There is nothing as uplifting as a positive mindset just as there is nothing as destructive as a negative one. We are always in a hurry to acquire everything only to miss out on the ultimate.
Imagine being asked to transfer water from a filled drum to an empty one using a tea cup! Of course it's only logical to assume that such a task would take several hours to accomplish, but no; we want it done in ten minutes! The question is: How?
That's the challenge we face in almost every facet of life today. The problem is not that things being done in a better and faster way is condemned, but our ability to figure out what things to be done with speed and those needing time to be nurtured is the issue here. An understanding of Jeff Olsen's slight edge principle can help illumine our minds on the subject matter.
This principle postulates that every result is born out of the accumulation of several little actions over time. It also asserts that each result is directly proportional to the time spent for its actualization. That is the larger a result (goal) the longer the time spent for its realization, and the smaller a goal, the shorter the time required for its realization.
For example, looking at the life of Jesus Christ, he began his public ministry at the age of 30 and died at the age of 33. We may ask, why did he wait until he was 30? What had he been doing with his life all the while? The answer is that he spent those 30 years preparing himself, and we all can testify to the immortal fruitfulness of his 3yr old ministry!
We seem not to be understanding the nothing-good-comes-easy phrase. When you dream of achieving anything momentous, you must have to give it enough time, else you will overburden yourself and risk chickening out too soon.
I did not write this article to address individual needs for humans are quite diverse, but I wrote this to speak on how such issues affect our politics as a nation.
If a Chairman/Governor/President /etc will come out and address the people that he/she wants to transform his/her area of jurisdiction within four to eight years, then he/she plans to grow weeds not trees.
One feasible way of moving a society forward is the development of a sustainable plan/blueprint of such a society to be agreed upon by majority of the relevant stakeholders. Such plans of course would be categorised into several actionable phases and all that would be required of the leaders and their subsequent successors is working on the laid out plans and making adjustments where applicable. Shikena.
I get disturbed when one government promises to work on industrial development, they are yet to complete this, and another opposing government is campaigning to work on electricity. The next one promises education and then another says good roads are a necessity..... No plan. And the end result is a tray filled with half baked bread.
Everyone is eager to do something 'quick' within four years so as to earn security for a second term in office and such quick projects seldom stand the test of time. We now prefer snacks over meals, and when the body accumulates more snacks than 'real food' over time, it begins to feel weak and sick.
This wrong phenomenon is exhibited by both the leaders and the led. President Buhari promised change for Nigeria, and upon assumption into office a few months ago, people are already agitating and shouting "where is the change?"
The truth is that if Nigerians truly understand the magnitude of change this country needs, we would know that it can never be achieved in Buhari's lifetime.
If I were to be the president, I would focus on laying out a road map that Nigeria needs to travel upon to the promised land and educate Nigerians on this blueprint and act on the actionable phases my limited time in office will grant me.
We all ought to support our leaders in the actualization of a better country. Throwing stones and raising dust at our leaders is like tickling the driver of a vehicle in motion. If he loses focus and crashes, you too might not be spared.
God bless Nigeria.
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