BORN ON MONDAY
EPISODE III

The Greatest Investment:YOURSELF!

There are acts & investments that can totally revolutionise a person.

There’s an old story about a village where bride prices were paid with cows. Most young maidens would have their love interests pay 2 cows or even sometimes 3. But the most attractive of them all would get 4 cows & it would be the talk of the town.

Well there was this particular girl whose family didn’t believe they could even get one cow for their daughter because of how plain, simple & unattractive she was.

You can then imagine their surprise when a very rich merchant from another village came to ask for her hand in marriage.

They were flummoxed!

The elders then had a brief meeting before the bride price negotiation & agreed that they would demand for 2 cows & he would definitely say 1 & they would promptly agree before he changed his mind.

Imagine how shocked they were when even before they could begin, the man offered to pay 7 cows! It had never been heard before.

Of course they promptly agreed & the marriage ceremony went on with their daughter eventually moving out of their village.

A few months after, rumours began to filter around the villages about an exceptional new bride that had incomparable beauty, brains & brawn. No one knew where she came from.

Well, the family of this girl hadn’t seen her for a while & wanted to pay her a visit. And when they saw her, they couldn’t believe their eyes.

She was a completely different person in beauty, carriage & conduct. In fact, she was the one the rumours were about!

They were even more perplexed.

They had to ask the her husband the Merchant.

What did he do?

He proudly proclaimed that he didn’t do anything.

He just wanted a 7 cow wife!

If he had paid 2 cows she would see her self like others.

4 cows, maybe better.

But 7 cows? She would believe that she was worth more than anything imagined!

The truth is that she began to value herself more because of the price paid for her by someone who truly loved her.

But the reality of life is that you will not always have people that can see greatness in you & pay the price to bring it out.

Do you now wait forever to be rescued by a hero that may never come?

No!

You can be your own hero & pay the price for yourself!

The greatest investment is the investment you make in your own personal growth & transformation.

How much you are willing to pay or invest in your mental & emotional growth is directly proportional to the value you bring to the workplace.

Invest in your:

1. Personal development:

Imbibe & improve on life skill continuously & repeatedly. Be one known for constant & never ending improvement.

2. Invest in your professional development:

Every tool not sharpened eventually becomes less useful & discarded. Learn the latest & become the best.

3. Invest in growing others:

There are few things that improve us like pouring ourselves into others. We actually become richer when we share our knowledge.

If I have 2 apples share one with someone, I’ll have just one apple left. But if I share my knowledge, I don’t have less. I gain more.

Invest in yourself!

Pay the price for yourself & watch your professional life transform & your value increase.

Have a great week & see you next Monday!

Cheers!

Dr Ben Wayo
DrBenWayo@aol.com

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