cold and rain is running independent of himself.
The season runs whether he sows or not. The farmer understands clearly that the end of the planting season does automatically mean he will have a harvest. His harvest will be determined by what he did during the planting season, whether he braved the cold and rain to get out there and sow. His harvest is determined by whether he engaged the season or not.
The farmer does not ride out the planting season doing nothing. Though the weather is harsh, cold and unfavourable, the farmer engages the season with profitable steps and actions to ensure a better future after the season is past. This how you must engage this season. This must be your approach. Engage the season. Don't take a ride!
This is the season of rubbing of minds, breeding ideas, concepts and taking definite calculated steps that
will be productive when the season is past.